Riesenberg (noble family)

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The Lords of Riesenberg ( Czech z Ryzmberka or z Riesenberka ) were an important Catholic noble family in Bohemia .

history

They got their nickname from the ownership of Riesenberg Castle near Neugedein . The main branch was formed by Messrs. Schwihau von Riesenberg , from whom Messrs. Dolan and Puta later split off.

During the Hussite Wars , Wilhelm von Riesenberg and Johann von Rabí fought alongside the Catholic nobility and King Sigismund . For this Wilhelm was rewarded with membership in the Catholic Pilsner Landfried. Riesenbergers repeatedly undertook raids against the gentlemen von Klattau who sympathized with the Hussites . In 1424, the Hussites, led by Captain Johann Bzdinka and Bohuslav von Schwanberg, retaliated against the Riesenberg attacks and attacked the Schwihau fortress with 8,000 men and 1,000 horsemen . After the Battle of the White Mountain , the Riesenbergers were given their fortune back. The Riesenberger seized other lands and farms, including Rabi Castle , Castle Skala , Riesenberg also (Rýzmberk) and for a while Karlberg to dig with the right gold. They also owned Raudnitz and in the 15th century the city of Cosel in the Duchy of Cosel . In addition to the Rosenbergers and Pernsteiners , they were among the richest noble families in Bohemia .

At the Battle of Lipan , Johann von Schwihan again joined the Catholic armies.

Tribe list

Ast Výrov

(Czech z Výrova , plural Výrkové , later Úsilovští )

  1. Heinrich
    1. Heinrich V (1427-1456) received Usilov .
      1. Nachval (1464–1481)
        1. Johann (1473-1514)
          1. George
          2. Nachval (last members of the branch)
      2. Wilhelm (1464–1472)
      3. Heinrich (1464–1506), burgrave of Maidstein and landlord of Groß Uretschlag

Branch Drslav

The Drslavici settled on the trade route from Bavaria to Pilsen and built Riesenberg Castle here in the 13th century, at a time when Přemysl Ottokar II was waging war against Bavaria. This ancestral branch had branched a total of about 90 times. From it later emerged the noble families von Riesenberg, later those von Schwihau and Riesenberg. All families were linked by the same coat of arms: a shield in two parts, the left half of which is divided by three horizontal bars. At the end of the 12th century, three brothers Černín, Břetislav and Drslav held high offices at the royal court. For their services they received extensive fiefs from Přemysl Ottokar I. in the south-west of Bohemia.

  1. Drslav I "Zdislav" († around 1167)
    1. Černín Drslavic († around 1215)
      1. Sobehrd von Klattau (Soběhrd z Klatov) († around 1257)
        1. Drslav of Chudenic († around 1291)
          1. Černín († before 1378), married to Perchta
            1. Johann († around 1394)
            2. Černín († around 1420), married Ofka z Ustupenic
              1. Wenceslas († after 1434)
              2. Černín († after 1434)
                1. Wilhelm († after 1466)
                2. Nicholas († around 1479)
              3. Drslav († before 1466), married to Elisabeth Czernin z Chudenic
                1. Diepold († after 1460)
                2. Humprecht Czernin von Chudenicz (* 1447; † after 1499), married to Marjana z Doupova
                3. Vilém Czernin z Chudenic († around 1510)
                  1. Drslav († 1531), married to Katharina von Slatin
                  2. Nikolaus († before 1551) married to Margarethe von Langenwiese (Markéta z Dlouhé Vsi)
                    1. Wenceslas the Younger († around 1602)
                  3. Wilhelm († before 1565)
                  4. Johann († 1593), married to Lidmila ze Lhoty and Katharina von Pratendorf (children came from the first marriage)
                    1. Zdislav († around 1577)
                    2. Karl († 1586)
                    3. Drslav the Elder († 1601)
                    4. David Wilhelm, married to Anna von Příchovice
                      1. Johann Peter († around 1624)
                    5. Georg Diepold
                  5. Wenceslaus the Elder
                  6. Hynek († around 1547)
                  7. Georg († before 1564), married to Anna Beyčková z Nezpěčova
                    1. Johann Hynek († around 1596), married to Katharina von Doupov
                    2. David († 1596 in England)
                  8. Johann the Younger († before 1583)
                  9. Sigismund († after 1566)
                  10. Sigismund († around 1530)
                  11. Margarete († around 1535)
                4. Johann († around 1505)
              4. Protiva († around 1419)
          2. Kunrát († around 1369)
    2. Břetislav von Pilsen (* 1193; † around 1238), is also known as the ancestor of the Riesenberger. He held a royal post in the Pilsen region and gave himself the title of Pilsen, later he referred to himself as von Zbiroh.
      1. Černín of Pilsen († after 1228)
      2. Břetislav von Zbiroh (* 1228; † around 1257), was married to an unspecified Mařena, called himself in 1245 von Biřkov, since 1247 von Zbiroh.
        1. Diepold von Zbiroh , († around 1297), highest judge and from 1279 to 1282 highest chamberlain. In 1281 he was authorized by the National Assembly to administer Bohemia together with the Archbishop of Prague. Diepold referred to himself as von Zbiroh from 1251, but in 1297 he was already using the seal with the predicate of Riesenberg.
          1. Wilhelm von dem Fels (Vilém ze Skály) († after 1325), married to Vratislava Vratislavská
            1. Hynek Schwihau von Riesenberg († around 1358)
            2. Wilhelm vom Fels auf Schwihau (* 1342; † 1378)
              1. Wilhelm Schwihau von Riesenberg († after 1379)
                1. Wilhelm
                2. Vracka
                3. Hynek († after 1385), pastor
              2. Břeněk vom Fels und Schwihau († 1407), highest treasurer, married to Elisabeth von Wellartitz
              3. Puta von Schwihau and Riesenberg († 1399) commissioned the construction of the late Gothic Schwihau moated castle.
          2. Břetislav von Schwihau and Riesenberg († after 1321)
            1. Břetislav Břeněk († around 1365)
            2. Diepold († around 1365)
              1. Ojíř († around 1403), married to Petruše von Krawarn
                1. Elisabeth († after 1419), married to Johann von Janovice
                2. Břeněk († after 1446), married to Anna z Drahotuš
            3. Heinrich († before 1353)
          3. Protiva († after 1310)
          4. Ulrich († after 1310)
          5. Diepold († after 1321)
    3. Drslav z Dolan († around 1228)
      1. Sezima († after 1253)
        1. Protiva († around 1339)
          1. Vracka
          2. Sezema († after 1339)
            1. Puta († around 1390)
              1. Břeněk († 1420 in Sudoměř )
              2. Puta
              3. Diepold († after 1425)
                1. Karl († after 1446)
                2. Diepold († April 3, 1474 in Wellartitz), married to Kateřina Sokolová von Lemberg
                  1. Johanna von Riesenberg, Abbess, in St. George at the Prague Castle
                  2. Elisabeth von Riesenberg († 1500/09), married to Viktorin Plansky von Seeberg
                  3. Anna (Švihovská) von Riesenberg († around 1476), married to Baron Jan I Popel von Lobkowitz
                  4. Wilhelm von Riesenberg († 1505)
                  5. Puta von Riesenberg († after 1484) Puta is said to have been extremely educated. He was a diplomat and was one of the advisors to King Vladislav II. He also approved the construction and reconstruction of four castles, including Schwihau Castle , the penultimate castle that was built in Bohemia.
            2. Sezema († after 1379)
            3. Wilhelm († before 1385)
          3. Heinrich († after 1339)
        2. Ojíř († around 1341)

Branch Schwihau from Riesenberg

(Czech Švihovský z Rýzmberka)

  1. Brenek von Fels and Schwihau (Břeněk ze Skály a Švihova) († 1420 in Sudoměř), highest treasurer, who later bore the name of Schwihau and Riesenberg. Married to Elisabeth von Welhartitz . Brenek was a supporter of the Hussites. In the battle of Sudoměř he was killed at the side of Jan Žižka and long celebrated as a martyr by the people.
    1. Puta († February 6, 1413)
    2. Wilhelm († 1463), married to Margarethe von Sternberg and Skonka von Žirotín (Škonka ze Žirotína)
      1. Puta († July 21, 1504 in Horaschdowitz ), highest judge, married to Bohunka Mezeřícká z Lomnice
        1. Katharina († 1540 in Blatná), married to the highest burgrave Zdeniek Lev von Rosental
        2. Johanna († 1529), married to Johann II von Sternberg
        3. Břetislav († June 10, 1566)
        4. Heinrich († July 1551), married to Ursula / Voršila, daughter of Albrecht I von Münsterberg
          1. Johann († 1556)
          2. Wenzel († June 20, 1587), married to Margarethe von Gutenstein
            1. Johanna († April 18, 1625), married to Friedrich Švihovský z Rýzmberka
            2. Karl († 1593), married to Markéta Krajířová z Krajku
              1. Alena, married to Wenzel Wilhelm von Roupov
          3. Michael († 1577), married to Marie von der Leiter
            1. Elisabeth († after 1577)
        5. Wilhelm († 1551), married to Anna von Gutenstein and Anna von Klemberg
          1. Ferdinand († 1595), married to Anna von Saatz and Vejkstorf (Anna Žatecká z Vejkrštorfu) and Elisabeth von Malowitz
            1. Wenceslas († 1608)
            2. Ludwig († June 14, 1587)
            3. Diepold (Děpolt) († 1610/16), married to Johann Kordula von Sloupno
              1. Ferdinand Karl (Ferdinand Karel), († 1620 in Amiens , France )
            4. Friedrich († 1629), married to Johanna Schwihov von Riesenberg
              1. Judith (Jitka Voršila) († after 1628), married to Radslav Jaroslav Vchynský z Vchynic
              2. Petr Vok († 1642), married to Elisabeth Polyxena von Zerotin and Regina Elisabeth von Talmberg
                1. Friedrich Kaspar Eusebius (Bedřich Kašpar Eusebius) (* 1626 - † November 19, 1654 in Prague), married to Countess Marie Monika von Waldstein
                  1. Marie Elisabeth (around † 1701), married to Adam Maximilian von Bubno
                  2. Johanna Polyxena
                  3. Anna Marie, married to Count Johann Karl von Waldstein
                2. Ferdinand Karl (* 1630; † 1656)
              3. Maximiliana Veronika († December 1661), married to Jaroslav Wolf von Sternberg and Georg Wratislaw von Mitrowitz
              4. Ferdinand Wenzel († February 18, 1658 in Hradešice ), married to Countess Marie von Rozdražov († 1636) and Polyxena Ludmila Countess of Sahr (ze Žďáru, de Sora, von Saar etc.) (* cca 1624; † 1691)
                1. Jaroslav Florian Ignaz (* cca 1644; † 1716 in Hradešice), married to Countess Isabella Amelia von Salm-Neuburg and Benigna Constanze von Maltzahn
                  1. Franz Anton (František Antonín), († 1694)
                  2. Barbara († after 1727), married Count Bernhard Franz Wiežnik von Wiežnik
                  3. Marie († 1745)
                  4. Baron Wenzel von Schwihau and Riesenberg (* 1698; † June 29, 1720 in Prague) With him, an old Bohemian noble family finally died out. He is buried in the Church of St. Jiljí.
                2. Ferdinand Maximilian Friedrich (* 1652)
        6. Wenzel († before 1508), married to Anna von Weseritz and Kolowrat
          1. Johann Puta († after 1561), married to Eva Řepická ze Sudoměře
            1. Anna married to Michal Španovský z Lisova, highest scribe
    3. Johann Hals (Jan Krk ) († April 14, 1450), highest chamberlain, married to Anna von Neuhaus
      1. William the Elder (Vilém starší) († after 1477), provost of Mělník
        1. Wilhelm († after 1487)
        2. Puta († after 1478)
      2. William the Younger (Vilém mladší) († 1479), highest chamberlain. On May 23, 1474 , the state assembly of Beneschau elected him to one of the state directors. Further directors were Heinrich d. J. von Münsterberg , Zdeniek von Sternberg , and Johann Hase von Hasenburg .
      3. Břeněk († around 1465)
        1. Johann († 1481)
          1. Elisabeth
      4. Puta