Prokop von Rabstein

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Prokop von Rabstein (also Prokop von Rabenstein ; Czech Prokop z Rabštejna ; * around 1420 , † April 11, 1472 ) was a Bohemian nobleman . From 1453 to 1468 he held the post of Chancellor Colonel of Bohemia , in which he was also entrusted with diplomatic missions.

Life

Prokop came from the Bohemian knight dynasty of the Rabstein plow . His parents were Johann II von Rabstein († before 1450), who was in the service of the Roman-German King Sigismund , and Juliane, a daughter of Tobias von Waldau auf Waldthurn . He still had the two brothers Johann d. Ä. and Johann d. J. von Rabstein . After scholarly studies, he turned to court service and probably entered the office of the German King Albrecht II as a clerk. From the beginning of the 1440s he was in the Roman office of Friedrich III , headed by Kaspar Schlick . occupied. There he met the future Pope Enea Silvio Piccolomini , with whom he became friends. On June 26, 1444, he dedicated a Latin letter treatise to Prokop under the title "Epistula de fortuna". This was published by Arnold Therhoernen in Cologne and by Stephan Plannck in Rome . At the beginning of 1447 Prokop belonged to an embassy in Rome that achieved the reconciliation of the German nation with Pope Eugene IV , who died a short time later. At the coronation of the successor Nicholas V , Prokop, presumably as a representative of the Czechs, led the Pope's horse in the coronation procession. In 1451 Prokop translated Enea Silvio Piccolomini's speech into Czech that was given in the state parliament in Beneschau .

After Ladislaus Postumus was crowned King of Bohemia, Prokop was appointed Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia ("cancellarius regni Bohemiae") in 1453. Subsequently he was entrusted with numerous diplomatic missions for the kings Ladislaus Postumus and Georg von Podiebrad . 1459–1461 he supported the latter's application for the Roman-German crown. In 1462 he undertook with the utraquist Zděněk Kostka von Postupitz and the university masters Wenzel von Würben ( Václav z Vrbna ) and Wenzel Koranda von Pilsen and the ambassador of Emperor Frederick III. Antoine Marini made a trip to Rome on behalf of Georg von Podiebrad. The delegation should agree peace with the Catholic leader and confirm the compact of the Basel Council . Although Prokop knew the Pope personally, he refused the request on the grounds that in Bohemia the doctrine of the chalice , as it had been agreed in Basel, was not being observed. The angry king had him placed under house arrest upon his return. A short time later he was given back his freedom and was confirmed by the king in his previous position. Although the tensions between Prokop and the king persisted, he was sent by King Georg in 1468 on a diplomatic mission to the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus .

Prokop was married to Katharina von Warteberg since 1444 . The marriage had a son named Wenceslaus ( Václav ).

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Complete catalog of incandescent prints M33721 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Rabstein, Prokop von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prokop von Rabenstein; Prokop z Rabštejna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia
DATE OF BIRTH around 1420
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1472