Fryderyk Cieszyn

Fryderyk Cieszyn (born between 1480 and 1483 - died in June 1507) - rector of the University of Vienna, the son of Prince Casimir II of Cieszyn. Fryderyk was the eldest son of Prince Casimir II of Cieszyn and Joanna of Podiebradów. It is not known when exactly he was born, but indirect evidence suggests that it must have occurred between 1480 and 1483. Although he was the first child of Kazimierz, for unknown reasons, Fryderyk was destined for a spiritual career, which was supposed to allow Kazimierz to increase his influence in Silesia. In 1501 Fryderyk's candidature, thanks to the support of his father and other Silesian princes, was put forward for the post of auxiliary bishop of Wroclaw, with the right to elect the Ordinary after the death of the current hierarchy, Jan Roth. These plans failed to materialize, because the nomination did not approve the cathedral chapter, reluctant to Kazimierz II because of his unfavorable policy towards the church of Wroclaw, as the starost of Silesia. Despite initial failures, Kazimierz II did not give up and in 1503 he sent his son to Vienna, where Fryderyk was soon rector of the university. Then Fryderyk went to Italy where he began his studies. Despite the rejection of the candidature in 1501, Fryderyk did not resign in his efforts for the highest priestly office in Silesia and in 1506, with the help of his father, he made a position of preacher of the collegiate church of Sts. Cross in Wroclaw and Dean of the Chapter of Wroclaw. Fryderyk's promising career was brutally interrupted in June 1507, when, just twenty years old, the Prince of Cieszyn died unexpectedly in Italy. Frederick was buried in the cathedral of Siena. Bibliography

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