Neuhaus (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Neuhaus

The noble family of the lords of Neuhaus (also lords of Hradec ; Czech Páni z Hradce , Latin de Novo Domo ) came from the South Bohemian dynasty of the Witigonen , whose first representative was Witiko von Prčice († 1194). His eldest son Heinrich founded a castle before 1220, which was called "Novum castrum", while the place around the castle was called "Nova domus" for 1223, "Gradecz" for 1255 and "Newenhaus" for 1265 “Is occupied.

coat of arms

Blazon of the tribe emblem of the Lords of Neuhaus: "In a blank blue pointed golden rose . On the facing helmet (on a leaning shield) with blue and gold covers the golden rose. ”A variant of the coat of arms:“ In blue a green-tipped, golden rose . On the helmet (on a leaning shield) with blue and gold covers the golden rose. "

history

Jindřichův Hradec Castle (Neuhaus)
Coat of arms "Johann Herr von Newhauß, Bohemian supreme Cantzler" (from an unknown book of coats of arms)

The Witigone Witiko von Prčice bequeathed his extensive lands in southern Bohemia to his four sons, who subsequently each founded their own family branches and used a five-leaf rose on a colored field as a standard. The progenitor of the family branch of the von Neuhaus family was

  • Heinrich I von Neuhaus , documented 1205–1237. He owned lands in South Bohemia and West Moravia and resided at Hradec Castle in the town of the same name, which was only referred to from 1410 with the Czech place name attribute "Jindřichův", derived from Heinrich / Jindřich.

Due to the geographical proximity to Austria and Bavaria , family connections arose with the Austrian aristocratic families Hardegg , Walsee , the Kuenringers and the Schaunbergers , as well as the Bavarian Counts Leuchtenberg and Hals . The political influence of the Witigonen, whose most powerful branches were the lords of Neuhaus and the Rosenbergs , is said to have reached sovereign power as early as the 13th century. According to the lordship order of 1501, they and the Rosenbergers were entitled to first rank, just behind the king and above all other gentry families. In the 16th century they achieved the dignity of imperial counts . Members of the family held the highest political offices in the Kingdom of Bohemia. For some there were clashes with the rulers, including the kings John of Luxembourg and George of Podebrady . During the Hussite Wars they were represented in both camps.

The lords of Neuhaus belonged to the richest families in the Bohemian Kingdom and owned Neuhaus , Zlabings , Winterberg , Fraunberg , Teltsch and others. In the 16th century they rebuilt their castles and other buildings in the Renaissance style. B. their Prague palace as well as the Teltsch and Neuhaus palaces , where they resided.

After the male line with Joachim Ulrich von Neuhaus (1579-1604) died out, the possessions as well as the rights according to the master class rules went to the later Bohemian Colonel Chancellor Wilhelm Slavata from the count's house Slavata von Chlum and Koschumberg , husband of Joachim Ulrich's sister Lucie Otilie von Neuhaus (1582-1633) via. The rule Neuhaus fell in 1716 to the Count Czernin that they held until 1945, the rule Teltsch arrived Franz Anton 1712 Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn that they Alois Podstatský of Prusinowitz inherited in the offspring, which since 1762 Podstatzky Lichtenstein call , it remained until 1945.

Main line of the gentlemen from Neuhaus / von Hradec

  1. Heinrich I. von Neuhaus ; occupied 1205–1237
    1. Sezema; occupied 1233–1234
    2. Witiko I. von Neuhaus ; occupied 1223–1259
      1. Ludmila, married to Markwart von Hrádek ( Markvart z Hrádku )
      2. Heinrich / Jindřich; occupied 1247–1254
      3. Ulrich I. von Neuhaus ; occupied 1254–1282, married to Maria von Hardegg ( Marie z Hardeku )
        1. Ulrich II. Von Neuhaus († 1312), married to Mechthild von Schaunberg ( Mechtildis ze Schaumberka )
          1. Elisabeth / Eliška, married to Smil von Obřany († 1312/13)
          2. Anna († after 1336), married to Eberhard VI. from Walsee
          3. Agnes / Anežka († October 14, 1319), married in first marriage to Meinher von Lisník, in second marriage to Weinhart von Schaunberg
          4. Ulrich III. von Neuhaus (1299–1349), married first to Margaret of Carinthia ( Markéta z Korutan ), second to Klara von Bílkov
            1. Heinrich II. Von Neuhaus († 1363); first marriage to Margaret of neck ( Markéta z Halsu ), born Leuchtenberg , second wife Margaret of Hardegg ( Markéta z Hardeku ) that on June 8, 1369 as a Poor Clare died
              1. Henry III. von Neuhaus († 1398), Highest Burgrave, married to Elisabeth von Hardegg ( Eliška z Hardeku )
                1. Johann the Younger ( Jan mladší ; † 1420), first married to Agnes / Anežka von Kappeln, second marriage to Elisabeth von Wartenberg ( Eliška z Vartenberku )
                  1. Elisabeth / Alžběta, married to Georg / Jíři von Puchheim
                  2. Heinrich / Jindřich, * 1419, died in childhood
                  3. Johann / Jan auf Teltsch (1419–1451), married to Katharina / Kateřina von Sternberg
                    1. Heinrich IV. Von Neuhaus (1442–1507), founder of the Teltsch branch
                    2. Herrmann / Heřman (~ 1445–1464)
                2. Anna, married to Bernhard von Lichtenstein
                3. Ulrich V. von Neuhaus / "Vavák" († 1421); Bohemian chief mint master, married to Margarete von Krawarn ( Markéta z Kravař )
                  1. Anna, her first marriage to Hynek Ptáček von Pirkstein , her second marriage to Heinrich von Michalowitz ( Jindřich z Michalovic )
              2. Heinrich the Younger ( Jindřich mladši ), documented 1365-1392 on Kunžak and Sternberg
                1. Anna († 1426), her first marriage to Johann von Stadeck († 1399), her second marriage to Hugo von Montfort
              3. Anna, documented 1361-1380, abbess in Krumau
              4. Heinrich / Jindřich "Henzlín"; † in adolescence
            2. Meinhard von Neuhaus , Prague canon, Bishop of Trento (documented 1349-1377)
            3. Anna († 1362), married to Heinrich von Lichtenburg ( Jindřich z Lichtenburka na Bílově )
            4. Ulrich IV. Von Neuhaus , documented 1345–1383, married to Anna von Rosenberg († 1388)
              1. Ulrich Vavák von Neuhaus ( Oldřich Vavák ; documented 1384–1412), married to Margarete / Markéta von Sternberg
                1. Anna, married to Johann von Riesenburg ( Jan z Ryžmburka na Švihově )
              2. Agnes / Anežka, married to Matthäus von Cimburg ( Matúš z Cimburka )
              3. Heinrich / Jindřich, attested 1385-1421, Grand Prior of the Johanniter von Strakonitz
              4. John the Elder ( Jan starši na Velharticich ); occupied 1384–1417, married to Katharina / Kateřina von Velhartice
                1. Meinhard von Neuhaus (1398–1449), married to Margarethe von Walsee ( Markéta z Walsee )
                  1. Johann / Jan; † in childhood
                  2. Ulrich / Oldřich († 1453), married to Margarethe / Markéta von Pottenstein
                  3. Heinrich / Jindřich; † in childhood
                2. Elisabeth / Eliška († 1437), married to Ernst Flaška von Pardubitz ( Arnošt Flaška z Pardubic )
            5. Herrmann / Heřmann († 1404), married first to Kunka NN, second to Petruška NN
              1. Klara († 1389), Clarissin in Krumau
              2. Meinhard / Menhart († 1391), married to Anna von Velhartice ( Anna z Velhartic )
              3. Elisabeth / Eliška († 1417), first married to Johann von Krawarn ( Jan z Kravař ), married twice to Georg von Lichtenburg ( Jiři z Lichtenburka )
        2. Witiko II of Neuhaus ( Vítek II. Z Hradce ); his daughters Catherine / Kateřina, Jitka and Barbara are at the foundation of the monastery Pohled have been involved
        3. Otto; occupied 1281
        4. Katharina / Kateřina, married Heinrich von Kuenring († 1286) in their first marriage in 1285 , and Walter von Sternberg in their second marriage in 1289
        5. Maria, attested in 1285 as abbess of St. Bernard Abbey in Lower Austria
        6. Margarete / Markéta, documented 1285–1312, married to Stephan / Štěpán Seeberg von Maissau
      4. Theodoric von Neuhaus († 1302), Bishop of Olomouc

The Lords of Hradec from the Telč line ( Telecká line )

Telsch Castle

After the Hradec / Neuhauser line died out in 1453 with Ulrich / Oldřich, a son of Meinhard von Neuhaus , inherited the estates Heinrich / Jindřich and Herrmann / Heřmann, sons of Johann († 1451) from the Teltscher line of the Lords of Neuhaus. Since Herrmann died before reaching the age of majority in 1464, the Telscher line became the founder:

  1. Heinrich IV. Von Neuhaus (1442–1507), Bohemian Chamberlain
    1. Adam I von Neuhaus (1494–1531), Bohemian Colonel Chancellor; married to Anna von Rosental / Rožmitál († 1563)
      1. Ursula / Voršila († before 1580)
      2. Mandelína († 1580)
      3. Elisabeth / Alžběta († 1585), married to Diviš Slavata
      4. Joachim von Neuhaus (1526–1565), Bohemian Colonel Chancellor and Burgrave of Karlstein; married to Anna von Rosenberg
        1. Anna († 1553)
        2. Elisabeth / Alžběta († 1596)
        3. Adam II von Neuhaus (1546–1596), Bohemian Colonel Chancellor and Prague Burgrave; married to Katharina von Montfort († 1631)
          1. Wilhelm Zacharias ( Vílem Zachariaš ; 1575–1589)
          2. Bohunka (1576-1577)
          3. Anna Katharina (1578–1596)
          4. Joachim Ulrich von Neuhaus (1579–1604), Burgrave of Karlstein; married to Maria Maximiliane von Hohenzollern
          5. Lucie Otilie (1582–1633), married to Wilhelm Slavata
        4. Heinrich Adam († 1551)
        5. Anna, married to Ulrich Felix von Lobkowitz ( Oldřich Felix Lobkovic na Kosti )
      5. Zacharias von Neuhaus (1527–1589), Chamberlain of Moravia and Governor; married in first marriage to Katharina / Kateřina von Waldstein († 1571), in second marriage to Anna von Schleinitz ( Anna ze Šlejnic )
        1. Meinhard / Menhart Lev na Polné († 1579)
        2. Katharina / Kateřina, married to Ladislav Berka von Dubá
    2. Anna († 1570), first married to Hynek Boček von Kunstadt († 1518); in second marriage with Ladislav von Sternberg auf Bechyně († 1521) and in third marriage with Heinrich VII. von Rosenberg (1496-1526)

literature

  • Procházka novel : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian noble families . Neustadt an der Aisch, Verlag Degener & Co 1973, gentlemen's family Neuhaus (Böhmen) (de Nova Domo, von Hradecz) with part of the lineage and description of coat of arms and seals, page 208-211, ISBN 3-7686-5002-2
  • Biographical Lexicon on the History of the Bohemian Lands, Volume III, edited by Ferdinand Seibt , Hans Lemberg and Helmut Slapnicka on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum . R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich 2000, pages 33 and 34, ISBN 3-486-55973-7
  • August Sedláček : Family Tree Collection No. 15, "Genealogy" IV (Historical Institute in Prague)
  • Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 , p. 853.
  • František Teplý: Dějiny města Jindřichova Hradce . Dílu I. svazek 1., Jindřichův Hradec 1927 ( including trunk list up to 1453 )
  • František Teplý: Dějiny města Jindřichova Hradce . Dílu I. svazek 2., Jindřichův Hradec 1927 ( including master list of the Telsch line 1453-1604 )
  • Johanna von Herzogenberg : Between Danube and Vltava - Bavarian Forest and Bohemian Forest - The Mühlviertel and South Bohemia . Prestel Verlag Munich 1968, Neuhaus and Wittengau, pages 320–328
  • Hans Ulrich Engel: Castles and palaces in Bohemia - based on old templates , Wolfgang Weidlich, Frankfurt am Main, 2nd edition 1968, Burg Neuhaus pages 103-105, illustration page 227 ISBN 3-8035-8013-7
  • Josef Claudius: The gentlemen of Neuhaus . Neuhaus i. B. 1830
  • Karel Plicka, Emanuel Poche: Prague - A picture guide, Panorama Prague (German translation 1982), Palace of the Lords of Hradek (Neuhaus) page 52, text no .: 72 and 73

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BSB Volume 129, page 445 f.