Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn

Adam Wenceslaus
Duke of Cieszyn
Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn.
Born12 December 1574
Died13 July 1617
Noble familySilesian Piasts
Spouse(s)Elisabeth Kettler of Courland
IssueElizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn
Frederick William, Duke of Cieszyn
FatherWenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn
MotherSidonia Katharina of Saxe-Lauenburg

Adam Wenceslaus of Cieszyn (Polish: Adam Wacław cieszyński, Czech: Adam Václav Těšínský, German: Adam Wenzel von Teschen; 12 December 1574 – 13 July 1617), was a Duke of Cieszyn from 1579 until his death.

He was the second but only surviving son of Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn, by his second wife Sidonia Katharina, daughter of Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg. His older half-brother, Frederick Casimir, only son of Wenceslaus III Adam's first marriage, died a few years before he was born, in 1571.


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