Bartholomäus von Munsterberg

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Bartholomäus von Münsterberg (also: Bartholomäus von Podiebrad ; Czech: Bartoloměj Minsterberský ; Bartoloměj z Minstrberka ; * around 1478 probably in Teschen ; † April 3, 1515 near Hainburg an der Donau ) was Duke of Münsterberg and Count von Glatz .

Life

Bartholomäus came from the Munsterberg branch of the Lords of Podebrady . His parents were Viktorin von Münsterberg and Troppau and Sophie, daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Teschen , who died in 1479. Bartholomew probably spent his childhood in Teschen. He was raised by his uncle Casimir II , who prepared him for a diplomatic career and the protection of family interests. Since his father had lost his possessions to the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485 and 1487 , Bartholomew had no financial support. Nevertheless, he succeeded in becoming an influential diplomat to King Vladislav II , who in 1495 made a permanent agreement with the Dukes of Münsterberg. Together with the royal cities , Bartholomew supported King Vladislav II in an effort to limit the power of the Bohemian gentry .

On October 14, 1512 Bartholomäus wore a feud with the Breslauers near Kanth , in which he lost a devastatingly. That is why the saying "Duke Barthel without a country burned his (his) mouth before Kanth" should refer to him.

Since Bartholomäus was also loyal to the Habsburgs , he played a key role in the conclusion of the contract between Emperor Maximilian I and Vladislav II in 1515 . With the contract concluded in Vienna, the Vienna double wedding of Vladislav II's daughter Anna with the future Archduke Ferdinand I and the wedding of Ludwig II with Maria , a granddaughter of Maximilian I, were agreed.

Even if Bartholomew, who was a grandson of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady, is often wrongly described by individual historians as a vindictive politician and contentious intriguer, he was one of the most important personalities in Bohemia during the reign of King Vladislav II. Even so, he failed to build an economic base. Only the East Bohemian castles Skály , Jibka and from 1513 the castle Kumburk were in his possession .

The double wedding arranged by Bartholomäus, which took place on July 22, 1515 in Vienna, he did not live to see. On April 15, 1515 he died in a shipwreck in the floods of the Danube near Hainburg . His successor as adviser to King Vladislav II was his cousin Karl I , who was also responsible for the upbringing of Prince Ludwig II, who was not yet of legal age. A year later, Ludwig II succeeded his late father on the Bohemian-Hungarian royal throne.

literature

  • Radek Fukala: Slezská Knížecí dynastie Poděbradů . In: 550 let Hrabství Kladského. 1459-2009. = 550 lat hrabstwa Kłodzkiego. 1459-2009 . Kladský sborník Supplementum. Vol. 6). Muzeum Podkrkonoší, Trutnov 2009, ISBN 978-80-903741-3-3 , pp. 135-170.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Felix Priebatsch:  Wladislaw (Wladyslaw) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 43, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 688-696.
  2. ^ Slogan on the Kąty Wrocławskie homepage
personal data
SURNAME Bartholomäus von Munsterberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bartholomew of Podebrady; Bartoloměj Minsterberský; Bartoloměj z Minstrberka (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Munsterberg and Troppau; Count von Glatz
DATE OF BIRTH around 1478
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1515
Place of death Hainburg on the Danube