Peter I. von Rosenberg

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Peter I. von Rosenberg as the founder, depicted on the panel painting "Birth of Christ", painted by the master von Hohenfurth

Peter I. von Rosenberg (Czech Petr I. z Rožmberka ; * 1291 ; † October 14, 1347 ) was the Chamberlain of Bohemia .

Life

Peter I. von Rosenberg came from the noble family of the same name Rosenberg . His parents were Heinrich I. von Rosenberg and Elisabeth von Dobruška . His education, for which he was famous, he probably received in Hohenfurth monastery . As chief chamberlain at the court of the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg , he and Heinrich von Leipa were among the most influential noblemen in Bohemia. He was first mentioned in a document in 1309 when he and his father visited the royal court. After the death of his father in 1310 he remained loyal to the king and supported him in the fight against Heinrich von Leipa in 1315.

In 1318 Peter I turned away from the king and besieged Budweis with other Bohemian nobles , but later moved to Lusatia and Silesia alongside the king . In 1322 he acquired the Choustník castle , a year later the king pawned the Zvíkov castle together with Mirowitz , which the king got back in 1325 by way of an exchange for Lety , which also included gold mines. In connection with gold finds, the king pledged Sedlčany in 1337 and Trautenau in 1344 .

In a document issued in Prague on October 9, 1345, King John and his son Margrave Karl of Moravia committed themselves to pay 860 groschen to Peter von Rosenberg by Christmas, from whom they had purchased goods in Březovice. At the same time they gave him the Pacov Castle northeast of Tabor with all its accessories for the 260 groschen of Prague pfennigs that Peter had lent them when they were in financial difficulties at the time of the campaign against the Prussians .

In the first third of the 14th century, Peter I built the Upper Castle at his residence in Krumlov , which included three buildings, the Palas and the St. George's Chapel. From 1330 to 1340 he expanded the Lower Rosenberg Castle . He built a castle in Haslach , Upper Austria , which he had acquired in 1341.

For the main altar of the High Further church he founded shortly before his death one day Vyšší Brod cycle called series of nine images from the life of Christ and the High Further hospital he left the yield his court Nesselbach and related fields and orchards.

Legend

The statement of the Rosenberg chronicler Václav Březan , according to which Peter I von Rosenberg was a monk of the Hohenfurth monastery, which he only left to take over the administration of the property after the death of his father and to marry, is not documented. According to recent research, it is rejected because Peter appears as co-editor of his father’s documents two years before his father’s death. Březan's statement that Peter returned to the monastery at the end of his life is unlikely, as Peter was still issuing documents in Krumlov in 1347.

Counterfeit

Ulrich II von Rosenberg presented several forged documents around the middle of the 14th century, with which the prestige of the Rosenbergs was increased or with which the claims to certain possessions were to be proven. I.a. In this way the incorrect information came about that Peter I. von Rosenberg had committed a heroic deed in the Franco-English War when he captured the enemy's banner. Peter's nickname “Der Kühne” was probably derived from this forgery. Another forgery from the Rosenberg chancellery dates from the end of the 15th century, the author of which was probably the Rosenberg chancellor Václav von Rovné. It reports on an alleged quarrel between Peters von Rosenberg and the ( then nonexistent ) Duke Bolko von Troppau, which is said to have been about which of the two families is more distinguished.

family

Peter I von Rosenberg married the widow of King Wenceslas III in 1316 . Viola Elisabeth von Teschen . After a childless marriage and her death in 1317, he married Katharina NN in 1318. This marriage included the following children:

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  1. ↑ The previous statement by Katharina von Wartenberg is unlikely and not proven
personal data
SURNAME Peter I. von Rosenberg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petr I. z Rožmberka (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chief Chamberlain in the Kingdom of Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH 1291
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1347