Půta III of Častolovice

Puta, the younger of Častolowitz ( first name also: Puota, Puotha; surname also: Czastolowitz; Tschastolowitz; Czech: Půta Mladší z Častolovic, † 1434 in Bratislava ) was descended from the noble family Častolowitz. At first he was governor and later Lord pledge of Glatz, Frankenstein and Münsterberg.

Background and Career

His parents were Puta Elder. of Častolowitz and Anna († 1440/54 ), a daughter of Duke John II of Cieszyn Auschwitz. Like his father, he had next to Častolowitz more possessions in Bohemia.

Puta this year was initially a supporter of the Hussites, but soon became the declared enemy. In the fight against the Hussites, he distinguished himself by special zeal. This is probably why he was appointed the Bohemian King Sigismund in 1422 as the royal governor of Glatzer country and the Governor for the soft image Frankenstein. 1424 closed Puta with the cathedral Berger Duke Johann an alliance against the Hussites, who presumably therefore in December 1425 took a first incursion into the Glatzer and Silesian region. 1427 fought Puta this year in East Bohemia with a Silesian army against the Hussites. 1428 he participated in the Battle of Altwilmsdorf, met his death at the Johann von Münsterberg. Meanwhile, now orphaned Principality pledged by King Sigismund on August 13, 1429 his faithful followers Puta this year 1431 also followed the lien for the Glatzer country as well as Frankenstein, whose mint money Puta owned since 1426. 1434 finally gave Sigismund Puta this year the Duchy of Münsterberg. The royal commission Puta this year led several diplomatic missions. Shortly before his death he accompanied messenger Council of Basel to the imperial court.

Putas political intentions were aimed to establish a family rule on both sides of the border between Glatz and Silesia and Bohemia. His marriage in 1396 to Anne of Kolditz († 1467 ), daughter of Schweidnitzer Regional Governor Albrecht of Kolditz, it created favorable conditions.

Puta Younger died in 1434 without male heirs. He left the underage daughters Anna, Katharina ( † before 1467), Salome († 1489 ):

• Anna married in 1446 Ulrich ( Oldrich ) Zajíc of rabbit castle.
• Catherine married his first wife in 1441 or 1442 Heralt II of the line " of Lisnitz " ( Líšničtí ) of the Lords of Kunštát. After his death she married in 1447 with Johann Zajíc of rabbit castle. He married after Catherine's death, Anna († 1478), a daughter of the Duke Wenceslaus II of Opava - Leobschutz († 1445/47 ).
• Salome married around 1442 William of Opava, a nephew of the Fallen Muenster Berger Duke John.

Putas widow Anna, who kept the Pfandbriefe for Glatz, Frankenstein and Münsterberg, the possessions initially managed with the Glatzer Governor Marquard of Mittelwalde. After negotiations with various interested parties, they sold their lands to the Bohemian nobles Hynek Kruschina of Lichtenburg, who undertook to assume the burdens weighing on possessions debt and provide Putas underage daughters befitting. Three weeks later, he married Anne of Kolditz.