Silesian Piasts

Silesian Piasts
Parent housePiast dynasty
CountryDuchy of Silesia
Founded1138
FounderWładysław II the Exile
Current headExtinct
Final rulerGeorge William of Legnica
TitlesHigh Dukes of Poland
Dukes of Silesia
Dissolution1675 (male line)
Cadet branchesSilesian Piasts of Opole
Silesian Piasts of Glogów

The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his hereditary province and also the Lesser Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków according to the principle of agnatic seniority.