Berka of Dubá ( cs, Berka z Dubé) was a

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of a Bohemian noble family of Lords of Dubá established by

Hynek Berka of Dubá Hynek Berka of Dubá ( cs, Hynek Berka z Dubé; c. 1297 – 1348) was a Bohemian knight and founder of the Berka of Dubá Berka of Dubá ( cs, Berka z Dubé) was a cadet branch of a Bohemian noble family of Lords of Dubá established by Hynek B ...

(1249–1306). It held estates in what is today the

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and

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in Germany throughout the Middle Ages.

Domanial

Houska,

Bělá pod Bezdězem Bělá pod Bezdězem (german: Weisswasser) is a town in Mladá Boleslav District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,700 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as urban monument zon ...

, Bezděz, Lemberk,

Dubá Dubá (german: Dauba) is a town in Česká Lípa District in the Liberec Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,700 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones ...

, Zákupy, Milštejn, Tolštejn, Kokořín, Kuřívody, Berštejn, Mühlberg (until the 15th century), Herrschaft

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(Saxony) – given in exchange for Mühlberg to the House of Wettin in 1443. Burg Hohnstein in der Sächsischen Schweiz

End of line

After the

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on 8 November 1620, many of the members were expelled together with the King

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and domanials were confiscated. One of the family members, loyal to the Emperor Ferdinand II, was created an

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in 1637. Line died off in the 18th century, some descendants of expellees after the Battle of White Mountain remained in Sweden and in

during 18th and 19th centuries.

Notable members

* Zbyněk Berka of Dubá,

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in 1592–1606.

External links

Short History (in Czech)
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