Dobrženský from Dobrženitz
Dobržensky von Dobrženitz ( Czech Dobřenští z Dobřenic , also Dobržensky z Dobrženitz ) is a Bohemian noble family from Dobřenice southwest of Hradec Králové .
history
The first mention of the family comes from the 14th century. Heinrich Kunata Dobrženský († 1619) on Worel fought against the Turks in Hungary, was elected captain of the Chrudim district several times , he was also chairman of the regional court and from 1615 to 1618 a member of the higher court of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Wenzel Christoph Dobrženský († 1683) on Worel was Chrudimer district chief from 1680 to 1683. Johann Dobržensky was a landowner in Kratonohy and was known as a farmer and horse breeder. Most of the members of the house embarked on a military career, such as Anton Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (1807-1869), who was field marshal. Other representatives of the family served or were commanders of various dragoons and lancers regiments.
As one of 64 noble families, the family received a hereditary seat in the manor house on February 26, 1912 , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council .
Other personalities
- Anton Freiherr Dobrzensky von Dobrzenitz (* March 21, 1807; † August 30, 1869), was a career officer and was appointed kk major general on October 2, 1858 , and finally retired on July 20, 1865 with the character of a kk field marshal lieutenant .
- Anna Countess Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (1852-1913), was married to Friedrich Wilhelm zu Ysenburg and Büdingen .
- Elisabeth Countess Dobrženský von Dobrženitz (1875-1951), was married to Prince Pedro de Alcantara d'Orléans-Bragança (1875-1940), the head of the Portuguese royal house Orléans-Braganza .
- Johann Ulrich Freiherr Dobrzenski von Dobrzeniec (1623–1670), Kurbrandenburg diplomat
Possessions
There were possessions in Chotěboř (Chotieborsch), Neděliště , Úhrov , Uhelná Příbram , Nejepín , Plandry ( Preitenhof ) and Potštejn ( Pottenstein ) in Bohemia. Before the First World War , they turned the castle in Potštejn into a cultural center. a. was visited by Rainer Maria Rilke and Karl Kraus . After 1948 the family was expropriated. After the end of communist rule in 1989, the family got the castle and lands in Chotěboř back, to which part of the family moved again.
Family coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a white stork on a blue background. According to legend, the progenitor of the family was captured by the Turks. A stork that moved north in the summer is said to have shown him the way back home.
Family coat of arms of the von Dobržensky von Dobrženitz family
Coat of arms of the Dobrensky knights of Dobrženitz
Preitenhof (Plandry)
Valy
The municipal coat of arms of Velký Třebešov , Valy and Preitenhof (Plandry) also shows the white stork on a blue background of those of Dobrženský von Dobrženitz. The municipal coat of arms of Neděliště is based on the family coat of arms.
literature
- Walter von Boetticher : History of the Upper Lusatian nobility and their estates 1635-1815. Volume 1, Görlitz 1912, p. 305
- Jan Halada: Dobřenští z Dobřenic . In: Lexicon české šlechty (erby, fakta, osobnosti, sídla a zajímavosti) . Prague: AKROPOLIS, 1992. pp. 42-43. ISBN 80-901020-3-4
- The coats of arms of the Bohemian nobility, J. Siebmacher's large book of arms, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979, page 56, coat of arms on plate 40, ISBN 3-87947-030-8
- Gothaisches Genealogical Pocket Book of the Count's Houses , Part A, Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (Kottulinsky von Kottulin), Gotha 1907, 1942.
- Roman von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families, Neustadt an der Aisch 1973, text passages on the Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz pages 7, 65, 72, 205, 239, 264, 359, 369, 373, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2
- Roman von Procházka: Supplementary volume Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families, edited by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) Research Center for the Bohemian Countries, text passages on the Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz pages 36, 45-48, 63, 140, 143, 170, ISBN 978- 3-486-54051-2
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.volny.cz/pavelsrpek/dobrenice.htm
- ↑ http://obecorel.cz/index.php?page=historie
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/8/dobr.htm
- ↑ http://www.velkytrebesov.cz/znak.htm
- ↑ http://www.nedeliste.cz/historie.html
