Background
Wenceslaus fought together with his father and other Silesian princes on the Polish side against the Teutonic Knights in the Hunger War in 1414.
Wenceslaus fought together with his father and other Silesian princes on the Polish side against the Teutonic Knights in the Hunger War in 1414.
From 1428 to 1449, she styled herself as Lady of Pleß. Presumably Pleß was her Wittum. From 1428 to 1437, Wenceslaus and Nicholas V ruled their territory jointly.
In 1437, it was divided, with Wenceslaus taking Ratibor and Nicholas taking Duchy of Krnov, Bruntál, Rybnik, Pleß and BaboróWest
In late 1437, a majority of the Bohemian Estates elected Albert II from the House of Habsburg as the new King of Bohemia. In 1438, Poland invaded Silesia and devastated the Duchies of Opole and Ratibor.
Nevertheless, all Silesian Dukes paid homage to Albert II in Wrocław in November 1438. From 1452 to 1462, she styled herself Lady of Pleß.
Presumably Pleß was her Wittum.
Duke Wenceslaus of Ratibor died in 1456 and was buried in the church of the Dominican monastery at Ratibor.
