190px|thumb|right|Coat of arms of the '''Opole Piasts''' c. 1389 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 (see also Duchy of Opole).
== Piast dynasty == thumbnail * 1163-1173 Bolesław I the Tall (Bolesław Wysoki), 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 (Henryk I Brodaty), son of Bolesław, ceded Opole to his uncle * 1202-1211 Mieszko I Tanglefoot (Mieszko I Plątonogi), Duke of Racibórz * 1211-1230 Casimir I (Kazimierz I), son * 1230-1246 Mieszko II the Fat (Mieszko II Otyły), 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 (Mikołaj I), son of Bolko IV, jointly with his brother ** 1437-1439 Jan I * 1476-1532 Jan II the Good (Jan II Dobry), son of Nicholas I, jointly with his brothers ** 1476 Louis and, ** 1476 Nicholas II (Mikołaj II)
== 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
== Princes 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
== House of Habsburg ==
* 1666-1742 possession of the House of Habsburg as kings of Bohemia
==References== {{unreferenced|date=September 2016}} {{Reflist|30em}}
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