Henryk II Pobozny was Duke of Silesia at Wroclaw and Duke of Kraków, High Duke of all Poland and Duke of Southern Greater Poland
Henry was a son of the Polish High Duke Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw and Saint Hedwig of Andechs, daughter of Duke Berthold IV of Merania.
He was thier second son, but soon became the eldest child of the family when the first-born Boleslaw died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the death of his younger surviving brother Konrad the Curly during a hunt left Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia
By 1218, Henry married Anna (ca. 1204 – 23 June 1265), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. They had ten children:
Gertrude (ca. 1218/20 – 23/30 April 1247), married by 1232 to Boleslaw I of Masovia.
Constance (ca. 1221 – ca. 21 February 1257), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia.
Boleslaw II the Bald (ca. 1220/25 – 25/31 December 1278).
Mieszko (ca. 1223/27 – 1242).
Henry III the White (1227/30 – 3 December 1266).
Konrad (1228/31 – 6 August ca. 1274).
Elizabeth (ca. 1232 – 16 January 1265), married in 1244 to Przemysl I of Greater
On April 9, 1241 Henry was defeated and killed by the Mongols in the battle of Legnica.
Henryk's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: on his left foot, he had six toes (polydactyly), which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in the crypt of the Franciscan Church of St. Vincent in Wroclaw.
Henry was a son of the Polish High Duke Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw and Saint Hedwig of Andechs, daughter of Duke Berthold IV of Merania.
He was thier second son, but soon became the eldest child of the family when the first-born Boleslaw died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the death of his younger surviving brother Konrad the Curly during a hunt left Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia
By 1218, Henry married Anna (ca. 1204 – 23 June 1265), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. They had ten children:
Gertrude (ca. 1218/20 – 23/30 April 1247), married by 1232 to Boleslaw I of Masovia.
Constance (ca. 1221 – ca. 21 February 1257), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia.
Boleslaw II the Bald (ca. 1220/25 – 25/31 December 1278).
Mieszko (ca. 1223/27 – 1242).
Henry III the White (1227/30 – 3 December 1266).
Konrad (1228/31 – 6 August ca. 1274).
Elizabeth (ca. 1232 – 16 January 1265), married in 1244 to Przemysl I of Greater
On April 9, 1241 Henry was defeated and killed by the Mongols in the battle of Legnica.
Henryk's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: on his left foot, he had six toes (polydactyly), which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in the crypt of the Franciscan Church of St. Vincent in Wroclaw.
Henryk II Pobozny was Duke of Silesia at Wroclaw and Duke of Kraków, High Duke of all Poland and Duke of Southern Greater Poland
Henry was a son of the Polish High Duke Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw and Saint Hedwig of Andechs, daughter of Duke Berthold IV of Merania.
He was thier second son, but soon became the eldest child of the family when the first-born Boleslaw died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the death of his younger surviving brother Konrad the Curly during a hunt left Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia
By 1218, Henry married Anna (ca. 1204 – 23 June 1265), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. They had ten children:
Gertrude (ca. 1218/20 – 23/30 April 1247), married by 1232 to Boleslaw I of Masovia.
Constance (ca. 1221 – ca. 21 February 1257), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia.
Boleslaw II the Bald (ca. 1220/25 – 25/31 December 1278).
Mieszko (ca. 1223/27 – 1242).
Henry III the White (1227/30 – 3 December 1266).
Konrad (1228/31 – 6 August ca. 1274).
Elizabeth (ca. 1232 – 16 January 1265), married in 1244 to Przemysl I of Greater
On April 9, 1241 Henry was defeated and killed by the Mongols in the battle of Legnica.
Henryk's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: on his left foot, he had six toes (polydactyly), which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in the crypt of the Franciscan Church of St. Vincent in Wroclaw.
Henry was a son of the Polish High Duke Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Silesia-Wroclaw and Saint Hedwig of Andechs, daughter of Duke Berthold IV of Merania.
He was thier second son, but soon became the eldest child of the family when the first-born Boleslaw died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the death of his younger surviving brother Konrad the Curly during a hunt left Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia
By 1218, Henry married Anna (ca. 1204 – 23 June 1265), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. They had ten children:
Gertrude (ca. 1218/20 – 23/30 April 1247), married by 1232 to Boleslaw I of Masovia.
Constance (ca. 1221 – ca. 21 February 1257), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia.
Boleslaw II the Bald (ca. 1220/25 – 25/31 December 1278).
Mieszko (ca. 1223/27 – 1242).
Henry III the White (1227/30 – 3 December 1266).
Konrad (1228/31 – 6 August ca. 1274).
Elizabeth (ca. 1232 – 16 January 1265), married in 1244 to Przemysl I of Greater
On April 9, 1241 Henry was defeated and killed by the Mongols in the battle of Legnica.
Henryk's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: on his left foot, he had six toes (polydactyly), which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in the crypt of the Franciscan Church of St. Vincent in Wroclaw.
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The body of Henry II was lost during WWII (probably removed by Nazi anthropologists for racial testing) and is no longer in the church. His sarcophagus was also removed from St. Vincent's to the National Museum of Wroclaw, contributor Anonymous
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