death of Bishop John VI of Sitsch of Breslau in 1608, he was appointed governor of Silesia by Emperor Rudolf II. Legacy In his residence of Oels, Charles completed the palace that his uncle John had started. In 1594, he founded the "illustrious high school" as well as a library that served the faculty and students, but was also available to the citizens of Oels. It was housed in a room of the Castle Church and, after the church collapsed in 1905 a new wing attached to the front hall. After the Second World War and the associated transition to Poland, this room was not accessible and the library was initially listed as missing. In 1997, the files could by indexed by the Commission for Personal Libraries of the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz. The damaged book collection was restored with the financial support of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior. Issue Charles's first marriage to Catherine produced two children: Henry Wenceslaus the Elder (1575–1591) and Margareta Magdalene (born 13 May 1578, died 14 May 1578) His second marriage to Elizabeth Magdalene produced: George (born August 31, 1587; † November 14, 1587) Charles (born January 8, 1590 † May 20, 1590) Henry Wenceslaus the Younger (1592–1639). Issue: Anna Elisabeth (1637–1642) Charles Frederick I (1593–1647), the last person in the male line of the House of Poděbrady Barbara Margaret (1595–1652) George Joachim (1597–1598) Elisabeth Magdalena (1599–1631) married to Georg Rudolf of Legnica Sophie Catherine (1601–1659), married to George III of Brieg (d. 1664) References and sources Ludwig Petry, Joseph Joachim Menzel (eds): Geschichte Schlesiens, vol. 2, , p. 34, 36, 39, 43 and 49 Hugo Weczerka: Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Schlesien, Stuttgart, 1977, , p. 368-373 and family trees on p. 602-603. Footnotes External links History of the Moravian town of Šternberk Podiebrad family 1545 births 1617 deaths Dukes of Münsterberg People from Oleśnica Silesian nobility