Peter Zmrzlík from Welding the Younger

Peter Zmrzlík von Schweing the Younger (Czech Petr mladší Zmrzlík ze Svojšína ) († December 24, 1462 ) was a Bohemian nobleman.

Peter was the eldest son of the royal mint master Peter Zmrzlík von Schweißing , a patron of literature and a close friend of the Bohemian reformer Jan Hus and a campaigner of the Hussite leader Jan Žižka.

After the death of his father, he continued the family business from Worlik . Peter and his brother Johann participated in armed conflicts between the Hussites and the Catholic Alliance. So they were entrusted with the defense of the city of Pibrans , which they could not hold against the constant attacks of the royal armies under the leadership of Hanusch von Kolowrat (Hanuš z Kolovrat). In further disputes, Peter concentrated on conquests in South Bohemia, while Johann took part in the conquest campaigns in Poland. In 1425 the two brothers were together again when the Obořiště fortress was conquered. In 1427 they defended Stříbro against Catholic units from Germany and the Landfried Pilsen. In the years 1432 to 1432 they besieged the Lopata Castle , the seat of the robber baron Habart s Hrádku, with other Hussite units .

In 1433 he bought Kocelovice from Jan Mládenec z Miličína . Towards the end of the Hussite Wars , now with Brother Wenzel, they sided with the Catholics and the Emperor Sigismund . By changing sides, they received Kosteletz on the Moldau and Tochovice from the emperor as a reward .

During the interregnum after the death of King Albrecht in 1439, Peter led several campaigns of conquest to increase his fortune. In 1444 he raided Hus Castle near Prachatitz, which in the meantime belonged to his old enemy Habart z Hrádku. At the same time, his disputes with the city of Budweis , which were settled by Ulrich II von Rosenberg in 1445 .

Peter left Worlik and Bresnitz to his brother Wenzel . The Peters family moved in 1449 to Schlüsselburg order. In the same year he and his mercenaries moved to the Bavarian border region. The Passau bishop complained to the Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad , who then, together with Zdeniek von Sternberg and the Bavarian Duke Albrecht, stopped the raids in 1453. A year later, Peter sold Karlsberg to Zdeniek von Sternberg, tried illegally to incorporate Tchořovice , which he then had to return to Elisabeth von Wartenberg a short time later .

As a representative of the Protestant Bohemian king, he and his brother Wenzel signed the Wildstein Agreement in 1450, an armistice between the royalists and the Catholic unity of Strakonitz.

Peter was married to Anna von Sternberg , a sister of Zdeniek von Sternberg, with whom he had three sons (Johann, Wenzel and Jaroslav) and two daughters (Katharina and Elisabeth). Peter was buried in the Church of St. Jacob in Kasejovice .