Smil from Zbraslav and Střílky

Smil von Zbraslav and Střílky (Czech Smil ze Zbraslavi a ze Střilek ; † 1273 ) was a Moravian nobleman. 1255–1256 he was castellan of Prerau , from 1256 burgrave of Brumov . He made particular merits with the establishment of the Smilheim Monastery .

Life

Smil von Zbraslav and Střílky came from the Moravian noble family of the Lords of Kunstadt . He was the third eldest son of the Olomouc burgrave Gerhard von Zbraslav ( Gerhard ze Zbraslavi ), whose ancestors are unknown.

Smil was first mentioned in a document in 1237 when he attested a document from the Bohemian King Wenceslas . From this it can be concluded that he had already achieved an important position in the Moravian nobility. His ascent probably began in the vicinity of his eldest brother Boček , who had held the office of Znojmo burgrave from 1238 . In 1247 Smil appeared as a witness to a deed of donation for the Velehrad monastery , which had been issued by the Carinthian duke Ulrich . Smil gained further importance around the margrave and later King Ottokar II Přemysl . In 1251 he attested in second place, just behind his brother Boček, a deed of donation for the Old Brno Hospital.

In July 1254 Smil was in Prague with his brothers Boček and Kuna . In January 1255 they and other Bohemian and Moravian nobles, among them the Olomouc Bishop Bruno von Schauenburg , went with Ottokar II Přemysl to a crusade against the pagan Prussians in the Baltic States in order to support the Teutonic Knightly Order in the Christianization of the area. Since his brother Boček died shortly after his return, Smil took over the guardianship of his underage children.

Smil is documented as castellan of Prerau in 1255 , where he granted important privileges to the settlers below the castle. In 1256 at the latest he was appointed Burgrave of Brumov by the king and at the same time entrusted with the administration of the area east of the Mars Mountains . Since the royal Brumov castle was used for national defense on the Wlara , Lissa and Hrosenkau passes and was also supposed to monitor and protect the transition to the Bečva valley , Smil was responsible for the appropriate border security. Two years earlier, the area was devastated by an incursion by the Cumans and Hungarians, so Smil was also responsible for the reconstruction and colonization of the area.

With royal approval, Smil built the Střílky castle for himself , after which he was first named in 1258. Since his marriage to Bohuvlasta whose origin is not known, had no children, he founded in 1261 at Wisowitz that from him so named monastery Smilheim and furnished it with extensive lands.

On the occasion of a peace agreement between King Ottokar II. Přemysl and the Hungarian King Stephan , Smil was appointed arbitrator in possible border conflicts in 1270. He was last mentioned on October 14, 1273, when he attested a privilege of King Ottokar II for the Haslach Monastery in Krems . A short time later he died at the age of around 60. Since he left no heirs, his possessions fell to the Crown of Bohemia as a settled fiefdom .

literature

• Miroslav Plaček, Peter Futák: Páni z Kunštátu. Rod erbu vrchních pruhů na cestě k trůnu . Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny 2006, ISBN 80-7106-683-4

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