Čeněk of Oybin

Čeněk of Oybin (Czech: Čeněk z Ojvína, Čeněk z Berkenstein, or Čeněk z Pyrkenstein;[1] German: Čeněk von Oybin or Čeněk von Birkenstein)[2] was a Czech nobleman, landowner, and founder of the Pirkštejn family.

Čeněk of Oybin
Lord of Sloup v Čechách
Coat of arms
SuccessorJan Ješek Ptáček of Pirkštein
Other namesČeněk of Pirkštein
Čeněk of Ojvína
Noble familyPirkštejn family
Spouse(s)Jitka of Honcovice
FatherChval of Lipá

Biography

Čeněk was born to the prominent Ronov family, though the date of his birth remains unknown. He first appears in the record in 1290 at Oybin.[3] He was later mentioned in documents from the royal court of Prague in 1296 with his brother, Henry of Lipá.[4]

Čeněk built the castle at Sloup v Čechách, which was first mentioned in 1324.[1] He used stones reminiscent of the ones used for building Ojivín Castle.[5] Sloup Castle, known as Perkenstein or Pirkštejn, became his main seat and was integrated into his family name.[6][7]

Čeněk acquired other estates in Moravia by marrying Jitka of Honcovice.[7] The last time he was mentioned is in the will of his nephew Pertold of Lipá, documented in 1346. Pertold bequeathed his uncle the farm and castle of Račice (part of modern day Račice-Pístovice) in Moravia.[1]

References
  1. "Historie podrobně :: Sloup v Čechách". Sloup v Čechách. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. Scholz, Mathias (April 12, 2019). Burgen in Nordböhmen (in German). epubli. p. 98.
  3. Sovadina, Miloslav (1997). Bezděz – sborník Českolipska. Česká Lípa: Vlastivědný spolek Českolipsko. ISBN 80-901955-2-0.
  4. Sovadina, Miloslav (2001). "Jindřich z Lipé. I. První muž království. Část 1". Časopis Matice moravské (120).
  5. Smejkal, Ladislav (2008). Máchův kraj - Českolipsko (1. vyd ed.). Praha: Regia. p. 191. ISBN 978-80-86367-65-1.
  6. Sedláček, August (1997). Hrady, zámky a tvrze Království českého. Díl dvanáctý, Čáslavsko (Vyd. 3., v Argu 1 ed.). Praha: Argo. p. 54. ISBN 80-7203-155-4.
  7. Šandera, Martin (2011). Hynce Ptáček z Pirkštejna : opomíjený vítěz husitské revoluce (Vyd. 1 ed.). Praha: Vyšehrad. pp. 9–19. ISBN 978-80-7429-132-6.
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