Henry III. from Neuhaus

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Henry III. von Neuhaus (also Heinrich III. von Hradec , Czech Jindřich III. z Hradce ; also Jindřich starši z Hradce ; † 1398 ), was the highest burgrave of Bohemia .

Life

Heinrich came from the Witigon family branch of the Lords of Neuhaus . His parents were Heinrich II. Von Neuhaus and Margarete von Hals ( Markéta z Halsu ), née Landgräfin von Leuchtenberg .

On February 28, 1378 Heinrich together with his brother Heinrich d. J. ( Jindřich mladší ) donated the income from the village of Pěna to the Poor Clare Monastery in Krumlov , whose abbess was her sister Anna, for the salvation of her parents . In 1383 he acquired the Janstein / Janštýn castle and in 1389 the town of Počátky from the Counts of Hardegg . In 1391, Johann von Hardegg sold him Kozí Hrádek Castle near Tábor, which Heinrich soon left to the Lords of Sezimovo Ústí . In addition, Heinrich exchanged the Sternberg ( Štamberk ) castle near Telč for part of Slavonice .

Heinrich participated in the resistance of part of the Bohemian nobles against King Wenceslaus IV. In 1394 he belonged next to Heinrich III. von Rosenberg and Wilhelm II. von Landstein and Otto d. Ä. von Bergow , Břeněk von Skála, Heinrich Berka von Hohenstein ( Jindřich Berka z Hohenštejna ), Jan Michalec von Michalovic, Boresch von Riesenburg and Boček II. von Podiebrad among the co-founders of the so-called “master's unit” ( Panská jednota ). Therefore his lands were invaded by Wenceslas supporters in 1394 and especially the city of Telč was devastated.

Heinrich resided at Neuhaus Castle . On July 25, 1389, he granted his residence town Neuhaus privileges under German law. He signed the German document as "Heinrich vom Newnhaus". Shortly before his death in 1398 he was appointed the highest burgrave.

family

Heinrich was married to Elisabeth von Hardegg ( Eliška z Hardeku ). Children came from marriage

  • Johann the Younger ( Jan mladší ; † 1420), first married to Agnes / Anežka von Kappeln, second marriage to Elisabeth von Wartenberg ( Eliška z Wartenberku )
  • Anna, married to Bernhard von Lichtenstein
  • Ulrich V. von Neuhaus "Vavák"; († 1421); Bohemian chief mint master, married to Margarete von Krawarn ( Markéta z Kravař )
  • Anna, first marriage to NN Ptáček von Pirkstein, second marriage to Heinrich von Michalowitz ( Jindřich z Michalovic )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ This information does not match the web link at Lemma Castle Štamberk, according to which the castle was owned by the von Neuhaus family until it was destroyed by the Hussites in 1423. On the other hand, Slavonice is said to have belonged to the von Neuhaus family from the start.
personal data
SURNAME Henry III. from Neuhaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henry III. from Hradec; Heinrich the Elder of Neuhaus; Jindřich III. z Hradce; Jindřich starši from Hradce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian nobleman and highest burgrave of Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH 1398