Dukes of Opole
The following is a list of monarchs to use the title of Duke of Opole and control the city and the surrounding area either directly or indirectly.
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Piast dynasty
- 1177-1195 Boleslaus the Long (Bolesław Wysoki)
- 1195-1201 Jaroslav (Jarosław)
- 1201-1202 Henry the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty)
- 1202-1211 Mieszko I Platonogi (Mieszko I Plątonogi)
- 1211-1230 Kasimir I (Kazimierz I)
- 1230-1246 Mieszko II the Fat (Mieszko II Otyły)
- 1246-1281 Ladislaus I (Władysław I)
- 1281-1313 Bolko I (Bolko I)
- 1313-1316 Boleslaus, Bolko II and Albert (Bolesław, Bolko II, Albert)
- 1316-1356 Bolko II (Bolko II)
- 1356-1367 Ladislaus II and Bolko III (Władysław II and Bolko III)
- 1367-1401 Ladislaus II (Władysław)
- 1401-1437 Bolko IV (Bolko IV)
- 1437-1439 Nicholas I and John I (Mikołaj I, Jan I)
- 1439-1476 Nicholas I (Mikołaj I)
- 1476-1497 John II the Good and Nicholas II (Jan II Dobry, Mikołaj II)
- 1497-1532 John II the Good (Jan II Dobry)
Various dynasties
- 1532-1543 possession of Brandenburg
- 1543-1549 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
- 1549-1551 Ferdinand of Austria (Ferdynand Austriacki)
- 1551-1556 Isabelle and Sigismund Zapolya (Izabela and Zygmunt Zapolya)
- 1556-1558 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
- from 1558 possession of the Habsburgs of as kings of Bohemia, sometimes governed by dukes from other dynasties
Dukes of Transylvania
- 1597-1598 Sigismund Bathory (Zygmunt Batory) - Nephew of Polish king
- 1622-1625 Gabriel Bethlen (Gabriel Bethlen)
House of Vasa
- 1645-1648 Wladislaus IV of Poland (Władysław IV Wasa) - King of Poland
- 1648-1655 Charles Ferdinand Vasa (Karol Ferdynand Waza)
- 1655-1666 John II of Poland (Jan Kazimierz Waza) - King of Poland