John Sobieslaw of Moravia

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Denaro of John Sobieslaw.

John Sobieslaw of Moravia (1352 - 12 October 1394) was a Czech clergyman and feudal lord, who was patriarch of Aquileia from 1388 until his death.

Biography

John was the third son of John Henry, Margrave of Moravia and Margaret of Opava. In 1368 he was appointed as provost of Vysehrad, and was late canon in the same see. In 1380-1387 he was bishop of Litomyšl (in this period, he was excommunicated in a dispute with the archbishop of Prague), then bishop of Olomouc until 1388, when pope Urban IV named his as feudal patriarch of Aquileia.

Once in Friuli, he had to face a critical situation in which most of the feudal families of the patriarchate had seized local power for themselves. The events precipitated when the patriarch's marshal murdered the noble Federico Savorgnan at Udine, causing a popular rebellion which was supported by the Republic of Venice. The patriarch took refuge in the castle of Soffumbergo.

However, John was lured to Udine for a fake negotiation, and he was assassinated there by Tristano Savorgnan, Federico's son (13 October 1394). He was secretly buried in the Cathedral of Udine to avoid further upheavals.

Ancestors

Family of John Sobieslaw of Moravia

16. Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg               8. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor                       17. Beatrice d'Avesnes               4. John of Bohemia                             18. John I, Duke of Brabant               9. Margaret of Brabant                       19. Margaret of Flanders               2. John Henry, Margrave of Moravia                                   20. Ottokar II, Přemysl of Bohemia               10. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia                       21. Kunigunda of Slavonia               5. Elizabeth of Bohemia                             22. Rudolph I of Germany               11. Judith of Habsburg                       23. Gertrude of Hohenburg               1. John Sobieslaw of Moravia                                         24. Ottokar II, Přemysl of Bohemia               12. Nicholas I, Duke of Opava                       25. Agnes of Kuenring               6. Nicholas II, Duke of Opava                             26. ???               13. Adelaide of Habsburg                       27. ???               3. Margaret of Opava                                   28. Władysław Opolski,Duke of Opole-Racibórz               14. Przemyslaw of Raciborz                       29. Euphemia of Greater Poland               7. Anna of Ratibórz                             30. Konrad III of Masovia               15. Anna of Masovia                       31. Anna Radziwil