Boczek von Kunstadt und Podiebrad, II

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BIOGRAPHY Bocek was the son of Bocek I von Kunstat and Eliska Krusina z Lichtemburka, heiress of Podiebrad. He was first mentioned in 1375 at the division of the inheritance of his father. Since Bocek was the first born he inherited the greater part of his father's possessions, which were mainly in eastern Bohemia. In 1376 he received Lipnice as a fief from Karl IV, then king of Bohemia. In 1377 Bocek transferred to his wife Anna von Berka von Duba und Lipa, daughter of Henryk von Berka von Duba und Lipa and Anna zu Dohna, the estate of Bodenstadt as a dower. From 1377 to 1387 he held the position of Lord High Chamberlain. He and Puta I von Czastalowitz purchased from the brothers Jan and Jaroslav Mezirici the lordships of Skuhrov and Rychmberk in the foothills of the Adlergebirge (Adler Mountains). Bocek and Anna had four sons, of whom Jan and Viktorin would have progeny.

During the reign of Karl's son Wenceslas IV as king of Bohemia, Bocek was initially on his side, but he later turned away from him. In 1394 he was among the nobles who, at the initiative of Jobst, margrave of Moravia, the son of Jan Jindrich, Graf von Tirol, margrave of Moravia, signed a joint declaration in which they turned against the king, who was eventually captured. Bocek appears to have received from Margrave Jobst further possessions in Moravia. In 1402 he again supported King Wenceslas, opposing the candidacy for King of the Germans of Wenceslas' brother Sigismund. Probably for this reason, in 1403 he became chief notary (Oberstlandschreiber) of Bohemia. He also was president of the royal court and a member of the royal Council. Thanks to the mutual inheritance agreement of 1385 between Bocek and his relative Gerhard von Kunstat, on Gerhard's death in 1406 Bocek was able to strengthen his position in Moravia. From Gerhard's inheritance he acquired, among others, Kunstat, Bouzov, Moravian Trübau, Pysolec, Boskowitz, Tynec and Billowitz. He soon sold some of these.

Early in 1415 Bocek was among the signatories to a petition by the high Bohemian nobles protesting against the capture of Jan Hus. After his death at the stake Bocek that year was the third signatory to a letter of protest by the Bohemian nobility.

In exchange for the South Bohemian lordship of Bechyn, in 1415 Bocek acquired from Heinrich von Lazan the estates of Nachod and Hummel in Eastern Bohemia. As the latter still belonged to Bohemia, with this acquisition Bocek succeeded in bringing his holdings closer to the land of Glatz, which would be highly significant for his descendants as a county and seat of power for the sons of his grandson Georg Podiebrad, the future king of Bohemia. They and their descendants would be raised to counts of Glatz, and as dukes of Münsterberg they would establish the Silesian branch of the house of Podiebrad.

Bocek died about 1417.

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BIOGRAPHY Bocek was the son of Bocek I von Kunstat and Eliska Krusina z Lichtemburka, heiress of Podiebrad. He was first mentioned in 1375 at the division of the inheritance of his father. Since Bocek was the first born he inherited the greater part of his father's possessions, which were mainly in eastern Bohemia. In 1376 he received Lipnice as a fief from Karl IV, then king of Bohemia. In 1377 Bocek transferred to his wife Anna von Berka von Duba und Lipa, daughter of Henryk von Berka von Duba und Lipa and Anna zu Dohna, the estate of Bodenstadt as a dower. From 1377 to 1387 he held the position of Lord High Chamberlain. He and Puta I von Czastalowitz purchased from the brothers Jan and Jaroslav Mezirici the lordships of Skuhrov and Rychmberk in the foothills of the Adlergebirge (Adler Mountains). Bocek and Anna had four sons, of whom Jan and Viktorin would have progeny.

During the reign of Karl's son Wenceslas IV as king of Bohemia, Bocek was initially on his side, but he later turned away from him. In 1394 he was among the nobles who, at the initiative of Jobst, margrave of Moravia, the son of Jan Jindrich, Graf von Tirol, margrave of Moravia, signed a joint declaration in which they turned against the king, who was eventually captured. Bocek appears to have received from Margrave Jobst further possessions in Moravia. In 1402 he again supported King Wenceslas, opposing the candidacy for King of the Germans of Wenceslas' brother Sigismund. Probably for this reason, in 1403 he became chief notary (Oberstlandschreiber) of Bohemia. He also was president of the royal court and a member of the royal Council. Thanks to the mutual inheritance agreement of 1385 between Bocek and his relative Gerhard von Kunstat, on Gerhard's death in 1406 Bocek was able to strengthen his position in Moravia. From Gerhard's inheritance he acquired, among others, Kunstat, Bouzov, Moravian Trübau, Pysolec, Boskowitz, Tynec and Billowitz. He soon sold some of these.

Early in 1415 Bocek was among the signatories to a petition by the high Bohemian nobles protesting against the capture of Jan Hus. After his death at the stake Bocek that year was the third signatory to a letter of protest by the Bohemian nobility.

In exchange for the South Bohemian lordship of Bechyn, in 1415 Bocek acquired from Heinrich von Lazan the estates of Nachod and Hummel in Eastern Bohemia. As the latter still belonged to Bohemia, with this acquisition Bocek succeeded in bringing his holdings closer to the land of Glatz, which would be highly significant for his descendants as a county and seat of power for the sons of his grandson Georg Podiebrad, the future king of Bohemia. They and their descendants would be raised to counts of Glatz, and as dukes of Münsterberg they would establish the Silesian branch of the house of Podiebrad.

Bocek died about 1417.

https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C4%8Dek_star%C5%A1%C3%AD_z_Pod%C4%...