Johann Čuch from Zásada
Johann Čuch von Zásada (Czech: Jan Čuch ze Zásady ; † around 1408 ) was sub- marshal from 1380 to 1399 and later court marshal of Emperor Wenceslaus IV and chairman of the rural parliaments. He was also known as a diplomat and mediator.
Čuch lived on his farm in Lobkovice . He was so popular with the ruler that he accepted domestic political unrest because of him. When Čuch had a dispute with the Prague Archbishop Johann von Jenstein over the construction of a water weir on the Elbe in 1384 , Wenceslaus had the archbishop locked up at Karlštejn Castle and attacked the archbishop's property with the army, which consisted of around 400 villages and farms. and confiscated it. Gunpowder was first used in Bohemia during this unrest, which spread across the country .
After the emperor was disempowered, his court marshal's career also ended after 1395. After four of Wenceslas' closest followers were executed for treason in 1397, he gave up his offices. In 1400 he sold his farm in Lobkovice. In 1408 he acquired Navarov with the Jesenné and Stanové farms.
In 1408 he became the archbishop's clerk, but died two years later at Navarov Castle . He left the sons, Peter ( Petr ) and Nikolaus ( Mikuláš ).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Čuch from Zásada, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jan Čuch ze Zásady |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal bohemian court marshal |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1408 |
| Place of death | Navarov Castle |