Wartenberg (Bohemian noble family)
The Lords of Wartenberg (Zwirzeticzky von Wartenberg, z Wartmberka, Czech z Vartenberka , also Vartenberkové ) were a BohemianLords from the Markwartinger clan (Markvartici), to which the Lords von Dietenicz, Le (w) mberg, Waldstein and Zwirzeticz belonged, which according to the family table published by Franz Palacky in his “History of Böhmen” since 1146 with Markwart and Hermann , Royal Bohemian Marshal and Burgrave of Glatz, died after 1197, and the latter's three sons: Markwart, 1220 Burgrave of Tetschen; Hawel, founder of Burg Löwenberg (Lämberg), and Zawiss, Burgrave of Bunzlau, appear first and the uninterrupted line of trunks begins with Markwart z Brzezna (Brezno bei Jungbunzlau), who built Burg Straz (German: Wartenberg) near Niemes in 1270. The sex was fifth in the ranking of the old gentry families from 1501 and branched out into numerous lines.
The baronial house of Wartenberg - Tetschen line went out with Johann Georg, on Rohosecz and Zbirow, then also on Neuschloss and 1/4 of Böhmisch Leipa, 1617–1622 cupbearer of the Evangelical Lutheran "Winter King" of Bohemia and condemned to expropriation, died after 1631 as the last male bearer of the name in exile. He was married to Sabine Countess Palatine zu Sulzbach.
After the Wartenberg expired in the name bearer tribe, the Counts of Waldstein took over their title as Counts of Waldstein-Wartenberg.
The lords of the Wartenberg family in Bohemia are not related to the ancient noble family of Wartenberg, which is still in existence today .
Historical overview
The noble family von Wartenberg came from the family of the Markwartinger . In the 13th century, they built the Rollburg near the North Bohemian town of Wartenberg am Rollberg , after which a branch named "von Wartenberg" was named.
The burgrave of Prague Castle and royal Bohemian cupbearer Beness, called "the great" von Straz († 1294), on Wartenberg, son of the Markwart von Brzezno, who built Straz Castle (German: Wartenberg near Niemes in Northern Bohemia ) from around 1270 first the coat of arms of the Lords of Wartenberg.
Four lineages go back to his sons from three marriages:
I. Beness called the Elder, on Weliss and Giczin, Burgrave of Glatz, Kgl. Bohemian cupbearer and land law assessor, killed in the battle near Mailberg on March 11, 1332, married to Elisska von Drazicz.
II. Johann von Straz, lord of Wartenberg Castle, enfeoffed Tetschen Castle, Kgl. Bohemian governor in Moravia , killed in battle near Kostelecz January 5, 1316. Founder of the Baron House of Wartenberg - Tetschen line.
III. Markwart, enfeoffed in 1358 with Weliss Castle, ancestor of the expired Kumberg line.
IV. Beness the Younger, died in 1358, progenitor of the now extinct line of Kost.
Notes on the four lines of the Lords of Wartenberg
- The "Wartenberg auf Kumburg" (Czech Kumburští z Vartenberka) named themselves after the Kumburk castle near Nová Paka . They became extinct at the beginning of the 15th century in the name bearer tribe.
- The "Wartenberg auf Kost" (Czech Kostští z Vartenberka) go back to a Beness who built Kost Castle in the middle of the 14th century . His sons occupied leading positions under Charles IV and Wenceslaus IV . These included additional lands in Castle Žleby , castle Hrubý Rohozec , Zbiroh , etc. These line became extinct in the 15th century on behalf of carrier strain.
- The "Wartenberg auf Veseli" (Czech Veselští z Vartenberka) belonged to Vysoké Veselí , Veliš , Jičín , Bydžov and other lands. The Oberstlandkämmerer Vinzenz von Wartenberg ( Czeniek the Elder ) was Burgrave von Glatz, built the Trosky Castle in the second half of the 14th century , died in 1396 and was married to Boleslawa ("Bolka") Princess von Cosel and Beuthen († 1427) , Daughter of Prince Boleslaw von Cosel and Beuthen and Margarethe Freiin von Sternberg.
Her son Czeniek the Younger , was royal Bohemian cupbearer from 1408 to 1414, from 1414 to 1420 Oberstburggraf of Prague, and from 1413 to 1420 guardian of Ulrich II. Von Rosenberg . He was a knight of the Hungarian Order of Dragons , whose symbol he included in his coat of arms, which from then on was carried by the later Lords of Wartenberg in the form of a green winged lindworm surrounding the shield. At the beginning of the Hussite movement he was on the side of the Reformation , but is said to have grown tired of the plundering of castles and monasteries and in 1420 he joined the Roman-German King Sigismund . In 1423 he was defeated by Jan Žižka in the battle of Horschitz ( Hořice ). He died on September 17, 1425, leaving behind his son Heinrich, who died unmarried on October 26, 1434. His brother Machna, on Weliss and Hradisstok (near Neu-Bydzow), died on February 7, 1438, appointed Hassek Freiherr von Waldstein as heir. Her sisters Katharina († May 3, 1436) married Ulrich II von Rosenberg († 1462), royal governor and regent of Bohemia, and Anna (* 1403?) Married Viktorin Freiherr von Kunstadt and Podiebrad . They are the parents of King George of Podebrady .
- The line of the "Wartenberg auf Tetschen" existed until the middle of the 17th century. Johann von Straz owned Wartenberg am Rollberg and Roll in the 13th century . In 1305 he and his brothers received Tetschen , where the family resided at the castle there until 1511. Important representatives were: Johann Frhr. von Wartenberg († 1410) on Tetschen and Schreckenstein, pledge master of Pirna, 1396 Kgl. Bohemian bailiff of the Brandenburg Neumark, member of the Bohemian gentry league and his son Siegmund (called Dieczinsky) von Wartenberg, on Tetschen and other estates. Johann died in Neuhaus in Böhmen in 1438 and was married in his first marriage to Margarethe von Kekerzicz, in his second marriage with Agnes widowed Freiin Berka von Dub and Leipa, née Freiin von Sternberg.
Johann von Wartenberg, royal Bohemian bailiff of Upper Lusatia received a majesty letter from King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary in 1453 with the bestowal of the hereditary cupbearer office in the Kingdom of Bohemia. He died in Bautzen on November 14, 1464 and was married to Katharina Burggräfin von Dohna in his first marriage, and in his second marriage to Katharina (Elisabeth) Freiin von Kunstadt († February 9, 1480).
The Oberst-Erblandmundschenk Johann called Zwirzenticzky Freiherr von Wartenberg, on Dauba, Zebrak and Tocznik, from 1528 on Zwirzesticz, 1537–1542 Oberstburggraf zu Prague (* 1480; † October 2, 1543), married to Veronika von Leskowicz, their son Adam, on Zwirzeticz on revenue of more than 170 manors possessed and was owner of the pawn erbuntertänigen villages. His eight children from 3 marriages followed in the property. The sons held the hereditary position of custodian at the Prague royal court and were often active in leading positions. Johann Georg von Wartenberg on Rohosecz and Zbirow, then on Neuschloss and 1/4 von Böhmisch-Leipa, 1617–1622 cupbearer of the last Evangelical Lutheran King of Bohemia Friedrich V (Palatinate) , called the "Winter King", became after the battle expropriated on the White Mountain by Emperor Ferdinand II . He died as the last member of this family branch after 1631 in Bamberg.
coat of arms
a) allegedly the original coat of arms of the Markwartinger : a walking lioness. (Compare: V. von Kral: Heraldika, Prague 1900, pp. 26, 117, 209, 259 and 322)
b) Family coat of arms: split by gold and black; on the crowned helmet with black and gold covers, two black eagle wings seeded with gold linden leaves.
c) later coat of arms of the hereditary cupbearers: the shield encircled by a green Lindwurm, and on the right by a silver jug, on the left by a gold cup. Two crowned helmets, on the right the tribe treasure, on the left also with black and gold blankets on a brown boat a growing virgin with a silver headscarf (aka man in black and gold split doublet), with an oar in her hands.
See also
- Counts of Wartenberg , Palatinate-Bavarian noble family
- Wartenberg (Bavarian noble family)
- Wartenberg (Altmark-Northern Thuringian noble family)
literature
- Berthold von Waldstein-Wartenberg: The Markwartinger - History of a Bohemian Family in the Age of the Premyslids. Graefelfing near Munich 1966.
- Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families. Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 and the supplementary volume, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-486-54051-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dejiny narodu ceskeho, Prague 1854, p. 473
- ↑ Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2 , p. 331 ff.
- ^ Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Supplementary volume. Published by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) - Research Center for the Bohemian Lands. R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 1990, ISBN 3-486-54051-3 , Wartenberg - revision, p. 146 ff.
- ^ The coats of arms of the Bohemian nobility. J. Siebmacher's large coat of arms book, volume 30, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979, ISBN 3-87947-030-8 , Waldstein-Wartenberg p. 184, coat of arms 79
- ↑ Koran-Rezek: History of Bohemia and Moravia in the Modern Era, Volume I, Prague 1939, pp. 131-132