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Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz

1450 – 1517

Czech traveller, humanist, politician, writer and nobleman

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Lived 1450 – 1517 (aged 66–67). Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz was a writer, diplomat and traveler.

Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz (, ; 1450 –1517) was a Bohemian diplomat of the House of Lobkowicz.

In 1482 he became a Doctor of Canon Law. He undertook diplomatic missions to Luxembourg (in 1477) and Rome (in 1487) in the time of King Vladislaus II. The king sent him to negotiate a marriage with Mary of Burgundy, which was ultimately unsuccessful. He made a journey to Palestine in 1493 and wrote a travel book about it, titled Pilgrimage to the Holy Grave in Jerusalem (first published in 1505). He also edited Advice and Precept to the Son Jaroslav, What to Do and What to Beware. He founded the Franciscan monastery in Kadaň. He died on or around 28 January 1517 and was buried in the monastery. He was the elder brother of the so-called "Czech Ulysses" Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic.

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1450, Kadaň
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Who was Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz?

Czech traveller, humanist, politician, writer and nobleman

When was Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz born?

Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz was born in 1450 in Kadaň.

When did Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz die?

Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz died on 28 January 1517 in Kadaň.

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Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz was a writer, diplomat and traveler.

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· Wikipedia: Jan Hasištejnský of Lobkowicz

· Wikidata: Q2031301

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