Zdeněk Of Šternberk
Zdeněk of Sternberg (or Zdeněk of Šternberk, cs, Zdeněk Konopišťský ze Šternberka, 1410 – 4 December 1476 in Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...) was a Bohemian noble, diplomat and politician from the Sternberg family. References Sternberg family 1410 births 1476 deaths {{Czech-noble-stub ...
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Wiener Neustadt
Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land District. The city is the site of one of the world's oldest military academies, the Theresian Military Academy, which was established by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1751 to train officers for the Austrian army. History The area once belonged to the County of Pitten, which had been inherited by Margrave Ottokar III of Styria in 1158. After the dynasty of the Otakars became extinct with the death of his son Ottokar IV of Styria, Ottokar IV, the Duchy of Styria passed to the Archduchy of Austria, Austrian House of Babenberg according to the Georgenberg Pact. Duke Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Leopold V of Austria established the town in 1194 and financed the construction of a fortress close to the Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian border with ...
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Bohemian Nobility
Czech nobility consists of the noble families from historical Czech lands, especially in their narrow sense, i.e. nobility of Bohemia proper, Moravia and Austrian Silesia – whether these families originated from those countries or moved into them through the centuries. These are connected with the history of Great Moravia, Duchy of Bohemia, later Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia, the Duchies of Silesia and the Crown of Bohemia, the constitutional predecessor state of the modern-day Czech Republic. Noble titles were abolished by law (No. 61/1918 Sb. z. a n.) in December 1918, shortly after the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic. During the period of Nazism and communism, representatives of Czech noble families were often persecuted. After the Velvet Revolution in 1989, the property confiscated by the communists was returned to the nobility. History The beginnings of the Czech nobility can be seen in the time of the first Přemyslid princes and kings ...
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Sternberg Family
Sternberg may refer to: Places ;Austria *Burgruine Sternberg, a castle ruin in Carinthia ;Czech Republic *Šternberk (german: Sternberg), a town with an eponymous castle and seat of the mediæval County of Sternberg *Český Šternberk (german: Böhmisch Sternberg), a market town **Český Šternberk Castle, a castle ;Germany *Sternberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a town *Sternberg, a castle in Extertal, North Rhine-Westphalia *Sternberg, a castle in Sulzdorf an der Lederhecke, Bavaria *County of Sternberg, a Middle Age county, nowadays part of Lippe ;Poland *Torzym (german: Sternberg in der Neumark), a town Others * Sternberg (surname) *Von Sternberg, surname *Counts of Sternberg (''Šternberkové''), Bohemian nobility * Sternberg (crater) (or Shternberg), an eroded lunar impact crater on the Moon's far side *Sternberg Astronomical Institute, a research institution in Moscow, Russia * Sternberg Centre for Judaism, in London *Sternberg peer review controversy *Reed–Sternberg cell ...
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1410 Births
141 may refer to: * 141 (number), an integer * AD 141, a year of the Julian calendar * 141 BC __NOTOC__ Year 141 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Pompeius (or, less frequently, year 613 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 141 BC for this year has been ...