Joachim von Neuhaus

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Joachim von Neuhaus (also Joachim von Hradec , in Czech Jáchym z Hradce ; * July 14, 1526 ; † December 13, 1565 ) was Burgrave of Karlstein from 1546–1555 and then Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia . He came from the Telsch line of the Lords of Neuhaus .

Life

His parents were Adam I. von Neuhaus and Anna von Rosental ( Anna z Rožmitála a Blatné ). When his father died in 1531, Joachim was only five years old, which is why he and his siblings were initially placed under the guardianship of their mother and other nobles. Since his father, as Chancellor Colonel of Bohemia, was one of the favorites of the Bohemian King Ferdinand , Joachim came to Ferdinand's court to be educated at the age of eight, where he, together with the Archdukes Maximilian and Ferdinand, was under the care of the court master and teacher Hermann Záleský ( Heřman Záleský z Prostého ). Záleský gave lessons in Latin and German and was also obliged to speak Czech and Polish with his pupils so that they could speak these languages ​​fluently. Together with the archdukes, Joachim went on an educational trip to Italy, France and the Netherlands. During these years his lifelong political ties to the Habsburgs were shaped.

In 1546 Joachim took over the regency and independent administration of the inherited estates, which included Neuhaus , Teltsch , Slavonice , Počátky and Želetava ( Schelletau ). In the same year he married Anna, a daughter of Jost III. from Rosenberg . With a letter written in Breslau he was appointed captain of the Bechin district by King Ferdinand . Together with the king and his court master Zdislav von Berka von Dubá , Joachim took part in the Battle of Mühlberg on April 24, 1547, which ended the Schmalkaldic War .

In 1550 Joachim shared the paternal inheritance with his younger brother Zacharias, who had been underage up to that point, to whom he transferred Slavonice, Strmilov and Kunžak as well as Teltsch, whose castle Zacharias chose as his residence. In the same year Joachim and Zacharias signed an inheritance contract, according to which one should inherit the other if one died without male offspring. Although the Emperor granted them an audience on June 2, 1551, during which Joachim was appointed Privy Councilor and Zacharias as Chamberlain, the Emperor only confirmed the inheritance contract between the brothers shortly before his death in 1564.

In 1550 Joachim took part in the Moravian Landtag in Olomouc as King Ferdinand's envoy, together with Johann von Waldstein . In 1552 he acquired the Winterberg estate, which had been confiscated from the Lords of Malovec . In 1553 Joachim took part in the Prague state parliament and together with Wilhelm von Rosenberg at the wedding of Ferdinand's widowed daughter Katharina and the Polish King Sigismund II . J. took place in Krakow .

For his loyal service, Joachim was appointed Burgrave of Karlstein by King Ferdinand in 1551 and, after the death of Heinrich von Plauen, Chancellor Colonel of Bohemia in 1554. The Spanish King Philip II accepted Joachim into the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1561 . In 1562 King Ferdinand transferred the Frauenberg Castle to him under inheritance law .

At the end of the 1550s, Heinrich had the Jindřichův Hradec Castle and the Prague Palace he had acquired rebuilt in the Renaissance style by the builder Antonio Ericer . Because of his frequent absence, the Neuhaus estate was administered by his economic and court officials. They were not only able to consolidate the initially indebted possessions, but also expand them. In the period from 1561 to 1564 alone, the fortune is said to have doubled. The city of Neuhaus experienced an economic boom.

After Ferdinand's death in 1564, Joachim was to negotiate for his successor Maximilian with Moravia and Silesia for their financial participation in the Turkish wars and to accompany Maximilian to the Augsburg Reichstag , which, however, never happened. Joachim's steep ascent came to an abrupt end when he drowned on December 12, 1565 near Vienna when a wooden bridge crashed into the Danube . At his death, his possessions are said to have been heavily in debt again.

family

Joachim von Neuhaus was married to Anna von Rosenberg , who died in 1580. The children came from marriage:

  • Anna († 1553)
  • Elisabeth / Alžběta († 1596)
  • Adam († 1596), Bohemian Colonel Chancellor and Prague Burgrave; married to Katharina von Montfort († 1631)
  • Heinrich Adam († 1551)
  • Anna, married to Ulrich Felix von Lobkowitz ( Oldřich Felix Lobkovic na Kosti )

literature

  • František Teplý: Dějiny města Jindřichova Hradce . Dílu I. svazek 2., Jindřichův Hradec 1927 ( with master list from 1453 )
  • Václav Ledvinka: Na prahu raného novověku: Jindřich IV. A Adam I. z hradce . In: Václav Bůžek: Poslední páni z Hradce . České Budějovice 1998, ISBN 80-7040-267-9 , pp. 16-18

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Handbook of Historical Places Bohemia and Moravia, p. 145
personal data
SURNAME Joachim von Neuhaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joachim von Hradec, Jáchym z Hradce
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian nobleman, Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia and Burgrave of Karlstein
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1526
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1565