Přibyslav from Křižanov
Přibyslav von Křižanov (also Pribyslav von Krzizanau ; Czech Přibyslav z Křižanova ; † January 16, 1251 ) was a Moravian nobleman. From 1238 he was castellan of Veveří Castle , from 1239 burgrave of Brno . His predicate "from Křižanov" is derived from the place of the same name Křižanov , which was founded by him.
Life
Přibyslav von Křižanov was probably a son or nephew of Zbyslav von Bratschitz , who is documented as a fellow castellan of Glatz for the year 1213 . Around 1220 Přibyslav married the still young widow Sibylle, whose deceased husband was the nobleman Bohuš . She came from Sicily , whose kings had come from the Swabian noble family of the Staufer since 1194 and probably came to the Prague court in the wake of the future Bohemian Queen Kunigunde of Swabia .
Přibyslav probably held a royal office and came to Moravia before 1234. There and on the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands he received extensive lands from King Wenceslaus I , which were barely populated and which he was supposed to colonize. For the year 1234 he is documented as the owner of Obřany and Maloměřice ( Malmeritz ). In the following years he founded Křižanov, which he chose as his seat and after which he used the title "from Křižanov". There he erected the St. Maria ( later St. Barbara ) consecrated Romanesque chapel, which was presumably on the spot in front of today's castle. In addition, he began building the St. Wenceslas Church, which, however, was probably only completed by his grandson, the Moravian under chamberlain Gerhard von Zbraslav and Obřany († 1291).
In 1238, Přibyslav was appointed castellan of Veveří Castle by King Wenceslaus I , and a year later he is documented as Burgrave of Brno when he referred to himself as Brno Burgrave on one of his deeds of donation for the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Old Brno . Also as a burgrave or count of Brno he attested a royal privilege in 1240 for the Obrowitz monastery ( Zábrdovice ).
Přibyslav and his wife Sybille supported church institutions and monasteries. After his death he was buried in the Minorite Church in Brno, which he co-founded. Since he left no male descendants, the Ž Gründungár monastery planned by him during his lifetime was realized by his son-in-law Boček von Jaroslavice and Zbraslav . Přibyslav's widow Sybille married Heinrich von Zittau ( Jindřich ze Žitavy ) in their third marriage . He was the progenitor of the Lichtenburg family and died in 1254. His son Smil von Lichtenburg († 1269) was married to Přibyslav's daughter Elisabeth / Alžběta. Widow Sybille died in Saar in 1262 and was buried in the local monastery.
family
The children came from the marriage of Přibyslav and Sybille
- Zdislava († 1252), who was canonized in 1995. She was married to Gallus von Lemberg ( Havel z Lemberka ; † 1253).
- Euphemia / Ofka († 1279), married to Boček von Jaroslavice and Zbraslav
- Elisabeth / Alžběta / Eliška († 1296), married to Smil von Lichtenburg († 1269)
- Libuše, died in childhood
- Peter, died in childhood
literature
- Miroslav Plaček, Peter Futák: Páni z Kunštátu. Rod erbu vrchních pruhů na cestě k trůnu (= Edice Šlechtické rody Čech, Moravy a Slezska. 5). Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny, Prague 2006, ISBN 80-7106-683-4 , pp. 43–46, 51, 55, 68, 69, 80, 82 and 94.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Přibyslav from Křižanov |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Přibyslav z Křižanova (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moravian nobleman, castelan of Veveří castle , burgrave of Brno |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 13th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1251 |