Boskowitz (noble family)
The Lords of Boskowitz (also Czernohorsky von Boskowitz ; von Boskowitz and Černa Hora ; older spelling of Boskowicz and Czernahor ; Czech páni z Boskovic ; also Boskovicové and Černohorský z Boskovic ) were a noble Moravian family. In the lords of the year 1501, the gentlemen von Boskowitz took 16th place. In 1584, with the predicate “von Boskowitz and Schwarzenberg”, Johann Černohorsky von Boskowitz, called “Šembera”, was raised to the status of imperial baron. With him in 1597 the Boskowitz family died out in the male line. It was named after the small town of Boskowitz in Moravia. In 1333 Schwarzenberg was added, from which the nickname "von Schwarzenberg" or "von Czernahora" (Czech "Černohorský" or "z Černé Hory") is derived.
coat of arms
Coat of arms: In red a silver rafter with seven points, on the crowned helmet with red-silver covers on red upholstery two diagonally crossed tufts of leaves (oak branches). The town of Boskovice and the town of Černá Hora in Moravia bear the coat of arms of the Lords of Boskowitz and Schwarzenberg as town and town coats of arms, the town of Hukvaldy in Moravia with an extended reference to their coat of arms. The coat of arms of the Archdiocese of Olomouc shows the coat of arms of the Lords of Boskowitz and Schwarzenberg in a different grouping of the silver tips.
Origin and descendants
"Bosco nobilis Moravie" is considered to be the ancestor of the Lords of Boskowitz. His descendants were:
- Dominus Erico "Gimram" ( Jimram / Emmeram ), who first appeared in a document in 1213 as the burgrave of Znaim in Moravia. ("Imramus burggravius in Znoem, filius domini Ericy"; † 1222). His son
- Lambert / Lambertus († 1262), founded the Minorite Monastery in Brno in 1230.
- Jimram / Emmeram (* before 1300), 1255 lord of Boskowitz Castle
- Artleb / Archlebus von Boskowitz († after 1342), on Maidenburg ( Děvičky Castle ) near Paulow (enfeoffed by King Wenceslaus II in 1298 ), owner of Lundenburg Castle , chief treasurer of the Olomouc land law
- Jan / Johann called Ješek / Jesiko von Boskowitz and Lazan near Černá Hora († 1363), chief treasurer of the Brno land law; married to Anna, a daughter of Wznata d. Ä. from Meziříce to Lomnice and his wife Margarethe. Among their offspring, the sex divided into four branches:
- The founder of the branch Swojanow ( Svojanoský z Boskovic ) in Bohemia was Ulrich († 1431/34) on Swojanow
- The founder of the Mährisch-Trübau branch was Ladislaus († 1520) from the Lettowitz line
- The founder of the Butschowitz branch was Wenzel Bučovsky Černohorsky von Boskowitz († 1554) on Butschowitz , governor of the Margraviate of Moravia. He also came from the Lettowitz line
- The founder of the Budischau - Hochwald branch was Beneš I (the elder) Černohorsky von Boskowitz on Budischau († 1473)
Personalities (selection)
- Vaněk von Boskowitz and Černohora († 1466), was governor of Moravia from 1436, received Boskowitz in 1458 from King George of Podebrady
- Protasius von Boskowitz and Černahora († 1482), Prince-Bishop of Olomouc
- Jaroslav von Boskowitz and Černohora was secretary to the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus and chief chamberlain of Moravia. He was publicly beheaded on December 10, 1485 on the Hoher Markt in Vienna for alleged treason .
- Tobias von Boskowitz and Černahora († 1493), brother of Jaroslav von Boskowitz and Černohora, member of the Moravian gentry and captain of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus and the emperor Frederick III.
- Benesch / Beneš von Boskowitz and Černohora († 1507) was burgrave of Brno and chamberlain of Moravia
- Ladislaus / Ladislav Velen von Boskowitz (1455–1520) was one of the most educated Moravian humanists. In 1486 Mährisch acquired Trübau , where he promoted science and the arts. In Boskowitz he had the Renaissance town hall and the All Saints Church built. He gave the parish church of St. Jakob the richly illustrated "Boskowitz Bible".
- Albrecht von Boskowitz and Černahora (1526–1572), humanist, since 1567 Chief Chamberlain of Moravia, had Černa Hora Castle converted into a Renaissance chateau after 1556.
- Johann von Boskowitz and Černahora , called "Šembera" ( Jan Šembera Černohorský z Boskovic ) († April 30, 1597 in Brno), was one of the wealthiest aristocrats in Moravia, an imperial baron since 1584, an imperial councilor and servant. In his first marriage he was married to Sidonia Countess von Schlick auf Bassano and Weisskirchen († 1575), in his second marriage to Anna Kraiger von Kraigk . Between 1567 and 1582 he had the Renaissance palace built in Butschowitz . His older daughter Anna Maria was married to Karl I von Liechtenstein , the younger daughter Katharina († 1637) to his brother Maximilian von Liechtenstein . Since Johann left no male descendants, they inherited Johann's possessions.
Possessions
In Moravia
- Blansko Blanz
- Boskovice Boskowitz (1458–1547)
- Bučovice Butschowitz (1533–1597)
- Cimburk Castle Cimburg Castle
- Veveří Castle Eichhorn Castle
- Černá Hora Schwarzenberg (1333–1597)
- Hukvaldy Hochwald (1466 – early 16th century)
- Kuřim Gurein (1464 to 1527)
- Letovice Lettowitz (around 1450–1544)
- Litovel Littau (1513–1597)
- Medlov u Uničova Meedl (around 1530–1597)
- Moravská Třebová Moravian Trübau (1486–1590)
- Starý Jičín Titschein
- Račice (Račice-Pístovice) Ratschitz (1466–1568)
- Ruda nad Moravou Eisenberg an der March (1513–1589)
- Šatov Schattau
- Sovinec with Castle Sovinec Eulenberg and Castle Eulenburg (1543–1578)
- Štramberk Stramberg
- Úsov Moravian Aussee (1513–1597)
In Bohemia
- Brandýs nad Orlicí Brandeis on the eagle
- Česká Skalice Bohemian Skalitz (1366-1393)
- Hrubá Skála Groß Skal (around 1500–1515)
- Lanškroun Landskron (several years before 1588)
- Semily Semil
- Turnov Turnau
- Zábřeh Hohenstadt (1513–1589)
literature
- Line of descendants Boskowitz and Schwartzenberg (Czernohorsky von Boskowicz) with coat of arms In: Roman von Procházka : Genealogical handbook of extinct Bohemian gentry families. Supplementary volume, edited by the board of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) . R. Oldenbourg Verlag, Munich 1990, pp. 15-20.
- Joachim Bahlcke , Winfried Eberhard, Miloslav Polívka (eds.): Handbook of historical places . Volume: Bohemia and Moravia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 329). Kröner, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-520-32901-8 , pp. 61, 66, 88, 93f., 130, 138, 178, 182, 192, 198, 318, 332, 343, 351, 361f., 370, 510, 544.
- Heinrich von Kadich, with Conrad Blazek: The Moravian Adel. (Siebmacher New Series IV / 10), Nuremberg 1899.
- Miloš Stehlík: Boskovice . In: Castles and chateaus in the Bohemian lands. Prague 1965, pp. 40-41, 50.
- Josef Pilnáček : The former Boskovic family archive . In: Adler. IX, 1924, pp. 150-155; 1927, pp. 247-249.
- W. Pongratz: The holdings of the Fürst Liechtenstein house archive . In: Adler. 1943, p. 38f.
