Henryk IV Probus [SEP] noble family
Henryk IV Probus
Henryk IV Probus (Latin for "the Righteous") ( or "Prawy"; ) ( – 23 June 1290) was a member of the Silesian branch of the royal Polish Piast dynasty. He was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1266, and from also 1288 High Duke of the Polish Seniorate Province of Kraków until his death in 1290.
Life.
Henry IV was the only son of Duke Henry III the White of Silesia-Wrocław by his first wife Judith, daughter of
by Paweł of Przemankowo, Bishop of Kraków and the Topór family supported the succession of Bolesław II.
However, he wasn't the only candidate for the Seniorate. Henryk IV Probus, Duke of Wrocław, also advanced his claims. At first, it seemed that Bolesław II was able to master Lesser Poland without obstacles, as his troops in 1288 captured Kraków and Sandomierz. However, later in the same year he was expelled from Kraków by the troops of Henryk IV Probus, who gained the decisive favor of the castellan