Půta III of Častolovice

Půta III of Častolovice
Spouse(s)	Anna of Koldice
Noble family	Častolovice
Father	Půta II of Častolovice
Mother	Anna of Oświęcim
Died	1434 Pressburg

Půta III of Častolovice (also known as Puota the Younger of Czastolowitz; Czech: Půta III. z Častolovic or Půta mladší z Častolovic; d. 1434 in Pressburg) was a member of the Bohemian Častolowitz family. He was Landeshauptmann and later pledge lord of the County of Kladsko and the Duchies of Ząbkowice Śląskie and Münsterberg.

His parents were Půta II of Častolovice and Anna, a daughter of Duke Jan II of Oświęcim. Like his father, he owned the Lordship of Častolovice and other territories in eastern Bohemia.

Půta was initially a supporter of the Hussites, but soon turned into one of their fiercest opponents. Probably because of the zeal he distinguished himself with in this war, King Sigismund of Bohemia appointed him in 1422 as royal governor of the County of Kladsko and the district of Ząbkowice Śląskie. In 1424, Půta concluded an alliance with Duke John I of Münsterberg against the Hussites. This was probably the reason why the Hussites attacked Kladsko and Silesia in December 1425. In 1426, Sigismund sold the mint right in Kladsko to Půta. In 1427, Půta fought with a Silesian army in eastern Bohemia against the Hussites. In 1428, Půta fought in the battle of Stary Wielisław, where Duke John I was killed. Münsterberg fell as a completed fief to King Sigismund, who mortgaged it to Půta on 13 August 1429. In 1431, he also mortgaged the County of Kladsko and the district of Ząbkowice Śląskie to him. In 1434, he enfeoffed him with the Duchy of Münsterberg.

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