Lev of Rožmitál (, ) was a Bohemian noble family. They named themselves after the Rožmitál Castle. They held the castles Rožmitál,

Blatná Blatná (; ) is a town in Strakonice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,700 inhabitants. It is known for a water castle in the centre of a fishpond, and a landscape garden around it. The historic town centr ...

and Buzice.

History

This family came of an ancient and noble Buzici clan –

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. C ...

s, members of higher Slavic nobility. Omeljan Pritsak concluded in research about the Attila clan of the Hunnic Empire that the religious suffix 'sig' when combined with Hunnic 'Buz' would mean "Wild Boar like-man", a symbol in the family emblem. In addition she thinks that the movement of the Slavs in Europe is accompanied under the leadership of the ruling class of Huns, whose language gradually melted into Slavonic. Greatest power has the family in the 15th century. In the days of King

George of Poděbrady George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad (; ), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the Hussites, but moderate and tolerant toward the ...

, of King

Vladislaus II of Hungary Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav, Władysław or Wladislas (; 1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516), was King of Bohemia from 1471 to 1516 and King of Hungary and King of Croatia from 1490 to 1516. As the eldest son of Casimir IV Jagiellon, he wa ...

and his successor King

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, they were one of the most influential families in the

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. The last effort to keep the power of the family was the marriage between the grandson of Queen

Joanna of Rožmitál Joanna of Rožmitál (; – 12 November 1475) was Queen of Bohemia as the second wife of George of Poděbrady. Life She was a daughter of John of Rožmitál and his wife Ludmila of Strakonice. Marriage Joanna married George of Poděbrady in 1 ...

, Adam I of Hradec, with the grand daughter of

Jaroslav Lev of Rožmitál Jaroslav Lev of Rožmitál ( – 23 October 1486) was a Bohemian nobleman from the Lev of Rožmitál family. This family came of an ancient and noble Buzice stock. In addition to the family castle in Rožmitál they also held the Castles Blatná ...

, Anna of Rožmitál and Blatná. Gradually the family lost their power, moved to

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and finally became part of the stock that emigrated to

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after the

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and the events in 1626.

Coat of arms

A shield divided by a cross. In the first and third quadrant are golden lions, in the second and fourth quadrant golden heads of wild boar.

History

Coat of arms

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