Beneschau (noble family)

Coat of arms of the Lords of Beneschau

The Lords of Beneschau (also from Benešov , Czech: Páni z Benešova , Benešovici ) were a Bohemian noble family whose possessions were mainly in Moravia . Their headquarters are said to have been Beneschau of the same name south of Prague. Around 1300 they are said to have moved their headquarters to the nearby Konopischt Castle . In 1327 King John of Luxembourg transferred the rule of Konopischt to the Lords of Sternberg .

As the oldest representative of the Lords of Beneschau, from whom a number of Bohemian noble families are derived, Siebmacher names

1. Benesch ( Beneš ), 1048
   1. Benesch ( Beneš ), provost of Vyšehrad , 1088
   2. Dirslaw ( Drslav ), occupied 1062
      1. Benesch the Elder of Beneschau, documented 1162–1170
         1. Benesch / Beneš (I.) the younger of Beneschau, the closer progenitor of the family of the Lords of Beneschau, who is documented for the years 1219 to 1222. Two of his sons and four of his grandsons established further branches of the family.

Family list of the gentlemen from Beneschau / Benešov

1. Beneš (I.) von Beneschau ( Beneš z Benešova ), documented 1219–1222
   1. Wok ( Vok z Benešova ), documented 1218–1250
      1. Tobias von Bechin , 1278–1296 Bishop of Prague; in Czech sources he is often referred to as Tobias von Beneschau ( Dobeš z Benešova ).
      2. Robert
      3. Andreas von Beneschau and Tworkau , founded the Tworkau family branch ( Páni z Tvorkova )
      4. Beneš (II.) Von Lohenstein ( z Cvilina ) († 1265)
         1. Beneš (III.) Von Branitz and Lohenstein , documented 1278–1293
            1. Wok / Vok, occupied 1289
            2. Adelheida, documented 1289
            3. Objezka, documented in 1289
         2. Wok / Vok († 1289)
      5. Milota von Dědice , documented 1252–1307, was suspected of treason like his brother Beneš, but was pardoned. He was previously (1275/76) captain of Styria . He was also the chamberlain of Olomouc . He is said to have given the village of Leskovec to the Velehrad monastery in 1302 .
      6. probably : Vok of Kravaře and Beneschau ( Vok z Kravař a Benešova ), occupied from 1274 to 1283, founded the family branch of the Lords of Kravaře ( Páni for Kravař a Benešova )
      7. probably : Zbyslav, documented 1281–1293, founded the family branch of the Lords of Stralek ( Páni ze Štralek )
      8. probably : Johann / Jan, documented 1288–1298, founded the family branch of the Lords of Butschowitz ( Páni z Bučovic )
   2. Robert († 1269), abbot of the Hradisko monastery from 1243
   3. Tobias / Tobiáš († 1261), 1229 Prague canons, 1235 archdean of Prague, 1238–1243 chapter dean
   4. Matthias / Matouš, documented in 1233, founded the family branch of the Lords of Duba ( Páni z Dubé )
   5. Andreas / Ondřej (I.), records 1225-1248
   6. Drslav ( Dirslaw ), documented 1234–1255, possible founder of the family branches of Bechin ( Páni z Bechyné ) and / or Štítina ( Páni ze Štítiny )
      1. Benedikt von Štítina ( Stettin ) and Choltitz, the oldest son of Drslav, was the progenitor of the Sedlnitzky von Choltitz

literature

• Tomáš Baletka: Páni z Kravař - Z Moravy až na konec světa , 2004, ISBN 80-7106-682-6 , root list on p. 426f.
• Zdeňka Hledíková : Art. Tobias (Dobeš) from Bechyne (Benešov) († 1296). 1278–1296 Bishop of Prague , in: Erwin Gatz (ed.), Clemens Brodkorb (collaborator): The Bishops of the Holy Roman Empire 1198 to 1448. A biographical lexicon. Volume I, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-08422-5 , pp. 583-585.
• J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, volume 26; The coats of arms of the nobility in Lower Austria Part 2, S - Z, page 117; Reprint edition of the arrangement by Johann Baptist Witting (Nuremberg 1918), Verlag Bauer und Raspe, owner Gerhard Geßner, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1983

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Taken from the article of the same name in the Czech language.
2. ↑ The historian Tomaš Baletka (s. Literaturang p. 23f.) Believes that it is because of the Moravian possessions Beneschau in Opava been
3. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, Volume 26; The arms of the nobility in Lower Austria Part 2, S - Z, article “Sedlnitzky von Choltitz” page 117; Reprint edition of the arrangement by Johann Baptist Witting (Nuremberg 1918), Verlag Bauer und Raspe, owner Gerhard Geßner, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1983,
4. ↑ Information doubtful, as Leskovec is first mentioned in 1361 according to the web link; possibly this is a mistake with the noble Leskovec family, who owned the Kamenice estate
5. ↑ J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, Volume 26; The coats of arms of the nobility in Lower Austria Part 2, S - Z, page 117; Reprint edition of the arrangement by Johann Baptist Witting (Nuremberg 1918), Verlag Bauer und Raspe, owner Gerhard Geßner, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1983,