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Margareta of Opole (Polish: Małgorzata opolska; b. 1412/14 - d. 15 January 1454), was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast and by marriage Duchess of Oława-Lubin-Chojnów.
She was the daughter of Bolesław IV, Duke of Opole, by his wife Margareta, possibly member of the family of Görz.
Life
Around 1423, Margareta (aged eleven) married with her kisman, Duke Louis III of Oława. She bore him two sons: John I and Henry X. On 18 January 1441 Louis III died, leaving the Duchies of Lubin and Chojnów to his sons as co-rulers and the Duchy of Oława to his widow as her Oprawa wdowia.
Henry X died in 1452 and was succeeded by his brother and co-ruler John I in Chojnów (Lubin was already pledged to the Dukes of Głogów in 1446); however, John I died one year later (1453), leaving from his marriage with Hedwig of Brzeg a son, Frederick I, now the only male representative of the Brzeg-Legnica branch.
Margareta survive her son John I only two months. Oława was inherited by her grandson Frederick I, who eventually reunited all the family lands in 1488.