2011-05-23

Boček IV of Poděbrady

Boček IV of Poděbrady

Boček IV of Poděbrady
Father George of Poděbrady
Mother Kunigunde of Sternberg
Born 15 July 1442
Died 28 September 1496 aoremovetag(aged 54)
Glatz

Boček IV of Poděbrady (also known as: Boczek IV of Kunstadt and Podebrady; Czech: Boček IV z Poděbrad; born: 15 July 15, 1442; died: 28 September 1496 in Glatz), was, by title, the last member of the Bohemian noble family of Poděbrady, who were descended from the Lords of Kunštát.

Life

Boček's parents were the later King of Bohemia George of Poděbrady and his wife Kunigunde of Sternberg. His exact birth date is not known. Followinf the family tradition, Boček received, as his baptismal name, the name of many of his ancestors from the house of the Lords of Kunstadt.

Although he was the firstborn, his father did not expect Boček to succeed him as Count, because of a mental disability. Unlike his three younger brothers, Victor, Henry the Elder and , Boček was not created an Imperial Prince and he was not made Count of Glatz. Since he also was not a Duke of Münsterberg, he could claim that, by title, he was the last member of the noble family of Poděbrady.

In 1458, after George had been elected as King of Bohemia, he transferred the Poděbrady possessions of Náchod and Hummel to his sons Boček and Victor, though he reserved the right to appoint the captains. A year later, the brothers confirmed Náchod's existing privileges and granted more. In 1465, King George transferred parts of the former possessions of the monastery at Opatovice nad Labem to common ownership of Boček and his brothers. However, when later in the same year, he transferred possession of Münsterberg and Glatz to the three brothers, Boček was not included.

After King George's unexpected death in 1471, his sons agreed on 1 February 1472 at Poděbrady Castle to divide the inheritance. Bocek received Litice Castle, which included Rychmberk Castle and the Fortresses of Častolovice and Černíkovice and the town of Týniště nad Orlicí and half of each of the cities Žamberk and Choceň and the town of Kunvald. He also received the city of Jičín, the Lordship of Veliš u Jičína, the estates of the monastery Postoloprty and a number of smaller estates. His brothers received larger estates, but they committed themselves to paying Boček 370 Prague groschens in compensation. Mount Zlaté, with its mines, remained common property; its profits were to be divided among the brothers equally. Henry the Elder received the estates of Náchod und Hummel, that had been joint property of Boček and Victor until then.

Boček died on 28 September 1496 on Henry the Elder's castle in Glatz. He was not married and had no children. There he was buried, in the church of the Franciscan monastery that Henry the Elder had built. In 1558, Boček and eight relatives who had also been buried there, were reburied in main church in Glatz.

References

  • Ondřej Felcman, Radek Fukala et al.: Poděbradové. Rod českomoravských pánů, kladských hrabat a sleszkých knížat, Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny, 2008, ISBN 978-80-7106-949-2.
  • Lydia Baštecká, Ivana Ebelová, Náchod, Náchod, 2004, ISBN 80-7106-674-5, p. 57, 102

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