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The Supreme Burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia, originally the Burgrave of Prague or the Burgrave of Prague Castle (Czech: Nejvyšší purkrabí; German: Oberstburggraf; Latin: supremus burgravius) was the most important land official of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
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 library with more than 40,000 books. Kačina was built from 1806 to 1824 in place of the defunct medieval village of Kačín as a prestige mansion of the supreme burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia and president of the governorate, Jan Rudolf Chotek (1748–1824).
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; [17] the office became known as the high or supreme burgrave of the Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech: Nejvyšší purkrabí ); the appointment was ...
In 1627 was appointed Supreme Burgrave (viceroy) of Bohemia and a year later was elevated to the status of Reichsgraf of the Holy Roman Empire. These distinctions were received with mixed feelings – as a Bohemian šlechtic (nobleman), he still recognized old Bohemian statehood and rules, which banned foreign ranks and titles.
Initially, the Bohemian Court Chancellery has a certain autonomy, but this decreased over the years. The seat of this Court Chancellery was initially the Old royal palace in the Prague Castle . But after the Bohemian Revolt was suppressed in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, the Court Chancellery was transferred to Vienna and placed ...
On 23 May 1618, four Catholic lords regent, Count Jaroslav Bořita of Martinice, Count Vilem Slavata of Chlum, Adam II von Sternberg (who was the supreme burgrave), and Matthew Leopold Popel Lobkowitz (who was the grand prior), arrived at the Bohemian Chancellery at 8:30 am.
The Supreme Burgrave of the Bohemia Kingdom authoritative wafer,1836. Karl's achievements in cultural policy led him being called to Vienna in 1825 as Chancellor and President of the Collegial Body for Academic Affairs.