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    Racibórz (Polish: Księstwo opolsko-raciborskie, ‹See Tfd›German: Herzogtum Oppeln und Ratibor) was one of the numerous Duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian...
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    Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8, S. 444. Ulrich Schmilewski: Oppeln, Herzöge v. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB)...
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    Polish lords (Dobiesław Puchała, Sigismund Korybut) and Silesian dukes (Bolko V the Hussite)—invaded Silesia many times, destroyed more than 30 towns and...
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    town was directly annexed to the Upper Silesia Province (Regierungsbezirk Oppeln), and its name was changed to Warthenau to erase traces of Polish origin...
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  • [regional] government in the city known at that time as Oppeln, and the family moved to Oppeln in Upper Silesia. It was here, when she was sixteen, that...
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    excommunication on his relatives (for example, the ban was applied by him to Duke Bolko IV of Opole). This attitude caused several problems for Wenceslaus II, in...
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