Vojtěch von Pernstein (1490–1534)
Vojtěch von Pernstein (also Adalbert von Pernstein ; Czech Vojtěch z Pernštejna ; born April 4, 1490 at Moravský Krumlov Castle ; † March 17, 1534 in Prague ) was a Bohemian-Moravian nobleman. From 1514 to 1523 he was chief steward and from 1526 governor of Bohemia . He was considered one of the richest magnates in Bohemia.
Life
Vojtěch's parents were Wilhelm II von Pernstein and Johanna von Libitz ( Johanka z Libic ). Little is known about his childhood. At the age of seven, he and his older brother John were knighted at Pardubice Castle in 1497 by the Bohemian King Vladislav II , who was traveling from Prague to Hungary. In 1507 he was married to Margarete von Postupitz , with whom he initially resided at the castle in Landskron . In the same year his brother Johann married Johanna von Postupitz, a sister of Vojtěch's wife Margarete.
In 1514, with the consent of the king, his father transferred to him the post of Chief Courtmaster of Bohemia, which he had held until then. The Bohemian estates protested against this because their consent had not been obtained and Vojtěch was only 24 years old and had no relevant experience. His father Wilhelm argued against this that he had been given this office for the duration of his life in 1490 and that he could therefore freely dispose of it at least until his death. After Vojtěch held a high office, which the castle he lived in in Landskron did not correspond to and his father continued to reside at the castle in Pardubice, he transferred the Hluboká castle to him , which he had acquired from the Bohemian Chamber in 1490 . From 1515 Vojtěch therefore led the title "Vojtěch of Pernstein and Frauenberg" ( Vojtěch z Pernštejna a na Hluboké ).
After his father's death in 1521, Vojtěch inherited his Bohemian possessions, while his only brother Johann received the property located in Moravia . Vojtěch now moved to the castle in Pardubice, which he rebuilt in the Renaissance style. He titled now as "Vojtěch of Pernstein and Pardubice" ( Vojtěch z Pernštejna a na Pardubicích ). In the same year he was able to expand the property he had inherited from his father to include the neighboring Chlumec rulership , which he had received from Wilhelm Kostka von Postupitz as the heir to his wife, who died in 1515, although he was now in his second marriage. In Chlumec he converted the fortress into a renaissance castle. Together with his brother Johann, he joined the Utraquists soon after their father's death . Possibly because of this, he lost the office of court master in 1523, which the Bohemian King Ludwig II transferred to governor Karl von Münsterberg on an interim basis . However, in the same year King Vojtěch confirmed several pledged areas in Eastern Bohemia, including the Kunětická Hora rule at the same time with the royal assurance that the respective pledges can only be redeemed by the original owners. Since these cases involved formerly ecclesiastical property of the Opatovice Monastery , which was extinguished during the Hussite Wars , this process was practically equivalent to a transfer of ownership.
Although Vojtěch had lost the office of chief steward, he exercised political influence until the death of King Ludwig II in 1526. Therefore, in 1526 he was considered a possible candidate for the throne alongside Karl von Münsterberg, Friedrich II. Von Liegnitz and Zdeňek Lev von Rosental . In the case of the foreign candidates who were ultimately presented, he initially supported Ludwig X from Wittelsbach , who was rejected by the estates. After the election of the Habsburg Ferdinand , he took his side. This appointed Vojtěch in 1526 as governor of Bohemia.
In 1527 Vojtěch acquired other possessions in Eastern Bohemia, including the great Nachod and New Town , which is still a jewel of the Renaissance buildings he built. In 1531 he acquired the pledge over the Kolín dominion, which also belongs to Eastern Bohemia .
Vojtěch had a strong sense of art. He had the castles built by him in the Renaissance style equipped accordingly and decorated with precious wall paintings. He died in Prague at the age of only 44. His body was buried in the St. Bartholomew Church in Pardubitz in a white marble tumba . Since he did not leave any male descendants, his brother Johann Vojtěch inherited the entire property, whereby he had to pay Vojtěch's daughters shares. Vojtěch's widow Johanna von Wartenberg received Neustadt an der Mettau as Wittum , but died two years later.
family
In 1507 Vojtěch / Adalbert married Margarete / Markéta von Kostka von Postupitz , who died in 1515. The marriage had their only son Ludwig, who was born after 1508 and died in 1526.
In their second marriage, Vojtěch / Adalbert married Johanna von Wartenberg ( Johanka z Vartmberka († 1536)) in 1516 . The daughters came from this marriage
- Bohunka (* around 1519) ⚭ 1534 Andreas Ungnad von Sonneck
- Anna (* around 1525) ⚭ 1540 Wilhelm von Sternberg ( Vilém ze Šternberka )
- Veronica († 1529)
literature
- Petr Vorel: Páni z Pernštejna. Vzestup a pád rodu zubří hlavy v dějinách Čech a Moravy . Praha 1999, ISBN 80-86182-24-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pernstein, Vojtěch from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pernstein, Adalbert von; Pernstein and Frauenberg, Adalbert von; Pernštejna, Vojtěch z; Pernštejna a na Hluboké, Vojtěch z (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian nobleman, chief steward of Bohemia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4, 1490 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moravský Krumlov |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 17, 1534 |
| Place of death | Prague |