Johann Kruschina von Lichtenburg
Johann Kruschina von Lichtenburg (Czech: Jan Krušina z Lichtenburka ; also: Jan Krušina IV. Z Lichtenburka ) (* before 1370; † 1407 ) was Oberstburggraf and court master of King Wenceslas IV as well as governor of the Bohemian hereditary duchy of Schweidnitz-Jauer .
Origin and family
Johann Kruschina came from the Bohemian noble family von Lichtenburg . His parents were Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg ( Jan Krušina III. Z Lichtenburka ) and Agnes NN. His older brother Wenzel was married to Kačna von Rychmburk and was in royal service. In 1375 he accompanied the Emperor Charles IV to Lübeck. Johann's sister Anna was married to Bohuslav von Schwanberg .
Johann Kruschina and his wife Jitka, whose origin is unknown, had four children:
- Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg
- one daughter, whose first name is unknown and with Boček of Poděbrady was married
- Agnes, abbess of the Dominican convent in Königgrätz
- Alexander († after 1422)
- Barbara, married to Boreš von Ossegg
- Johann Kruschina V., Lord of Arnau and Adersbach , Hussite leader . Was murdered in 1434 after a dispute in the Braunau city council in which he assaulted the Braunau mayor.
Life
Johann Kruschina achieved the highest royal offices. In 1395 he is proven as the owner of Hornšperk . From 1397 he was an assessor at the regional court, in which he presided over almost continuously from 1404. In 1400 he acquired from Puta d. J. von Častolowitz the East Bohemian rule Opočno .
He achieved particular merit in 1401 when Wilhelm von Meißen , a brother-in-law of the margraves, besieged Prague, where King Wenceslas had holed up after he had been deposed as Roman-German king . Together with Margrave Jobst and Archbishop Olbram von Škvorec, Johann Kruschina negotiated the withdrawal of the Meissen troops and a peace treaty. Margrave Prokop , whose supporter Johann Kruschina is said to have been, gave him the rule of Albrechtice in Eastern Bohemia in 1402 , which King Wenceslaus confirmed to him as a lifelong possession in 1403. In 1403 he appointed him Supreme Court Master, and - after having made great contributions to the liberation of Wenceslas - in 1404 as Count Colonel. At the same time he gave him further lands around Hirschberg and shortly thereafter appointed him governor of the hereditary principality of Schweidnitz-Jauer, to which Hirschberg also belonged. Johann Kruschina sold this in 1404 and in the same year acquired his indebted Kommende Miletín from the Teutonic Knight Order . In 1406 he bought the Kumburk estate with the castle of the same name from Johann von Wartenberg , who was also indebted . This made him one of the richest East Bohemian nobles. For health reasons he gave up the office of Supreme Court Master to Latzek I von Krawarn at the beginning of 1407 . He died in the middle of the year at the age of about 40.
literature
- Jan Urban: Lichtenburkové . Praha 2003, ISBN 80-7106-579-X , pp. 226-250
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Petry among others: History of Silesia. From prehistoric times to 1526 . Vol. 1, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 186 f.
- ^ V. Maiwald, OSB: The Braunauer Ländchen during the Husite era . In: Die Husitennot in Glatzer Lande . Glatz Heimatschriften Vol. 30, Glatz 1928, pp. 63–68
- ↑ see historical map around 1400 by Josef Vítězslav Šimák
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| SURNAME | Kruschina von Lichtenburg, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Krušina z Lichtenburka, Jan; Krušina IV. Z Lichtenburka, Jan; Kruschina von Leuchtenburg, Johann; Kruschina von Lichtemburg, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian nobleman, Oberstburggraf, highest court master, governor of the Duchy of Schweidnitz-Jauer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1370 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1407 |