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Půta II Of Častolovice
Půta II of Častolovice (also known as ''Půta the Elder''; first name sometimes spelled as ''Puota'' or ''Puotha'', last name sometimes spelled as ''Častolowitz'' or ''Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta II. z Častolovic; d. after 1402) was an east Bohemian nobleman. He was a member of the noble Častolovice family . Půta was mentioned for the first time in 1365, together with his father of the same name (Půta I of Častolovice). During the life of his father, he was called "Půta the Younger", later, to distinguish from his own son, "Půta the Elder".Josef Gotthard Lašek: ''Častolovice nad Orlicí, jich dějiny a popsání''. G.J. Lašek, Tábor, 1881, p. 4 He was married to Anna (d. between 1440 and 1454), a daughter of Duke Jan II of Oświęcim. They had a son and two daughters. Their son, Půta III of Častolovice, Půta III or Půta the Younger (d. 1434) was Landeshauptmann and later pledge lord of the County of Kladsko and the Duchies of Ząbkowice Śląskie and Duchy of Mün ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Půta I Of Častolovice
Půta I of Častolovice (also known as ''Půta the Elder'' or ''Půta the Eldest''; first name sometimes spelled as ''Puota'' or ''Puotha'', last name sometimes spelled as ''Častolowitz'' or ''Czastolowitz''; cs, Půta starší z Častolovic; d. 1397) was an east Bohemian nobleman. He was a member of the noble Častolovice family and held high office in Bohemia. Life Půta was mentioned for the first time in 1342, when King John of Bohemia granted the village of Častolovice, which Půta owned, the status of a Městys, market town. In 1352, Emperor Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV appointed Půta to Burgrave of Potštejn. From 1350 to 1369, Půta held Liebenau castle in Czarny Bór in the Wałbrzych mountains. From 1368 to 1377, he held various positions at the court in Prague. In 1377, he was appointed governor of Ząbkowice Śląskie. From 1366 to 1378, he was also governor of County of Kladsko, Kladsko. From 1372 to 1380, he administered Lower Lusatia and in 1377 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan II Of Oświęcim
Jan II of Oświęcim ( pl, Jan II oświęcimski) (d. 1376) was a Duke of Oświęcim since 1372 until his death. He was the only known son of Jan I the Scholastic, Duke of Oświęcim, by his unknown first wife. Life Jan II took the full government over Oświęcim after his father's death on 29 September 1372. This was subsequently confirmed by the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia on 9 October of that year. The new Duke, however, had to accept named Przemysław I Noszak Przemysław I Noszak ( pl, Przemysław I Noszak, cs, Přemyslav I. Nošák, german: Przemislaus I. von Teschen; 13 February 1334 – 23 May 1410), was a Duke of Cieszyn-Bytom-Siewierz from 1358 (during 1359–1368 he lost Siewierz and in 1405 als ..., Duke of Cieszyn his sole heir. In this case, was ignored the fact that Jan II had already a namesake son. Perhaps, just as in the case of Jan I, the future Jan III was originally destined for a Church career. During almost all his rule, Jan II had considerable financ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Půta III Of Častolovice
Půta III of Častolovice (also known as ''Puota the Younger of Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta III. z Častolovic or ; d. 1434 in Pressburg) was a member of the Bohemian Častolowitz family. He was Landeshauptmann and later pledge lord of the County of Kladsko and the Duchies of Ząbkowice Śląskie and Münsterberg. Life His parents were Půta II of Častolovice and Anna, a daughter of Duke Jan II of Oświęcim. Like his father, he owned the Lordship of Častolovice and other territories in eastern Bohemia. Půta was initially a supporter of the Hussites, but soon turned into one of their fiercest opponents. Probably because of the zeal he distinguished himself with in this war, King Sigismund of Bohemia appointed him in 1422 as royal governor of the County of Kladsko and the district of Ząbkowice Śląskie. In 1424, Půta concluded an alliance with Duke John I of Münsterberg against the Hussites. This was probably the reason why the Hussites attacked Kladsko and Silesia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landeshauptmann
Landeshauptmann (if male) or Landeshauptfrau (if female) (, "state captain", plural ''Landeshauptleute'') is the chairman of a state government and the supreme official of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino. His or her function is equivalent to that of a minister-president or premier. Until 1933 the term was used in Prussia for the head of government of a province,Duden; Definition of Landeshauptmann, in German/ref> in the modern-day states of Germany (with the exceptions of the city-states) the counterpart to ''Landeshauptmann'' is the ''Ministerpräsident'' (minister-president). Origins Since the early modern period, a ''Landeshauptmann'' originally served as governor under either a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire or the Emperor himself, mainly in the territories of the Habsburg monarchy (as for the Lands of the Bohemian Crown), later also in the Kingdom of Prussia. In the Austrian Empire, according to the 1861 February Patent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Of Kladsko
The County of Kladsko ( cs, Kladské hrabství, german: Grafschaft Glatz, pl, Hrabstwo kłodzkie) was a historical administrative unit within Bohemia as a part of the Kingdom of Bohemia and later in the Kingdom of Prussia with its capital at Kłodzko (Kladsko) on the Nysa river. The territory comprises the Kłodzko Land with the Kłodzko Valley in center within the Sudetes mountain range and roughly corresponds with the present-day Kłodzko County in the Polish Lower Silesian Voivodeship. History Beginnings The area has been populated at least since the 1st century BC. The earliest mention of the town itself is in the 12th century ''Chronica Boëmorum'' by Cosmas of Prague. He mentions the town of ''Cladzco'' as belonging to the Bohemian nobleman Slavník in 981, father of Bishop Adalbert of Prague and progenitor of the Slavník dynasty. Bohemian-Polish Borderland Held by the Přemyslid dukes of Bohemia, the town was also claimed by the Polish kings, which led to a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ząbkowice Śląskie
Ząbkowice Śląskie ( ; german: link=no, Frankenstein in Schlesien; szl, Ślůnske Zůmbkowicy) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It is the seat of Ząbkowice Śląskie County and of a local municipality called Gmina Ząbkowice Śląskie. The town lies approximately south of the regional capital Wrocław. , it had a population of 15,004. History The town was established by Duke of Silesia Henry IV Probus, of the Piast dynasty, as ''Frankenstein'' in the early 13th century, following the Mongol invasion of Poland. The town was founded in the vicinity of the old Polish settlement of Sadlno, through which ran a trade route connecting Silesia and Bohemia. The town was sited on a piece of land that belonged partly to the episcopal lands of Zwrócona and partly to the Monastery at Trzebnica. The town was located exactly halfway between the sites of two previously existing towns that had failed to attract enough settlers: Frankenberg and Löw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Münsterberg (Ziębice)
The Duchy of Münsterberg (german: Herzogtum Münsterberg) or Duchy of Ziębice ( pl, Księstwo Ziębickie, cs, Minstrberské knížectví) was one of the Duchies of Silesia, with a capital in Münsterberg (Ziębice). Existing from 1321/1322 to 1742, it was located in what came to be referred to as Lower Silesia. Its territory is similar to modern Ząbkowice Śląskie County in Poland. Piast rule After the death of Henry IV in 1290, during the period of fragmentation of Poland, Bolko I the Strict inherited the towns of Münsterberg (Ziębice) and Frankenstein (Ząbkowice Śląskie). Around 1300, he finished a castle in Münsterberg. When he died in 1301, his possessions were divided among his three sons. The youngest son, Bolko II Ziębicki, received Münsterberg (Ziębice) in 1321 and was the first to style himself Duke of Münsterberg (Duke of Ziębice). He resided in the town's castle. After he demanded land from the diocese's domains, a long-running dispute with the Bish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
