Kuna of Zbraslav and City of Art

Seal of the Kuna

Kuna von Zbraslav and Kunstadt (also Kuno von Zbraslav and Kunstadt ; Czech Kuna ze Zbraslavi a Kunštátu ; † 1295 ) was a Moravian nobleman. 1253–1262 he was burgrave of Veveří , 1258–1262 marshal of Moravia and 1267–1277 chamberlain of Olomouc . For 1278 he is recorded as Burgrave of Vranov , for 1279 as Burgrave of Hradec , where he first used the title "von Kunstadt". The city ​​of art he founded gave its name to the title .

Preliminary remark

Kuna von Zbraslav and Kunstadt was the youngest son of Olomouc burgrave Gerhard von Zbraslav ( Gerhard ze Zbraslavi ), whose origin is unknown. Although Kuno was the founder of the noble family of the lords of Kunstadt , the predicate "von Kunstadt" is mostly also applied to his father and his brothers. The lineage of the eldest brother Boček from Jaroslavice and Zbraslav died out in 1312 with his grandson Smil von Obřany ( Smil z Obřan ). The branch of the family of the second-born brother Mikul ( Mikulova linie ) only reached the Vladiken status , sank into insignificance and became extinct in the middle of the 15th century. The third-born brother Smil von Zbraslav and Střílky left no offspring. All other branches of the family of the Lords of Kunstadt, including the line of the Lords of Podebrady , descend from Kuna von Zbraslav and Kunstadt.

Life

Kuna / Kuno was first mentioned in 1250, when he and his brothers Boček and Smil attested to a document from the margrave and later King of Bohemia, Ottokar II Přemysl , with which he granted privileges to the Velehrad monastery . In the same year Kuna appeared together with his brothers Boček and Smil on a also margravial document as a witness with which Ottokar II Přemysl confirmed the yields of the village Kunovice to the monastery Rajhrad . In December 1251, Kuna sold the village of Brumovice to the Olomouc bishop Bruno von Schauenburg . He had received this from King Wenzel in 1246 as compensation for moving to Austria with his brother Boček and other nobles under the leadership of the Carinthian duke Ulrich , in order to force the agreed marriage of Wenzel's son Vladislav to Gertrud von Babenberg . They suffered a heavy defeat at Staats . Ulrich von Kärnten, Crha von Čeblovice and Kuna and his brother Boček were captured by Austria.

Kuna also appears as a witness on the royal document about the establishment of the Žďár monastery , which was donated by Kuna's brother Boček in 1252. In 1252, together with the brothers Boček and Smil, he accompanied the heir to the throne Ottokar II. Přemysl to his wedding with Margarete von Babenberg in Hainburg . From this it can be concluded that they belonged to his court and held a prominent position in society. For the first time in 1253, Kuna is documented as the burgrave of Veveří .

In July 1254, Kuna / Kuno was in Prague with his brothers Boček and Smil. In January 1255 they and other Bohemian and Moravian nobles, including Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg, and King Ottokar II. Přemysl went on a crusade against the pagan Pruzzen in the Baltic States to support the Teutonic Knightly Order in the Christianization of the area.

In March 1262, Kuna and Smil in Vienna confirmed the royal privileges granted to all Jews in the areas ruled by Ottokar II Přemysl. Kuna is documented for the first time as treasurer of Olomouc in 1267; he held this office for another ten years. In 1273 he took part in Ottokar II. Přemysl's war against Hungary. After the king had to forego all of the Alpine territories he had acquired in 1276 and only had Bohemia and Moravia left, he appointed the Kuna, who was loyal to him, burgrave of Vranov at the end of 1277 . Because of its border location, the castle was mainly used for national defense. It is not known whether Kuna took part in the Battle of Marchfeld , in which King Ottokar II Přemysl was killed on August 28, 1278. Already in the summer of 1279 Kuna was together with Milota von Dědice , Wok von Krawarn , Beneš from Ùvalno ( Cvilín ) and Herbort von Füllstein with the queen widow Kunigunde at the castle Hradec , and only there he first used the predicate "von Kunstadt". In October d. J. he is documented as Burgrave of Hradec. He only held this office for a short time, as the queen widow soon transferred the office of burgrave to her lover Zawisch von Falkenstein .

On October 16, 1282, Kuna took part in a hearing at the Olomouc District Court as an assessor. In November 1283 he attested a privilege of May d. J. King Wenceslas II returned from captivity for the Porta Coeli monastery in Tišnov . The last time Kuna was mentioned was in March 1295 in a document from the Olomouc bishop Theoderich von Neuhaus , in which he was together with other Moravian nobles, including Milota von Dědice, Vítek and Hrabiš from Schwabenitz , Tas from Lomnitz, Albert and Zdeněk from Sternberg and Hartmann from Čeblovice is listed on Holstein . He died that same year, aged about 75.

literature

• Miroslav Plaček, Peter Futák: Páni z Kunštátu. Rod erbu vrchních pruhů na cestě k trůnu . Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny 2006, ISBN 80-7106-683-4

Web links

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