Vrtba (noble family)

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The lords, counts from 1624, von Vrtba (also Wrtba or Wrtby, Czech Vrtbové , z Vrtby , z Vrtbů ) were an old Bohemian noble family, which was first mentioned in the 14th century. They came from the Hroznatowci clan, the descendants of Count Hroznata von Ovenec (* around 1160; † 1217 in the fortress Kinsberg near Eger), founders of the Chotieschau monastery near Pilsen ( Plzeň ) and the Teplá monastery near Eger ( Cheb ) in western Bohemia .

history

The Vrtba owned, among other things, the eponymous castle Vtrba near Upper Biela (Horni Biela) in Central Bohemia and with a more or less long duration Krašovice (Krusovice), Nekmíř near Pilsen, Klenovice (Klenova Castle), Jindřichovice (Heinrichsgrün), Hodětice , Třebomyslice (Trebomislice) ) Rothradek (Czerweny Hradek - Borek, Roth house) in western Erzgebirge, Žinkovy (Zinkau) Švamberk (swan hill), Gutštejn (castle Guttenstein) Konopiště (Konopischt) Votice (Votice) Mrač at Beneschau, Kosova Hora (Amschelberg ), Křimice (Krzimicz, Krimitsch), Všemyslice near Budweis, Míkovice near Kralup on the Vltava, Voračice and Nusle , a district of Prague.

The rise of the Vrtba began in the 16th century and accelerated after the victory of the Roman Catholic Habsburgs in the Battle of White Mountain on November 8, 1620 over the Protestant-Lutheran, insurgent estates. As a loyal supporter of the Habsburgs, Sezima von Vrtba (1578–1648) was raised to the bohemian count on December 20, 1624. In the years that followed, the Vrtba increased their wealth primarily through inexpensive purchases of confiscated land and real estate. Sezima von Vrtba had the Vrtba Palace built in Prague between 1627 and 1631 .

The male line of the family died out in the first half of the 19th century, one branch in 1807 with Count Franz Adam von Wrtby auf Wotitz ( Votice ), whose heir was Franz Count Wratislaw von Mitrowitz , the other in 1830 with Count Franz Joseph from Wrtby to Konopischt ( Konopiste ), whose inheritance fell to Prince Johann Karl von Lobkowicz .

coat of arms

The coat of arms shows three (2.1) red deer antlers in silver or from 1624 in gold. On a crowned helmet with red-silver or red-gold covers a red deer antler with grind. Due to the tinging of the rods, the descendants of the Vrtby differ: the Bilsky von Biela with blue in gold, the Krasykov with black-gray in silver, and the Count Hroznata von Guttenstein with black in gold. In memory of Count Hroznata von Ovenec, the town of Teplá and the Teplá monastery have three deer antlers in their coat of arms, as does the town of Chotěšov near Pilsen with the former Chotěšov monastery .

Known members of the sex

  • Sezima Johann von Wrtba (Sezima z Vrtby) (* 1578; † March 6, 1648) was a believer in the Catholic faith. In 1622 he bought the estate of Wotitz near Beneschau , built a burial place for his family in the church of the Franciscans in Wotitz and had a legendary picture of the same on the high altar of the church in memory of the progenitor of the Vrtby dynasty, the count Hroznata of Ovenec . On December 20, 1624 he was elevated to the bohemian count status in Vienna with a diploma, was in his career Obersthoflehenrichter, Landhofmeister, Hofkammerpräsident and from 1644 Colonel Chamberlain in the Kingdom of Bohemia, became lord of Roth-Hradek, Amschelberg (Kosova Hora) and Janowicz (Castle Vrchotovy Janovice) near Beneschau and had the Vrtba Palace ( Vrtbovský palác ) built in the Lesser Town of Prague between 1627 and 1631 . He was married three times. His older son from his third marriage (with Barbara Eusebia Borsita von Martinitz), Count Johann Franz von Wrtba (1631–1678), was the founder of the older line on Konopischt; his younger brother, Count Ferdinand Franz von Wrtba (1636–1712), founded the younger line on Wotitz.
  • Johann Joseph (the elder) von Wrtby (Jan Josef z Vrtby) (* 1669; † 14 September 1737), a grandson of Sezima Johann von Wrtby, on Konopischt since 1715, was an Imperial and Royal Privy Councilor, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece 1725 hereditary Colonel Hereditary Land Treasurer in the Kingdom of Bohemia, President of Appeal, and from 1712 to 1734 Oberstburggraf in Prague. With a papal dispensation he married his niece Susanne Antonia von Heussenstamm, daughter of Maria Franziska von Wirtby, married Heussenstamm zu Heissenstein at Bösig Castle. Johann Joseph the Elder Ä. von Wrtby had the Vrtba Garden ( Vrtbovská zahrada ) laid out in Prague.
  • Franz Wenzel (the elder) von Wrtby (František Václav z Vrtby) (* 1670; † September 20, 1750) was chamberlain to Elector Karl Albrecht of Bavaria and then Oberstlandrichter when he became Emperor Charles VII. He was married twice, had two sons, resident among others on Konopischt, and a daughter.
  • Franz Joseph von Wrtby from the older line on Konopischt (* 1759; † August 27, 1830 in Krzimicz (Krimice)), buried in Vejprnice, was a knight of the Tuscan Order of Stephen, Imperial Councilor, Oberstlandmarschall and Oberst-Erbland-Treasurer in the Kingdom of Bohemia. As a co-founder of the "Association for the Promotion of Music in Bohemia", from which the Prague Conservatory emerged in 1808 , he also sponsored it until his death. Unmarried, he put the kk chamberlain and sergeant-major Prince Johann von Lobkowitz (1799–1878) as the heir of Konopischt (Konopiště), Krzimicz (Křimice), Teinitz an der Sasau (Týnec nad Sázavou), Nekmr and Zinkau.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Emler : Libri confirmationem ad beneficia ecclesiastica pragensum per archidiocesum , Volume I, 1865.
  2. ↑ Bohemian country table (hall books), Volume 32a, page 680.

literature

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