Duke of Opole
The following is a list of monarchs who used the title Duke of Opole and controlled the city and the surrounding area either directly or indirectly.
[Piast dynasty]
- 1163-1173 Bolesław I the Tall, Duke of Silesia at Wrocław
- * 1173-1201 Jarosław Opolski, son, first Duke of Opole
- 1201 Bolesław I the Tall, again
- 1201-1202 Henry I the Bearded, son of Bolesław, ceded Opole to his uncle
- 1202-1211 Mieszko I Tanglefoot, Duke of Racibórz
- 1211-1230 Casimir I, son
- 1230-1246 Mieszko II the Fat, son, followed by his brother
- * 1246-1281 Władysław I
- 1281-1313 Bolko I, son of Władysław
- 1313-1356 Bolko II, son, jointly with his brother
- * 1313-1323 Albert
- 1356-1401 Władysław II, son of Bolko II, jointly with his brothers
- * 1356-1370 Bolko III and
- * 1356-1365 Henry
- 1396-1437 Bolko IV, son of Bolko III, jointly with his brother
- * 1396-1400 Bernard
- 1437-1476 Nicholas I, son of Bolko IV, jointly with his brother
- * 1437-1439 Jan I
- 1476-1532 Jan II the Good, son of Nicholas I, jointly with his brothers
- * 1476 Louis and,
- * 1476 Nicholas II
Various dynasties
- 1532-1543 possession of Brandenburg
- 1543-1549 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern
- 1549-1551 Ferdinand of Austria
- 1551-1556 Isabelle and Sigismund Zapolya
- 1556-1558 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern
- from 1558 possession of the Habsburgs of as kings of Bohemia, sometimes governed by dukes from other dynasties
Princes of [Transylvania]
- 1597-1598 Sigismund Bathory - Nephew of Polish king
- 1622-1625 Gabriel Bethlen
[House of Vasa]
- 1645-1648 Wladislaus IV of Poland - King of Poland
- 1648-1655 Charles Ferdinand Vasa
- 1655-1666 John II of Poland - King of Poland
[House of Habsburg]
- 1666-1742 possession of the House of Habsburg as kings of Bohemia