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Charles II of Münsterberg-Oels (also: ''Charles II of Poděbrady''; ; 15 April 1545, Oleśnica – 28 January 1617, Oleśnica) was Duke of Oels from 1565 to 1617 and Duke of Bernstadt from 1604 to 1617. He also held the titles of Duke of Münsterberg〔After Charles Christopher of Münsterberg died childless in 1569, the fief of Münsterberg reverted to the Bohemian Crown, but the Lords of Poděbrady kept the right to use the title of Duke of Münsterberg, see Petry and Menzel, vol. 2, p. 67〕 and Count of Glatz.〔The county of Glatz had been sold off in 1501, but the Lords of Poděbrady had kept the right to use the title〕 From 1608 to 1617 he was Governor of Silesia under the emperors Rudolf and Matthias. == Life == Charles II was a member of the Münsterberg branch of the House of Poděbrady. His parents were Henry II of Münsterberg and Oels (1507–1548) and Margaret (1515–1559), daughter of Duke Henry V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. In 1561, Charles II went to Vienna with his tutor to study. In Vienna, he lived at the court of Emperor Ferdinand I. After Ferdinand's death in 1565, he stayed for another six years at the court of Emperor Maximilian II, whom he accompanied at all diets as well as on journeys to Hungary and further.〔Norbert Conrads: ''Bildungswege zwischen Schlesien und Wien'', in: ''Schlesien in der Frühmoderne: Zur politischen und geistigen Kultur eines habsburgischen Landes. Neue Forschungen zur schlesischen Geschichte'', edited by Joachim Bahlcke, Weimar, 2009, ISBN 3-412-20350-5, S. 185〕 After the death of his uncle John of Poděbrady in 1565 Charles inherited the Duchy of Oels. On 17 September 1570 he married Catherine Berka of Duba (1553–1583) at Moravská Třebová. Through this marriage he acquired to Lordship of Šternberk in North Moravia, which remained in his family until 1647. After Catherine's death in 1583, Charles married Elisabeth Magdalena (1562–1630), daughter of the Duke George II of Brzeg, on 30 September 1585. After the death of Lord Jiřík Zajímač of Kunštát in 1587, his sister Catherine, who was married with Hynek Brtnice of Waldstein (, transferred the Lordship of Jevišovice in South Moravia to Charles II, because the Münsterberg line was the only surviving branch of the Kunštát family.〔http://www.jevisovice.cz/index.php?nid=885&lid=CZ&oid=695699 History of the old castle at Jevišovice (in Czech)〕 In 1588 Charles swapped with Bishop Stanislaus Pavlovský of Pavlovitz of Olomouc, the Lordship of Zdar nad Sazavou in Moravia for some smaller estates in the vicinity of Šternberk.〔Joachim Bahlcke ''et al.'': ''Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Böhmen und Mähren'', ISBN 3-520-32901-8, p. 534〕 Charles was a follower of the evangelical teaching which he promoted in his Moravian lordships. In Trzebnica he was able to establish the evangelical church, even though the abbess of the Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga in Trzebnica fought fiercely against it and was supported by the bishop in Wroclaw as well as by the Emperor. In 1602, he assumed the guardianship of his nephews John Christian of Brieg and George Rudolf of Liegnitz, who were raised at his court in Oels. In 1604 he bought back the Duchy of Bernstadt, which his brother Henry III had sold in 1574. After the death of Bishop John VI of Sitsch of Breslau in 1608, he was appointed governor of Silesia by Emperor Charles II. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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