The Hrabišici are the leading court kindred of these years: three generations of them have held the chamberlain's office, and Slavek I holds it under Ottokar at the start of the reign.
Their lands lie in the north-west, in the Bílina country under the Erzgebirge facing Meissen. Cistercians from Waldsassen had settled at Mašťov near Kadaň in 1192 (confirmed by Duke Henry Břetislav on 20 June 1196); after a quarrel with that landlord they moved in 1197 onto Slavek's estates at Osek, which he endowed with Osek, Háj, Domaslavice, Hrdlovka and Dubany (the abbey dates its endowment charter to 1206, cs.wikipedia; its church is built from 1206). The kindred also holds round Most (Kojata IV disposes of the Most estate in his will of 1227; its holder in 1200 is not pinned), and one of them, Hrabiše II or III, founded the house of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre at Zderaz in Prague.
Their castle of Osek (Rýzmburk) is later, built by Boreš II.
Who he is
- Name
- Slavek I 'the Great' of the Hrabišici, with his kinsmen Hrabiše IV and V, Boreš I, and the young sons of Hrabiše III (Všebor IV and Kojata IV)
- Title
- Chief chamberlain of the king (nejvyšší komorník)
- Since
- Slavek is chief chamberlain under Ottokar until 1202 at the latest; Hrabiše III, chief chamberlain in 1187 and 1192-1197, is last named in 1197
- Born
- Not pinned
- Family
- Hrabiše II was chief chamberlain in 1180 and 1183; Kojata III deputy chamberlain in 1185-1187; Hrabiše V appears in 1201-1203; Boreš I died before 1207; Všebor IV and Kojata IV appear from 1207. Slavek's daughter married Jaroš, castellan of Bílina (date not pinned).
- Confidence
- medium
cs.wikipedia (Hrabišici); de.wikipedia (Kloster Osek).
Overlord
Ottokar I, king of Bohemia
What it holds
- Osek with Háj, Domaslavice, Hrdlovka and Dubany (given to the Cistercians, who arrived in 1197)
- The patronage of Osek abbey (Church map record)
- The Most estate (held by Kojata IV in 1227; 1200 not pinned)
- Drnovice and Račice (Kojata IV's will of 1227; 1200 not pinned)
- Patronage of the Holy Sepulchre canons at Zderaz in Prague
- The chamberlain's office at court (Slavek)
How it was acquired
Inherited estates of an old kindred; court office.
Allies and rivals
The king's men; neighbours of the Meissen march over the Erzgebirge (a 2018 study by Žemlička treats their settlement activity on the Meissen side, not checked here).
How things stand that morning
Held by the kindred; Slavek at court.
Wealth
Estates in the Bílina and Most country, the chamberlain's share of royal revenue, the abbey's toll exemption.
Military
Their following; no castle of their own pinned for 1200.
Places of note
- Osek: Slavek's estate and the Cistercian abbey (monks there since 1197)
- Most: The Most estate, Kojata IV's in 1227
- Zderaz: House of the canons of the Holy Sepulchre in Prague, a Hrabišic foundation
Where the sources disagree
- Osek: de.wikipedia (Kloster Osek) puts the move to Osek in 1197; cs.wikipedia (Hrabišici) says Slavek founded the abbey in 1206. The 1206 date is best taken as his endowment charter or the start of the church; the monks are at Osek on 1 January 1200.
Evidence: The office-holders are dated from charters; the estates are known mostly from the Osek endowment and the 1227 will.
On the map: Approximate blocks round the known estates.
Primary sources for Kingdom of Bohemia (Ottokar I)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
- Charters and letters of the kingdom of Bohemia, volume 2, 1198 to 1230 (documents of 1198 to 1230, edited 1912). The critical edition of every Bohemian and Moravian charter and letter from Ottokar I's accession to 1230.
- Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.