The Jenštejn family ( or ''Páni z Jenštejna'') was a noble family in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia. The family was founded by a wealthy Prague burgherČervinka 1933, str. 124–126 . He was listed in 1360 as a royal notary. In 1368, he bought Jenštejn Castle and used the surname ''z Jenštejna'' for the first time. He had four sons: Martin, Jan, Pavel and Václav. The most important was

Jan of Jenštejn Jan z Jenštejna (1348 – 17 June 1400) was a Bohemian archbishop, composer and poet. From 1379 to 1396 he was the Archbishop of Prague. He studied in Bologna, Padova, Montpellier and Paris. Life and career Born in 1348 in Prague, to Paul of ...

, who following the resignation of his uncle

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became Prague Archbishop in

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. Vaněk of Jenštejn, son of Pavel II of Jenštejn, was the owner of castles Bradlec and Staré Hrady near

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. Vaněk rebelled against the King

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and Bradlec was taken by the royal army in 1417. His son Mikuláš (+ 1459) was the last lord of Jenštejn. The

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of the Jenštejn family is

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two vulture heads on a silver background.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jenstejna Nobility from medieval Bohemia