Friedrich von Bila
Friedrich von Bila († June 21, 1621 in Prague ) was imperial councilor in the Kingdom of Bohemia and regional director as well as owner of the domains Řehlovice (Schochau) and Chotiměř (Kottomir).
As a Protestant nobleman, he took an active part in the uprising of estates in Bohemia (1618) and, after the Habsburgs had been ousted, he was one of the 30 regional directors who were supposed to administer Bohemia. After successfully crushing this uprising and dismissing the elected winter king Friedrich V (Palatinate) , Friedrich von Bila was imprisoned. The Schochau dominion he owned, on which his family had sat since 1528, was confiscated and he and other rebels were publicly beheaded on the Old Town Square in Prague. His severed head was put on public display on the bridge tower of the Charles Bridge .
His daughter Anna Beatrix von Bila, who was born on February 18, 1596, died on October 25, 1613. The funeral sermon given in her honor at the Schochau House appeared in print.
His son of the same name tried to return the confiscated rule to Prince Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, for which he personally campaigned in 1623 in a letter to Prince zu Lichtenstein.
Friedrich von Bila junior served for some time as Rittmeister in the Danish service, is mentioned in 1631/32 as district commissioner in the Leitmeritz district and left Catholic Bohemia as an exile . After a stay in Dresden he died in Görlitz , which became part of the Electorate of Saxony in 1635 in Upper Lusatia .
Web links
- Site of Heimatfreunde Aussig about Groß-Tschochau with mention of Biela
- http://www.exulanten.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/index.php?module=results&class=details&pid=70172
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://digital.staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/dms/werkansicht/?PPN=PPN664094120&PHYSID=PHYS_0003
- ↑ Excerpts from the Bergmannsche Exulanten collection in the HStA Dresden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bila, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Imperial councilor in the Kingdom of Bohemia and country director as well as owner of the dominions Schochau and Chottomirsch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th century or 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1621 |
| Place of death | Prague |