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From the 14th century, the burgrave of Prague—the highest-ranking of all burgraves, seated at Prague Castle, gradually became the state's highest-ranking official, who also acted as the king's deputy; [2] the office became known as the high or supreme burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
In 1526, the Kingdom of Bohemia became part of Habsburg Austria. King Ferdinand I established the Bohemian Court Chancellery ( Böhmische Hofkanzlei ) with the High Supreme Chancellor at its head. He was responsible for the administration of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown .
Sir Radzig Kobyla, a character featured in the 2018 video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance, is based on Racek. [12] In the game, he is the burgrave of the town the player character resides in, and leads the pro-Wenceslaus faction alongside Divish of Talmberg. He also features in the 2025 sequel Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. [13]
Henry III of Rosenberg (German: Heinrich III. von Rosenberg; died 28 July 1412) [1] was a Bohemian nobleman who served as Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia between 1396 and 1398, and between 1400 and 1403 in the Kingdom of Bohemia, an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire.
The House of Kolowrat is a Czech noble family [1] [2] that had a prominent role in the history and administration of their native Kingdom of Bohemia [2] as well as the Holy Roman Empire and later the Habsburg monarchy as high-ranking officials and supporters of the Czech National Revival.
Nicholas II of Opava (also: Nicholas II of Troppau, Nicholas II of Ratibór; Czech: Mikuláš II. Opavský; 1288 – 8 December 1365) was Duke of Opava (German: Troppau) from 1318 to 1365 and Duke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave of Kladsko (German: Glatz) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
Burgrave, also rendered as burggrave [1] [2] (from German: Burggraf [ˈbʊʁkˌɡʁaːf] ⓘ, [1] Latin: burgravius, burggravius, burcgravius, burgicomes, also praefectus), was since the medieval period in Europe (mainly Germany) the official title for the ruler of a castle, especially a royal or episcopal castle, and its territory called a Burgraviate or Burgravate (German Burggrafschaft also ...
After King Wenceslaus granted Kladsko Land as a fief to Havel in turn for his merits, he served as a burgrave at Kladsko (Glatz) Castle from 1252 and founded the town of Bystrzyca Kłodzka (Habelschwerdt). His son Havel II succeeded him in Kladsko and temporarily served as a cup-bearer at the court of King Ottokar II.