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2 unusual facts about Bolko I the Strict


Grzędy, Lower Silesian Voivodeship

The nearby Wojaczów Castle was erected at the behest of the Silesian duke Bolko I the Strict in the 13th century.

Zagórze Śląskie

Zagórze Śląskie arouse at the foot of Grodno Castle (Kynsburg) built in the late 13th century by Duke Bolko I the Strict as a fortress near the border with the Kingdom of Bohemia.


Konrad II the Hunchback

Their good relations were broken in 1296, when Konrad II, after knowing of the involvement of Henry III in Great Poland affairs, joined the military expedition against him led by Bolko I the Strict; however, Bolko I made an agreement with Henry III in Zwanowicach, by which was compelled to give up the towns of Lubina and Wińsko to Konrad II.

Krzeszów Abbey

In 1289 Anna's grandson Duke Bolko I of Świdnica again acquired the abbey's lands and gave them to the Cistercians at Henryków, who consecrated the new Assumption of Mary Monastery Church in 1292.


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