Jan I of Lubin

John I of Lüben (Template:Lang-pl; b. 1425 - d. aft. 21 November 1453), was a Duke of Lubin (Lüben) (since 1441), Chojnów (Haynau) (since 1452), Brzeg (Brieg) and Złotoryja during 1449-1450 (with his brother, as co-rulers).

He was the eldest son of Louis III, Duke of Oława-Lubin-Chojnów, by his wife Margareta, daughter of Bołeslaw IV, Duke of Opole.

Life

After the death of his father in 1441, John I inherited the Duchy of Lubin and his younger brother Henry X received Chojnów. Their mother, the Dowager Duchess Margareta, received the Duchy of Oława as a widow's land (Oprawa wdowia).

The death of Elisabeth of Hohenzollern, Dowager Duchess of Brieg-Legnica in 1449 left in jeopardy the future of both Duchies. John I and Henry X were the legitimate heirs of that lands, as grandsons of Duke Henry IX of Lüben, elder brother of Duke Louis II, Elisabeth's late husband, who left her his Duchies as Oprawa wdowia in 1436. However, the brothers never took posession over Legnica: shortly after Elisabeth's death, the local nobility rebelled against the Piast government and sought the help of Emperor Sigismund, who placed Legnica under the direct sovereignity of the Kingdom of Bohemia.