The
Moravian Luxembourgs
Moravští Lucemburkové, 28 min
Story of the life and rule of the so-far rather unknown members of the Luxemburg family, who ruled over the eastern part of the Czech Kingdom - Moravia for dozens of years. The royal family of the Luxemburgs were in their time a very significant family of Europe-wide importance. In the lands of the Czech Crown their activities start with the rule of John the Blind who achieved successes in battle fields all over Europe and fell as a hero at the Battle of Crécy in the year 1346. (The Prince of Wales claimed this as a personal victory and took John's motto - Ich Dien / I serve/ and the coat of arms, three ostrich feathers). His son, Charles IV, The Holy Roman Emperor was one of the most important Czech as well as European rulers.
The film presents the life stories of King Charles's brother, the Moravian count John Henry and his three sons - Jobst /Jodoc/, Jan Sobeslav and Prokop.
This branch of the Luxemburgs, even though its members did not have royal
powers, also acquired a powerful position in Central Europe. Besides Moravia, Count Jobst acquired control of Brandenburg and as the first ruler, promoted Berlin to a royal seat. At the end of his life he was also elected as the King in the Holy Roman Empire. On the other hand his brother Prokop became famous as a military leader who several times imprisoned Czech King Wenceslas IV. Count Jan Sobeslav achieved an important position in the Church - he became Patriarch of Aquila, which is situated in the territory of today's Italy. He was, however, such a cruel ruler, that his enemies had him murdered.
The documentary contains unique sequences of the archaeological excavations from St. Thomas' church in Brno, where the specialists from the Brno Museum in 2000 revealed the crypt of the most important Moravian Luxemburg - Jobst. Thanks to this discovery the Brno archaeologists obtained further unique information of the life of Count Jobst. The research has brought many unexpected findings and there even exists a hope that from the skeleton of Count Jobst it could be possible to extract DNA and compare this to other relics which are possibly members of the Luxemburg family.
The film was produced in Czech, German, French and English versions and was presented to the Grand Duke of Luxemburg during his state visit to the Czech Republic as an official gift.
© Česká televize 2002
Moravští Lucemburkové, 28 min
Story of the life and rule of the so-far rather unknown members of the Luxemburg family, who ruled over the eastern part of the Czech Kingdom - Moravia for dozens of years. The royal family of the Luxemburgs were in their time a very significant family of Europe-wide importance. In the lands of the Czech Crown their activities start with the rule of John the Blind who achieved successes in battle fields all over Europe and fell as a hero at the Battle of Crécy in the year 1346. (The Prince of Wales claimed this as a personal victory and took John's motto - Ich Dien / I serve/ and the coat of arms, three ostrich feathers). His son, Charles IV, The Holy Roman Emperor was one of the most important Czech as well as European rulers.
The film presents the life stories of King Charles's brother, the Moravian count John Henry and his three sons - Jobst /Jodoc/, Jan Sobeslav and Prokop.
This branch of the Luxemburgs, even though its members did not have royal
powers, also acquired a powerful position in Central Europe. Besides Moravia, Count Jobst acquired control of Brandenburg and as the first ruler, promoted Berlin to a royal seat. At the end of his life he was also elected as the King in the Holy Roman Empire. On the other hand his brother Prokop became famous as a military leader who several times imprisoned Czech King Wenceslas IV. Count Jan Sobeslav achieved an important position in the Church - he became Patriarch of Aquila, which is situated in the territory of today's Italy. He was, however, such a cruel ruler, that his enemies had him murdered.
The documentary contains unique sequences of the archaeological excavations from St. Thomas' church in Brno, where the specialists from the Brno Museum in 2000 revealed the crypt of the most important Moravian Luxemburg - Jobst. Thanks to this discovery the Brno archaeologists obtained further unique information of the life of Count Jobst. The research has brought many unexpected findings and there even exists a hope that from the skeleton of Count Jobst it could be possible to extract DNA and compare this to other relics which are possibly members of the Luxemburg family.
The film was produced in Czech, German, French and English versions and was presented to the Grand Duke of Luxemburg during his state visit to the Czech Republic as an official gift.
© Česká televize 2002
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