Landstein (noble family)

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Landstein coat of arms

The Bohemian noble family of the Lords of Landstein (Czech Páni z Landštejna , also Landštejnové ) came from the Witigonen family .

coat of arms

Blazon of the coat of arms of the Landsteiners (Lords of Landstein): “In red, a fallen, green-tipped rose and in the five-rayed green calyx a golden beech silver rose . On the helmet (on a leaning shield) with red and silver blankets, a red and silver, closed flight, covered with the silver rose. "

history

Landstein Castle, engraving from 1847

This branch of the Witigonen family came into being after the property of Witiko von Prčice († 1194) was divided among his four sons. The progenitor of the Landsteiners was his youngest son Witiko IV (also Witiko von Klokoty ; Czech Vítek IV. Z Klokot ; Vítek z Klokot ), who died in 1234.

Only after the acquisition of Landstein Castle around 1250 did his descendants call themselves von Landstein . Around 1259, Landstein Castle was owned by Ulrich von Landstein ( Olbřich z Landštejna ). He was followed by Sezema and Witiko / Vítek, sons of Hojer ( Ojíř ) from Lomnitz . Witiko / Vítek († 1312) distinguished himself in the defense of Znojmo and took part in the fight against her brother-in-law Heinrich of Carinthia on the part of the later wife of the Bohemian King Johann von Luxemburg , Elisabeth . The best-known representative of this family was Wilhelm von Landstein († 1356). During his reign, Landstein included Neubistritz , Wittingau , Lomnitz and Gratzen . In the second half of the 14th century this branch of the family became impoverished. After the Landstein Castle was sold in 1381 to the Kraiger von Kraigk family , descendants of the Landstein family lived in the Bohemian towns of Borotín, Tuchoraz and Střela and in Moravia , where they owned the Morawan and Milotitz rule . The Moravian branch called itself from the second half of the 14th century from Morawan ( z Moravan ). The last male descendant of this branch of the family was Ctibor from Morawan on Světlov , who died around 1478.

In the middle of the 15th century, the Bohemian Oberstlandschreiber Nikolaus von Landstein († 1484) founded the Svitáček von Landstein family branch ( Svitáček z Landštejna ), which existed until the beginning of the 17th century.

Tribe list of the Lords of Landstein

The progenitor was the fourth son of Witiko von Prčice († 1194):

  1. Witiko IV. (Also Witiko von Klokoty ; Czech Vítek IV.z Klokot ; Vítek z Klokot ; † 1234)
    1. Katharina / Kateřina von Lomnitz , abbess of the Porta Coeli monastery near Tišnov
    2. Gertrud von Lomnitz († after 1266)
    3. Jutta von Lomnitz, married to Kuno von Chvan († after 1267)
    4. Ludmila von Lomnitz († after 1257), married to Markward von Hrádek
    5. Pilgrim von Wittingau ( Pelhřim z Třeboňě ; † around 1261), married to Agnes / Anežka NN
      1. Wok von Landstein ( Vok z Landštejna ; † around 1300)
        1. Ludmilla von Landstein ( Lidmila z Landštejna ; † after 1339)
        2. Hojer von Landstein ( Ojíř z Landštejna ; † 1327)
        3. Sezima von Landstein († around 1327)
        4. Jaroslav von Borovany († around 1339)
      2. Sezima von Landstein († around 1293)
    6. Witiko von Skalice ( Vítek ze Skalice ; † after 1266)
    7. Hojer von Lomnica ( Ojíř z Lomnice ; † around 1306), married to Stříza NN; With a certificate made out on May 24, 1284 in Prague, together with other Bohemian Adingen promised King Wenceslaus II allegiance and peace with the opposing party
      1. Smil von Gratzen ( Smil z Nových Hradů ; † around 1317), married to Kunigunde von Kuenring ; gave the church of Deutsch-Reichenau to the Hohenfurt monastery with a certificate issued in Rosenberg .
        1. Ofka von Landstein
        2. Hojer von Landstein ( Ojíř z Landštejna )
        3. Smil from Landstein
      2. Witiko von Landstein ( Vítek z Landštejna ; † around 1312) distinguished himself in the defense of Znojmo and took part in the fight against her brother-in-law Heinrich of Carinthia on the part of the later wife of the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg , Elisabeth .
        1. Smil von Ledenitz ( Smil z Ledenic ; † around 1358), married to Agnes / Anežka NN
          1. Keruše von Ledenitz, married to Přibík von Stráž
        2. Wilhelm von Landstein († 1356)
        3. Zbyněk von Ledenitz ( Zbyněk z Ledenic ; † around 1346)

Web links

Commons : Landstein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Klokoty, now a part of Tábor
  2. ↑ genealogy.euweb.cz
  3. ↑ genealogy.euweb.cz
  4. ↑ Not proven with certainty. Its possible descendants see under http://genealogy.euweb.cz/bohemia/landstein1.html
  5. ↑ Valentin Schmidt , Alois Picha: Document book of the city of Krummau in Böhmen . Volume I: 1253-1419. Prague 1908, p. 5.
  6. ↑ Valentin Schmidt, Alois Picha: Document book of the city of Krummau in Böhmen . Volume I: 1253-1419. Prague 1908, p. 7.
  7. ↑ For his descendants see http://genealogy.euweb.cz/bohemia/landstein2.html