Heinrich von Muensterberg

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Henry the Younger of Poděbrady (also: Henry the Younger of Münsterberg; German: Heinrich der Jüngere von Podiebrad or Heinrich d. J. von Münsterberg; Czech: Hynek Poděbrady or Hynek z Minstrberka; born: 18 May 1452 in Prague, died: 1 July 1492 in Poděbrady) was an Imperial Count and Count of Kladsko (Glatz). From 1462 to 1471, he served as Duke of Münsterberg jointly with his older brothers Victor and Henry the Elder. He also ruled Duchy of Opava (Troppay) jointly with his brothers from 1365 to 1372. Henry the Younger, held at times the office of regent of Bohemia and is also known as an author.

Heinrich the Younger of Poděbrady was a son of King George of Podebrady of Bohemia from his second marriage with Johana of Rožmitál. He received a humanist training and participated in knightly tournaments. His father, George, was King of Bohemia, but this crown was not heritable. George persuaded Emperor Frederick III in 1459 to appoint his eldest son Victor to Imperial Count. In 1462, Frederick also appointed Henry the Younger and his elder brother Henry the Elder to Imperial Count. Earlier, George had appointed his three sons Count of Glatz and enfeoffed them with the County of Glatz and the Duchy of Münsterberg. In 1465 he also enfeoffed them with the Duchy of Opava, which he had acquired in 1464.

In 1471, Henry the Younger married Catherine, the daughter of Elector, William of Saxony. His father died soon thereafter. Although Henry had stood at his father's side politically and religiously when he was young, he then turned to the Catholic faith. George's successor King Vladislas II undertook to protect George's sons and to take over their debts. George's sons initially ruled his territories together, but in 1472, the inheritance was split. Henry the Younger received Poděbrady, Kostomlaty nad Labem and possessions in Silesia. From his mother he inherited Lichtenburk Castle, Melnik and Teplice...