Karl Frederick of Munsterberg

The representative of the Czech aristocratic family of the lords of Podebrady . The fourth son of Charles II of Munsterberg (1545–1617), prince of Olesnitsky and Berutuvsky, from his second marriage with Elizabeth Magdalena (1562–1630), daughter of Prince George II of Brzegsky .

In February 1617, after the death of his father Charles II of Munsterberg, Karl Frederick inherited the Olesnica principality . His older brother, Heinrich Wenceslas, took possession of Berutuv principality ( Bernstadt ). At the same time, brothers Heinrich Vaclav and Karl Frederick inherited the Moravian estates Sternberk and Evishovice .

In 1619, Karl Frederick headed the embassy, ​​which from the princes and estates of Silesia was sent to Prague to invite the newly elected King of Bohemia, Frederick V of Palatinate, to make a trip to Wroclaw ( Breslau ). In February 1620, during the journey of Frederick of Palatinate to Wroclaw , the princes Karl Frederick and Heinrich Vaclav greeted the new king in the north-Moravian city of Sternberk .

To protect freedom of religion, the Silesian princes Karl Frederick Olesnitsky, Johann Christian Brzegsky and Georg Rudolf Legnitzky , as well as the City Council of Wroclaw, founded the League on 9 August 1633 , which was under the protection of Saxony, Brandenburg and Sweden. After that, Karl Frederick and his allies lost the favor of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire . After the conclusion of the Prague Peace in 1635, they were forced to make amends to the emperor.

In August 1639, after the death of his elder brother Heinrich Vaclav, Karl Frederick inherited his title and possession ( Berutuvo Principality ).

On May 31, 1647, the 53-year-old prince of Olesnitsky and Berutuvsky, Karl Frederick, died in Olesnitsa . He was the last male descendant of the münsterberg line of the Czech dynasty of the lords of Podebrady, who ruled in Silesia. After his death, the Olesnica principality and the Moravian estate of Sternberk, through the marriage of his daughter Elzbieta Maria to Count Sylvie Nimrod of Württemberg, came into the possession of the Württemberg house .

Karl Frederick of Munsterberg was married twice. On December 4, 1618, he first married an Anna Sophia (February 26, 1598 - March 20, 1641), the eldest daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562-1602), from a second marriage with Anna Maria of Palatz-Neuburg (1575-1633) . The couple had their only daughter:

• Alzhbet Maria (May 11, 1625, Olesnitsa - March 17, 1686, Olesnitsa ), husband from May 1, 1647, Earl Silvius Nimrod of Württemberg - Weiltingen (1622-1664), Prince Olesnitsky (1647-1664).

On December 2, 1642, Karl Frederick again married Sophia Magdalena (June 14, 1624 - April 28, 1660), the youngest daughter of Prince Johann Christian Brzegsky (1591-1639) from his first marriage with Dorothea Sibyllo of Brandenburg (1590-16225). The second marriage was childless.

• Ludwig Petry, Josef Joachim Menzel (eds.): Geschichte Schlesiens . vol. 2, ISBN 3-7995-6342-3 , p. 62 ff
• Hugo Weczerka: Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Schlesien , Stuttgart, 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. LXIV, 19 and 369 as well as genealogical tables on p. 602—603
• Dr. Colmar Grünhagen: Geschichte Schlesiens , vol. 2, Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha, 1886, p. 67, 180

• The genealogy of the lords of Podebrady