Bresnitz (noble family)

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The z Březnice ( German  from Bresnitz ) are an old Bohemian noble family based in Bresnitz in southern Bohemia , which is documented as early as the 13th century and whose ancestors included the z Buzce , a family at the court of King Wenceslaus of Bohemia . After the 15th century the gender is no longer mentioned.

The journalist and historian Franz Philipp Bresnitz von Sydakoff (around 1870–1956) is probably a later descendant of the von Bresnitz family. He has authored several time-critical treatises on Eastern and Southeastern European dynasties and their governments - for example on Nicholas II.

Personalities

  • Budilav z Březnice was a member of the royal council from 1224 to 1240, probably also built the former fortress.
  • Oldřich z Březnice , Budilav's son, built the Rose Valley Castle from 1250 to 1265 not far from the Tremšín mountain .
  • Velek Koudelník z Březnice , captain of the orphans , a splinter group of the Hussites . He led his army to Hungary , won the battle of Podivín and moved on to Slovakia . Velek fell at the Battle of the Váh River .
  • Jan z Březnice wrote the Compotus presbyterorum in 1395