Henry III of Rosenberg
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| Native name | Jindřich III. z Rožmberka |
| Died | 28 July 1412 |
| Noble family | Rosenberg family |
| Wives | Barbora of Schaunberg Eliška of Kravař |
| Issue | Peter III of Rosenberg Oldřich II of Rosenberg |
| Father | Oldřich I of Rosenberg |
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.
He was a member of the League of Lords and participated in the suppression of King Wenceslas IV in 1394 and 1402. He later served as the head of the Rosenberg State.
Henry died in 1412 leaving two children, his nine-year-old son Oldřich II of Rosenberg and his daughter Kateřina. Both were sired with his second wife Eliška of Kravaře. Henry's first son, Peter III of Rosenberg, died in 1406.[2]
In popular culture
[edit]Henry was a depicted in the 2022 film Medieval. He was portrayed by German actor Til Schweiger.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Spěváček, Jiří (1986). Václav IV. (1361–1419): K předpokladům husitské revoluce. Prague: Nakladatelství Svoboda. pp. 256, 288, and 352.
- ^ Rožmberkové : stručný průvodce výstavou (Vyd. 1 ed.). České Budějovice: Národní Památkový Ústav, Územní Odborné Pracoviště. 2011. ISBN 978-80-85033-33-5.
- ^ Monson, Leigh (5 September 2022). "In Medieval, Ben Foster turns Czech history into a blunt instrument". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
Further reading
[edit]- Březan, Václav (1985). Životy posledních Rožmberků II. Prague: Svoboda. p. 679.
- Kubíková, A. (2005). Rožmberské kroniky : krátký a summovní výtah od Václava Březana (Vyd. 1 ed.). České Budějovice: Bohymír Němec-Veduta. ISBN 80-86829-10-3.
- Šimůnek, Robert (2011). Páni z Rožmberka 1250-1520 : jižní Čechy ve středověku : kulturněhistorický obraz šlechtického dominia ve středověkých Čechách (Vyd. 1 ed.). České Budějovice: Veduta. ISBN 978-80-86829-70-8.
- Němec, Bohumír. (2001). Rožmberkové : životopisná encyklopedie panského rodu (Vyd. 1 ed.). České Budějovice: Veduta. ISBN 80-903040-0-1.
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