}; 1399 – 1452), also known as Otto the Younger of Bergau, was a Bohemian nobleman and anti-
Hussite leader.
Biography
Otto was born in 1399 to
Otto III of Bergau and Markéta of Žlunice. He inherited parts of his father's estate including
Trosky Castle and
Chlumec nad Cidlinou. In 1414, Otto raided the in
Opatovice nad Labem
Opatovice nad Labem is a municipality and village in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,800 inhabitants.
Administrative parts
The village of Pohřebačka is an administrative part of Opatovice nad Lab ...
.
He is said to have hidden the treasure in Trosky Castle, supposedly in an underground cellar blocked by a huge boulder.
In 1424, Chlumec nad Cidlinou was captured by the
Prague Hussites
The Prague Hussites, Prague Union (Czech: ''Pražský svaz'') or simply "Praguers" (Czech: ''Pražané'') was a faction of Moderate Hussites based in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
In September 1420, the first year of the Hussite ...
under the leadership of
Sigismund Korybut and . It was then likely given to
Hynek Boček of Poděbrady
Hynek Boček of Poděbrady (also known as: ''Hynek of Poděbrady'' or ''Hynek Boček of Kunštát and Poděbrady''; cz, Hynek Boček z Poděbrad or ; died 16 October 1426 in Nymburk) was a Bohemian-Moravian nobleman and follower of the Hussites.
...
. Otto and his son, John, reclaimed Chlumec shortly thereafter.
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References
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1399 births
1452 deaths
15th-century nobility from Bohemia
Nobility from medieval Bohemia