John II of Pernstein
| John II of Pernstein | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Barbara of Waldstein Bohunka of Lomnitz Margaret of Vranov |
| Noble family | Pernstein |
| Father | William I of Pernstein |
| Mother | either Agnes of Pottenstein or Agnes of Sternberg |
| Born | c. 1406 |
| Died | 28 December 1475 |
John II of Pernstein (Czech: Jan II. z Pernštejna; c. 1406 – 28 December 1475) was a Moravian nobleman and supporter of the Hussites. Later King George of Poděbrady of Bohemia appointed him to Lord Chamberlain of the District Court at Brno and in 1473 by the Anti-King Matthias Corvinus made him one of the four governors of Moravia.
John's father, William I of Pernstein was in the service of the Margrave Jobst of Moravia. John later inherited some important state offices from his father. John's mother was either William's second wife Agnes of Pottenstein (Czech: Anežka z Potštejn) or his third wife Anna of Sternberg.
John II is first mentioned in a document of 1427, when he and his father sold a piece of land to the abbess of the monastery Doubravník, which had been founded by Štěpán of Medlov, a predecessor of the Pernstein family. In the same year, his father gave him the right to manage his own assets. In 1429, he participated in the Hussite invasion of the Margraviate of Meissen. Meissen was looted and pillaged.
Prior to 1434, John II acquired the lien of Mitrov from Hynek Hlaváč, which he kept at least until 1448, as in that year an entry was made in Landtafel. Between 1434 and 1436, several knight from villages belonging to the Lordship of Pernstein accused him of occupying their villages illegally. He attempted to settle these feuds. In 1437, King Sigismund of Bohemia died. Sigismund's son-in-law Albert II was a candidate to succeed him. John opposed this; he and Hynek Ptáček of Pirkstein supported the candidacy of Casimir IV Jagiellon, the almost eleven-year-old son of King Władysław III of Poland. Nevertheless, Albert II was elected King of Bohemia.
...
Wikipedia