Background
He was the twelfth and youngest child of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels and Anna of Sagan, (1480/83-1541), daughter of Duke John II "the Mad" of Żagań.
Duke of Münsterberg Duke of Oels
He was the twelfth and youngest child of Duke Charles I of Münsterberg-Oels and Anna of Sagan, (1480/83-1541), daughter of Duke John II "the Mad" of Żagań.
Münsterberg-Oels), Czechoslovakian: Jiří II z Minstrberka. 30 April 1512 in Oleśnica – 13 January 1553 in Oleśnica) was a Duke of Münsterberg 1536-1542 and Duke of Oels. He also held the title of a Count of Glatz.
George was married with Elizabeth Kostka of Postupitz (Czechoslovakian: Eliška Kostková z Postupic).
In a joint deed dated 25 June 1535, they awarded the city of Srebrna Góra, which belonged to Münsterberg (Ziębice, Minstrberk), the status of free mining town. In 1537, they expelled the Catholic priests from Münsterberg and appointed an evangelical vicar.
John continued to rule the Duchy of Oels and Henry II ruled until 1548 the Duchy of Bernstadt (Polish: Bierutów). Joachim, the oldest of the brothers became Bishop of Brandenburg.
He died without an heir at the age of 41 years in Oels.
He was buried in the Evangelical castle church (today the Catholic parish church of Street John). In 1554, a Renaissance epitaph, created by the court sculptor Johann Oslew from Würzburg (now Germany), was erected on his grave. lieutenant is a sandstone bas-relief, showing George in full armour, standing on a lion.
George II was a member of the Münsterberg branch of the Bohemina noble Poděbrady family.