Půta Švihovský
Půta Švihovský z Ryzmberka , also Půta II. Švihovský (German Botho Schwihau von Riesenberg ) (first mentioned 1472; † July 21, 1504 in Horažďovice ), was a Bohemian nobleman from the Riesenberg family .
Life
He was appointed the highest judge in the Kingdom of Bohemia at a young age and held the office for twenty years. At the same time he was captain of the Pilsen and Prachin district in western Bohemia . By inheritance he came into possession of the Rabí Castle in southwest Bohemia. He pushed ahead with the expansion of the fortress and had it extended by another wall ring.
Půta was educated, but he is said to have been cruel. According to a legend, under the pretext of a festival, he was lured into a barn and burned alive in order to cheat construction workers from the Švihov Castle near Klatovy . He also acted imperiously towards the lower nobility and hated all those who thought differently, especially the Bohemian brothers . When he died, some regarded it as God's punishment. In the castle chapel of Schwiehau an inscription on the parapet of the balustrade remembered him for centuries: Puta de Rizmberg et de Skala daus in Raby et in Svihov, Supremus judex regni Boh. ista aedificia fecit 1489 . His tomb is in the Church of the Assumption of Our Lady in Horažďovice .
He was married to Bohunka Mezeřícká von Lomnitz, from a Moravian dynasty, with whom he had four children, Kateřina, Johanka, Břetislav, and Jindřich.
Coat of arms I.
Split. red in front, without image, three silver bars in blue behind, - jewel: closed flight on the helmet crown, red in the back, but blue in front with three silver bars; Ceilings: blue-silver
Coat of arms II
Quartered; 1 and 4 in silver a black eagle; 2 and 3 shield with coat of arms I - jewel and blankets as with I.
literature
The coats of arms of the Bohemian nobility, J. Siebmacher's big coat of arms book, volume 30, Neustadt an der Aisch 1979, ISBN 3-87947-030-8 , page 293, coat of arms table 142 Lords Svihovsky von Ryzmberg; Page 280, coat of arms 138 Mezericky, Lords of Lomnic
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Švihovský, Půta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Svihovsky, Puta; Svihov, Puta from; Schwihau, Puta from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech nobleman, judge and captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1472 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1504 |
| Place of death | Horažďovice |