Jan Ješek Ptáček of Pirkštein

Jan Ješek Ptáček of Pirkštein (also: Pirkštejn, Pirkenstein,[1] Birkenstein,[2] Pürkstein[2] or Bürgstein[3][4]) (c. 1338[5] – c. 1400[6]) was a Moravian noble and lord of Sloup v Čechách, Polná, and Rataje nad Sázavou.

Jan Ješek Ptáček of Pirkštein
Lord of Lord of Polná
Lord of Sloup v Čechách
Lord of Rataje nad Sázavou
Portrait of Jan from Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Coat of arms
SuccessorJan Ptáček of Pirkstein
Bornc. 1338
Diedc. 1400
Spouse(s)Hedvika of Dauba
FatherČeněk of Ojvina
MotherJutte of Vildenberka

Biography

Jan Ješek inherited the castles at Sloup v Čechách and Polná.[7] He later acquired the town of Rataje nad Sázavou and it's two castles, renaming the lower castle Pirkštejn.[6] It was around this time where Jan Ješek started using the name Ptáček, or "Birdie", which was continually used in his lineage.[7]

Jan Ješek was around 50 years old when his son, Jan Ptáček of Pirkstein, was born. Soon after, he returned to Polná and retired from political life.[7] He died around the end of the 14th century.[6]

Jan is mentioned in the video game Kingdom Come: Deliverance as Ser Jeschke, father of Hans Capon.[8]

gollark: It depends on sector I guess but you can probably also retrain.
gollark: Your answer is unemployment?
gollark: I can't read anything over 3 sentences, my laptop is beeing.
gollark: Individual jobs are.
gollark: You can generally just find another job which doesn't "exploit" you if you dislike it.

References
  1. "Hrad Pirkštejn – Pirkenštejn / hrady-zriceniny.cz". www.hrady-zriceniny.cz. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  2. "Autority - Katalogizační lístek - Historický ústav AV ČR projekt Řeholníci - katalog Clavius". reholnici.hiu.cas.cz. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  3. "Dějiny a současnost, Martin Šandera: Hynce Ptáček z Pirkenštejna". Dějiny a současnost. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  4. "Historie panství Sloup". Hrad Sloup. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  5. Heřman, Jan. "Toulky Podblanickem in Posázavím - Hynce Ptáček z Pirkštejna". Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. Zavadil, Antonín J. "Kutnohorsko slovem i obrasem - Práce veškerého učitelstva okresu" (PDF). Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. Heřman, Jan. "Toulky Podblanickem in Posázavím - Hynce Ptáček z Pirkštejna". Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  8. "Codex". Kingdom Come Deliverance. 2018.
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