The margrave's residence: a castle on the rock above the Thaya, on a fortified site of the Great Moravian age, long the seat of the Znojmo appanage (the line of Conrad Otto).
Its Romanesque rotunda of St Catherine carries paintings of the Přemyslid princes. The castle was destroyed by Vladislaus II in 1145 and restored. Below it lies a market settlement; the Premonstratensian abbey of Louka stands close by on the Thaya (founded 1190). German Wikipedia says the separate Znojmo appanage ended in 1197; the town is founded anew and made a royal town by Ottokar I in 1226.
Who holds it
- Name
- Vladislaus Henry
- Title
- Margrave of Moravia
- Since
- 6 December 1197
- Born
- about 1160 or 1165
- Family
- Přemyslid
- Confidence
- high
Czech Wikipedia: Znojmo castle was his residence.
Lord in 1200
Margrave Vladislaus Henry, who lives in the castle.
How things stand that morning
The margrave's seat: a castle with a market settlement, not yet a town.
Charter
None in 1200. Royal town 1226 (Ottokar I).
Council
None: the place is governed by the prince's or the bishop's officers.
Militia
None of its own; the men of the castle district serve under the castellan.
Walls and castle
The princely castle with the rotunda; the settlement is not yet walled as a town.
Trade and crafts
Market below the castle; the Thaya crossing on the road to Austria; vineyards.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: German Wikipedia (Znaim) and Czech Wikipedia (Vladislav Jindřich).
Primary sources for Moravia
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
- 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.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.