Stefan Poduška from Martinitz

Stefan Poduška von Martinitz (also Stephan Poduschka von Martinitz ; Czech Štěpán Poduška z Martinic ; † June 11, 1397 at Karlstein Castle ) was royal counselor and favorite of the Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV as well as governor of Glatz and governor of Frankenstein .

Life

Stefan Poduška von Martinitz came from the Bohemian noble family von Martinitz . From 1385 to 1388 he held the office of Glatzer and from 1388 to 1397 of Frankenstein's governor. As a royal councilor, he was one of the favorites of King Wenceslaus IV.

1397 was Wenzel of aristocratic councils under the leadership of Duke Johann II. Of Opava - Ratibor , who performed the office of Karl Steiner viscount, blamed his duties as Roman-German King negligible and invited simultaneously, a parliament convened. The accusations were made against Wenceslas councilors and favorites Štěpán Poduška von Martinitz, Štěpán von Opočno , Burkhard Strnad von Janowitz and the prior of the Order of St. John Marquard von Strakonitz. After they continued to stand in the way of Johann von Troppau-Ratibor's demands, he invited them to a banquet at Karlstein Castle on June 11, 1397. There he greeted them with the cry "You, gentlemen, advised our lord king day and night not to bother about the German land because you wanted to deprive him of the office of Roman-German king!" He then had her murdered.

literature

Jörg K. Hoensch : History of Bohemia. From the Slavic conquest to the present. 3rd updated and supplemented edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-41694-2 , p. 138.
JA Michel: The Kingdom of Bohemia. A historical-statistical-topographical manual . Haase, Prague 1832, p. 384, extract from The Kingdom of Bohemia .

Individual evidence

↑ Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy river made Kladskem a Frankenštejnskem ve 14. a 15. Stoleti. In: Kladský sborník 2, 1998, ISSN 1212-1223 , pp. 117–123 ( Relations between the Glatzer and Frankensteiner Land in the 14th and 15th centuries ).
^ Date according to Ludwig Petry among others: History of Silesia. Volume 1: From prehistoric times to 1526. 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 185.
↑ Quoted from cs-wikipedia cs: Jan II. Opavský : "Vy, páni, jste ve dne v noci našemu panu králi radili, aby se o německé země nestaral, a chtěli jste ho zbavit německé říše!"

personal data
SURNAME	Stefan Poduška from Martinitz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Stephan Poduschka from Martinitz; Štěpán Poduška z Martinic (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian nobleman, governor of Glatz, royal councilor and favorite of the Bohemian king Wenceslaus IV.
DATE OF BIRTH	14th Century
DATE OF DEATH	June 11, 1397
Place of death	Karlštejn Castle

[1] Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy river made Kladskem a Frankenštejnskem ve 14. a 15. Stoleti. In: Kladský sborník 2, 1998, ISSN 1212-1223 , pp. 117–123 ( Relations between the Glatzer and Frankensteiner Land in the 14th and 15th centuries ).

[2] Date according to Ludwig Petry among others: History of Silesia. Volume 1: From prehistoric times to 1526. 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 185.

[3] Quoted from cs-wikipedia cs: Jan II. Opavský : "Vy, páni, jste ve dne v noci našemu panu králi radili, aby se o německé země nestaral, a chtěli jste ho zbavit německé říše!"