Peter Wok von Rosenberg
(1539 - 1611) | aristocrat |
From his childhood, Peter
Wok grew up in the shadow of his older brother Wilhelm von
Rosenberg who was being prepared for the position of Rosenberg.
This was a reason why Peter Wok never achieved a more influential
position or more success in politics and lived in seclusion at the
Bechyně castle. He took over the care of the Rosenberg after
Wilhelm´s death in 1592. Because he did not have any children with
his wife Kateřina of Ludanice, he was forced to sell the Český
Krumlov castle to Emperor Rudolf
II von Habsburg in 1601, also because his family was in deep
debt. Peter Wok used to be described in the older literature only
as a spoiled profligate, but this is quite untrue. The "last
Rosenberg" died in 1611 in his residence in Třeboň. See also
the last
Rosenberg, Peter Wok von Rosenberg.
(mj)