Heinrich von Lazan

Heinrich von Lazan (also: Heinrich Lef (f) l von Lazan ; Czech: Jindřich Lefl z Lažan ; † November 1, 1420 ) was governor of the Bohemian Hereditary Duchy of Wroclaw and royal Bohemian chamberlain.

Origin and career

Heinrich von Lazan came from the Silesian noble family Seydlitz / Seidlitz / Zedlitz, which branched out into several families. The nickname of Lazan was derived from the place Lazan near Schweidnitz .

Heinrich's father was the knight Günzel zu Lasan, Kunzendorf, Kniegnitz, Kunern, Tunkendorf, Wigandisdorf, Freudenberg and Striegau. In 1403 Heinrich is said to have freed King Wenceslaus IV from his captivity in Vienna. That is probably why he was one of the king's favorites, who appointed him chief chamberlain and court marshal. 1408 to 1410 and again from 1413 to 1419 he was governor of the hereditary principality of Breslau.

In 1410 Heinrich acquired the rule of Krakovec ( Rothschloss ) in South Bohemia and in 1411 from Dietrich von Janowitz the East Bohemian rule of Nachod and Hummel in the old Bohemian Königgrätzer Kreis . He exchanged both in 1414 with the chief land clerk Boček II of Podebrady († 1417) for the town and rule of Bechin in South Bohemia. This is why his descendants called themselves Bechinie von Lazan . In the same year he hosted the reformer Jan Hus at his Krakovec Castle , who was on his way to the Council of Constance and was friends with Heinrich. From 1416 Heinrich was empowered by the king to give Silesian fiefs in his place .

In 1420 Heinrich von Lazan took part in the battle of Vyšehrad on the side of King Sigismund . He was wounded in the fighting and died. His opponents are said to have had so much respect for him that they had him buried with full honors.

literature

• Franz Albert: The history of the Hummel rule and its neighboring areas, first part: The Hummel rule up to the year 1477 . Self-published by the author, 1932, pp. 144–148
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 200.