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Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel Of Lobkowicz
Prince Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowicz (also Zdenko Adalbert Popel of Lobkowitz; 15 August 1568 – 16 June 1628) was a Czech noble and High Chancellor of Bohemia. Biography Zdeněk came from the Popel of Lobkowicz branch of the Lobkowicz family. His parents were Ladislav Popel of Lobkowitz and Johanna Berka of Dubá. After an education with the Jesuits and at Charles University in Prague, he undertook educational journeys through Europe. Upon his return, he entered the diplomatic service at the Imperial court in Prague in 1591. When Emperor Rudolf II, at the urging of the Pope, began filling the Bohemian provincial offices in 1599 with Catholics who had distinguished themselves in the re-Catholicization process, or who had received a strict Catholic education, Zdeněk was appointed Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia. The articulate and well-educated Zdeněk thus became the secular leader of the Catholics of the Bohemian nobility and a staunch opponent of the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel Z Lobkowicz
Zdeněk is a Czech male given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomastica nr 7, r. IV, z. 2, Wrocław 1958 The South Slavic counterpart is Zdenko. The feminine counterpart is Zdenka. People with this name * Zdeněk Altner (1947–2016), Doctor of Laws, is a Czech lawyer and advocate * Zdeněk Adamec (born 1956), retired javelin thrower who represented Czechoslovakia * Zdeněk Bárta (1891–1987), Bohemian Olympic fencer * Jan Zdeněk Bartoš (1908–1981), Czech composer * Zdeněk Bažant (born 1937), Professor at Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science * Zdeněk Blatný (born 1981), Czech professional ice hockey left wing * Zdeněk Bohutínský (born 1946), Czechoslovak sprint canoeist *Zdeněk Bradáč (born 1981), Czech illusionist, magician, escapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of White Mountain
The Battle of White Mountain (; ) was an important battle in the early stages of the Thirty Years' War. It led to the defeat of the Bohemian Revolt and ensured Habsburg control for the next three hundred years. It was fought on 8 November 1620. An army of 21,000 Bohemians and mercenaries under Christian of Anhalt was defeated by 23,000 men of the combined armies of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, led by Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy, and the German Catholic League led by Johann Tserclaes, later Count of Tilly, at Bílá Hora ("White Mountain") near Prague. Bohemian casualties were not severe but their morale collapsed and Imperial forces occupied Prague the next day. Prelude In the early 17th century most of the Bohemian estates, although under the dominion of the predominantly Catholic Holy Roman Empire, had large Protestant populations, and had been granted rights and protections allowing them varying degrees of religious and political freedom. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
16th-century People From Bohemia
The 16th century began with the Julian calendar, Julian year 1501 (represented by the Roman numerals MDI) and ended with either the Julian or the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian year 1600 (MDC), depending on the reckoning used (the Gregorian calendar introduced a lapse of 10 days in October 1582). The Renaissance in Italy and Europe saw the emergence of important artists, authors and scientists, and led to the foundation of important subjects which include accounting and political science. Copernicus proposed the Copernican heliocentrism, heliocentric universe, which was met with strong resistance, and Tycho Brahe refuted the theory of celestial spheres through observational measurement of the SN 1572, 1572 appearance of a Milky Way supernova. These events directly challenged the long-held notion of an immutable universe supported by Ptolemy and Aristotle, and led to major revolutions in astronomy and science. Galileo Galilei became a champion of the new sciences, invented the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 Deaths
Events January–March * January 19 – (26 Jumada al-Awwal 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, Jahangir, as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name Shah Jahan and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death. * January 23 – After being incarcerated and blinded on orders of his brother, former Mughal Emperor Shahryar Mirza is put to death, along with his nephews, co-ruler Dawar Bakhsh, and Princes Garshasp, Tahmuras and Hoshang. * February 3 – In what is now the South American nation of Chile, the indigenous Mapuche lay siege to the Spanish colonial settlement of Nacimiento. The Spanish captain and a force of 40 men are able to hold out until reinforcements arrive two days later, but the attackers take muskets and two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1568 Births
Year 1568 ( MDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March * January 6 – In the Eastern Hungarian Kingdom, the delegates of Unio Trium Nationum to the Diet of Torda convene in a session that ends on January 13, during which freedom of religion is debated. * January 28 – The Edict of Torda, Europe's first declaration of religious freedom, is adopted by the Kingdom of Hungary. * February 7 – Members of a Spanish expedition, commanded by Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, become the first Europeans to see the Solomon Islands, landing at Santa Isabel Island. * February 16 – Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba, governor of the Spanish Netherlands issues an edict condemning to death those who rebel against Spanish authority to combat religious unrest. * February 17 – Treaty of Adrianople (sometimes called the Peace of Adrianople): The Habsburgs agree to pay tribute to the Ottomans. * Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Václav Eusebius František, Prince Of Lobkowicz
Václav Eusebius František, Prince of Lobkowicz (; 30 January 1609 – 22 April 1677) was a Bohemian nobleman, military leader and diplomat. He was member of the Lobkowicz family and after 1646, he was Duke of Sagan. Life Born in Roudnice in the noble Lobkowicz family, he was the son of Bohemian Chancellor Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowicz and Polyxena of Pernštejn. He was a passionate advocate of Catholic doctrine and succeeded, with clever tactics, in amassing a considerable fortune for the Roudnice branch of the family. After a thorough training, he joined the Imperial Army in 1631, where he raised his own regiment to fight in the Thirty Years' War and reached the rank of field marshal. He later made a name as a politician and diplomat, holding the titles of President of the Imperial War Council (from 1652) and President of the Imperial Privy Council (from 1669). In 1646 he purchased the Silesian Duchy of Sagan which Emperor Ferdinand III had confiscated in 163 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infant Jesus Of Prague
The Infant Jesus of Prague (: ) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a ''globus cruciger'' of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic. First appearing in 1556, pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Teresa of Ávila and was consequently donated to the Carmelite friars by Princess Polyxena of Lobkowicz in 1628. The image is routinely clothed by the Carmelite nuns in luxurious fabrics with imperial regalia and a golden crown while his left hand holds a globus cruciger and the right hand is raised in a gesture of benediction. It is venerated on Christmas and the first Sunday of May commemorating both its centenary and "episcopal coronation" in 1655. History The exact origin of the Infant Jesus statue is not known, but historical sources point to a 19inch (48 cm) sculpture of the Holy Child with a bird in his right hand currently locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Of Rosenberg
William of Rosenberg (; 10 March 1535 – 31 August 1592) was a Bohemian nobleman. He served as High Treasurer and Supreme Burgrave of Bohemia, High Burgrave of Bohemia. Life William of Rosenberg was a member of the influential noble House of Rosenberg. He was the son of Jošt III of Rosenberg and his second wife Anna of Roggendorf (d. 1562). His father died when William was four years old. William and his younger brother Peter Vok of Rosenberg, Peter Vok then stood under the guardianship of their uncle Peter V of Rosenberg, Peter V. From age seven, he studied at the Protestant private school of Arnošt Kraiger von Kraigk in Mladá Boleslav. In 1544, at the age of nine, he switched to a Catholic school for young nobles at the court of Bishop Wolfgang of Salm, Wolfgang of Bishopric of Passau, Passau. On 23 April 1551, at the age of sixteen, William was declared an adult by a decree of Emperor Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I. He took up the administration of the fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polyxena Of Pernštejn
Polyxena of Lobkowicz (1566 – 24 May 1642) was a politically active Czech noble and styled Princess of the House of Lobkowicz The House of Lobkowicz (''Lobkovicové'' in modern Czech, sg. ''z Lobkovic''; ''Lobkowitz'' in German) is an important Bohemian noble family that dates back to the 14th century and is one of the oldest noble families of the region. Over the cen .... She played an important role as the channel between the noble families of Bohemia and the imperial court in Vienna through her connection with the Spanish envoy during the counter-reformation in Bohemia after 1618. Life Born into an ancient Pernštejn family, House of Pernšejn, she was the daughter of the Imperial High Chancellor of Bohemia, Vratislav II of Pernštejn (1530–1582), and his wife, Maria Maximiliana House of Lara#The Manrique de Lara, Manrique de Lara y Mendoza (1538-1608), a Spanish nobility, Spanish noblewoman. Maria brought with her from Spain a statue of the Child Jesus, which she had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
