Hynek I. Suchý Čert z Kunštátu a Jevišovic
Erb Lords of Kunštát
Hynek I. Dry Devil of Kunštát and Jevišovice was one of the Moravian nobles of the genus Lords of Kunštát the warrior as well as the marauding knight in the house of famous Moravian margrave´s wars.
His father was Sezema II. of Kunštát and Jevišovice, owner Jevišovice estate. The first written mention of the brothers and Jindřich Hynek of Kunštát and Jevišovice comes from 1385 in connection with the dowry, which admitted her mother Elišce, which has already been four years a widow. It is clear that the giant brothers who were adults at that time. Further mention of Hynek dates from 1390, ie from the time when the sink in Moravia margrave´s wars, which were accompanied by mutual offensive and opposing the destruction of their property nobles, merchants and passengers robery. Hynek, which of these fights and these predartory actions involved, got the grim nickname "Dry Devil." For the first time with this name in connection with assaulting Austrian castle Weikertschlagen year 1,401th At this time, Hynek was a period of less partisan Moravian Margrave Prokop Luxembourg. He named him captain Znojmo Castle. Hynek also received pledges to the castle Rabštejn.
In 1401 Hynek Dry Devil went to German Brod, the year 1402 in Austria. Hynek raids to Austria is then repeated, when he was captured and interned in Vienna, the Czech King Wenceslas IV. Austrian Duke Albrecht, however, lost patience with Hynek´s behaviour, but the co-ordinated action with the Hungarian king Sigismund was to escape King Wenceslas IV. of the Vienna prison. 7. July 1404 drew to Znojmo Albrechtových about 12 thousand soldiers, which were soon joined by about the same amount of troops Zikmund of Luxembourg. Hynek Dry Devil, however, draw on prior knowledge, so Znojmo´s crew to strengthen the army of his friend John Sokol of Lamberka, which have taken his troops of Wok IV. from Holštejn and John of Raussenpruku. Siege was unsuccessful, in the camp besieger addition dysentery outbreak. Albrecht IV. Austria and Sigismund of Luxemburg were either poisoned or severely ill. While the former died, thanks to Sigismund drastic treatment. Their army went home unssuccesful.
Hynek Dry Devil continue to hold the action carried out, but King Wenceslas stop to like him. This is in addition reconciled with his older cousin Jošt Moravian Margrave of Luxembourg and in addition Hyneks ally Margrave Prokop died. In March of 1407 by King Wenceslas IV. Hynek hold for some action to arrest and imprison. In May, however, has been Hynek free, but went ill and as stated in December of the 1407th He died probably at the beginning of the 1408th
Dry Devil Hynek died without descendants. His property passed to the Jevišovice nephew John, who also won the nickname "Dry Devil" and this remained after rode two other tribes.
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