Ctibor Tobischau from Cimburg

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Ctibor Tobischau from Cimburg

Ctibor Tobischau von Cimburg (also Ctibor II. Tovačovský von Cimburg ; Czech Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka ); (* around 1438 in Tobitschau ; † June 26, 1494 ibid), was from 1469 governor of Moravia and 1471–1479 Colonel Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia . He was also an eminent legal scholar.

Life

Ctibor came from the Moravian family branch of the Lords of Cimburg . His father Johann Tovačovský von Cimburg († 1464) was a supporter of the Hussites and 1437-1460 governor of Moravia.

Ctibor was one of the most outstanding personalities in the country. Under him, the Tobitschau rule, which he inherited from his father in 1464, developed into a center of Moravian intellectual life. Although he was a supporter of the Bohemian King George of Podebrady , he granted protection to the persecuted Bohemian brothers on his property . In 1454 he campaigned for the resettlement of the Sedletz monastery , which had been destroyed by the Hussites in 1421. 1464–1469 he was a Moravian judge. In 1467 he led the Bohemian army in the fight of Georg von Podiebrad against the city of Breslau and defeated the rebels in the battle of Patschkau .

In 1469 Ctibor was sent by George of Podebrady to the Polish King Casimir in Cracow , where he negotiated the possible candidacy of the Jagiellonian to the Bohemian throne. He was then appointed governor of Moravia. After Georg's death he had to travel to Poland again. After the king's election in Kuttenberg on May 27, 1471, Ctibor brought the Polish king the news that his son Vladislav had been elected king. In addition to the office of governor, which he held until his death, Ctibor was 1471–1479 Chancellor Colonel of the Kingdom of Bohemia.

In 1480 Ctibor wrote the first Moravian law book "Kniha Tovačovská" at the request of the Olomouc bishop Protasius von Boskowitz and Černahora . It became one of the most important works of legal literature in Moravia, a copy of which was kept on the country table and served as a reference work for both the judiciary and the nobility. It was copied several times and published twice in the 19th century. It was also thanks to Ctibor that Czech became the official language in Moravia after 1480.

Ctibor was initially married to an unspecified Machna. After her death he married Elisabeth von Melice in 1458, who brought Namiescht into the marriage where they initially lived. After his father's death in 1664, he inherited his property and moved his residence to Tobitschau. There he rebuilt the Gothic moated castle into a Renaissance castle at the end of the 15th century, to which he added a 96 m high gate tower.

Ctibor left no offspring. His cousin Adam, who died childless on December 3, 1502, inherited his property. With this, the Moravian family branch of the Lords of Cimburg died out.

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SURNAME Tobischau from Cimburg, Ctibor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ctibor II. Tovačovský of Cimburg; Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka az Náměště
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia, Governor of Moravia, Bohemian military leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1438
PLACE OF BIRTH Tovačov
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 1494
Place of death Tovačov