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Czech Branch of the Lords of Koldice at the Court of Luxembourg
Jirsík, Tobiáš ; Bobková, Lenka (advisor) ; Dvořáčková, Dana (referee)
The Lords of Colditz originally came from Meissen, which is also the location of the town and castle Colditz (Koldice). Their first contact with the Kingdom of Bohemia dates to the reign of Wenceslaw II. During the rule of the Luxembourg dynasty, they became (as counsellors) one of the pillars of their sovereigns' power. At first, they served King John of Luxembourg, and then his son and Emperor - Charles IV. Besides their counselling services, Lords of Koldice often lended quite large amounts to indebted rulers. Thimo (Těma) the Elder is considered to be the first Lord of Colditz, who settled in the Kingdom of Bohemia. King John of Luxembourg gave him some goods in the northwestern part of Bohemia (the most important of them was Krupka, a mining town with a castle). One of his sons, Thimo (Těma) the Younger, enlarged the domain and eventually turned his allodial property Colditz (Koldice) into a feud (1368). Thus he became a vassal of the King Wenceslaus IV. A large number of documents show that Lords of Colditz mostly stayed around the royal court. Thimo the Elder, Thimo the Younger and Albrecht held many important offices. For example sheriffs (capitaneus) of Upper Lusatia and Wrocław, master of chamber (magister camerere, head of the royal finances), and other less important offices. During the...
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