Talmberk family

The Talmberk family (German: Talmberg or Talenberg) was a Bohemian noble house. The family ruled the town of Talmberk and Talmberk Castle, along with various other estates.[1]

Talmberk family
Noble family
Parent family	Kounice family
Country	Bohemia
Place of origin	Talmberk, Bohemia
Founder	Hroznata of Úžice

History

The Talmberk family was decended from the Kounice family of Bohemia and Moravia.[2] The Talmberk family was founded at the end of the 13th century. The first known member is William of Talmberk, a decendent of Hroznata of Úžice who was first mentioned in 1297.[3]

The family came under the ownership of Jankov in 1418. They remained in possession of the village until 1702, when it was sold.[4]

The Talmberk Codex remained in the family from the 16th century until the death of the last member.[5] It was later given to the Library of the National Museum of the National Museum in Prague.[6]

The Talmberks largely sided with the House of Habsburg during the Bohemian Revolt, and they were allowed to remain in the gentleman's class. At the end of the 16th century, the family had split into separate branches.[2] The last male member of the family died in 1735.

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of the Talmberk family

Two silver water lillies on a shield of red, each with a large leaf bent inwards towards one another. Helmet with silver and red mantling with red vol.[7]

Notable members

• Hroznata of Úžice, husband of the daughter of Zavis of Falkenstein. His son or nephew William of Talmberk was the first member of the family by name.[3]
• Diviš of Talmberk (died 1415), burgrave of Prague Castle[8]
• Pavel of Miličín and Talmberk (died 2 May 1450), bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olomouc[9]
• Pavel Pouček of Talmberk (before 1460 - 1498), Czech nobleman, priest, and member of the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre[10]
• Bedřich of Talmberk (mid-16th century - 13 October 1643), Czech politician and High Steward of the Czech Kingdom[11]
• Jan František Kryštof of Talmberk (German: Johann Franz Christoph Freiherr von Talmberg, 31 December 1644 - 3 April 1698), bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hradec Králové[12]

References

1. Sedláček, August (1906). Ottův slovník naučný: illustrovaná encyklopaedie obecných vědomostí. 25. Prague. pp. 57–59.
2. Procházka, Roman, Freiherr von (1973). Genealogisches Handbuch erloschener böhmischer Herrenstandsfamilien. Neustadt an der Aisch,: Degener. pp. 314–319. ISBN 3768650022.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
3. Hrady, zámky a tvrze v Čechách na Moravě a ve Slezsku - Východní Čechy. Prague. 1989.
4. "Obec Jankov". obecjankov.cz. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
5. Stuchlik, Ludwig (2014). Die alttschechischen Handschriften zur Krönungsordnung der böhmischen Könige. Kiel: Solivagus-Verlag. p. 38. ISBN 978-3-943025-16-3.
6. Bartoš, F. M. (1927). Prozatímní katalog rukopisů Knihovny Národního muzea (PDF). Prague: National Museum. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
7. Siebmacher, Johann (1979). Die Wappen des böhmischen Adels (Reprograf. Nachdr. von Siebmacher's Wappenbuch 4. Bd., 9. Abt. (Nürnberg 1886) ed.). Neustadt an der Aisch: Bauer und Raspe. p. 268. ISBN 3879470308.
8. Halada, Jan (1992). Lexikon české šlechty. Akropolis. pp. 161–162. ISBN 80-901020-3-4.
9. Eberhard, Winfried (1996). Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches: ein biographisches Lexikon/[2] 1448 bis 1648. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 479–480. ISBN 3-428-08422-5.
10. Antonín, Podlaha (1912). Series praepositorum, decanorum, archidiaconorum aliorumque praelatorum et canonicorum sanctae Metropolitanae ecclesiae Pragensis a promordiis usque ad praesentia tempora. Prague.
11. Kasík, Stanislav (2002). Lobkowiczové : dějiny a genealogie rodu. České Budějovice: Veduta. p. 108. ISBN 80-903040-3-6.
12. Zelenka, Aleš; Gatz, Erwin (1990). Die Bischöfe des Heiligen Römischen Reiches 1648–1803. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. ISBN 3-428-06763-0.