 Bolko died on 28 July 1368 and was buried in the Grüssau Abbey.He was the last of the independent Silesian dukes from the Piast dynasty, the line started by Władysław II the Exile.His lands were held by his wife until 1392; however, after her death they were incorporated into the lands of Bohemia by Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, only son of Emperor Charles IV and Anna of Świdnica.