Amit ebben az életben teszünk, az visszhangzik az
örökkévalóságban
Was wir im Leben tun Echos in der Ewigkeit
Ce que nous faisons dans la vie résonne dans l'éternité
Lo que hacemos en vida se refleja en la eternidad
To, co děláme v životě se ozývá ve věčnosti
Jelena Šubić died c 1378 was a Croatian Kneginja
The castle
was first mentioned in the 13th century as a fortress ruled by the
Babonić clan. Between 1328 and 1347, it was possessed by the members
of Iločki family. In 1347, King Louis I the Great bestowed the
fortress to the noble Šubić family who then changed their family
name after it, becoming the Zrinski. It remained in their possession
until the Ottoman invasion and conquest of the region, which led to
the fortress falling to them on 20 October 1577. It wasn't until
1718 that the castle was retaken from the Ottomans.
The
castle was first mentioned in the 13th century as a fortress ruled
by the Babonićclan. Between 1328 and 1347, it was possessed by the
members of Iločki family. In 1347, King Louis I the Great bestowed
the fortress to the noble Šubić family who then changed their
family name after it, becoming the Zrinski. It remained in their
possession until the Ottoman invasion and conquest of the region,
which led to the fortress falling to them on 20 October 1577. It
wasn't until 1718 that the castle was retaken from the Ottomans.
Among
the many notable personalities of the family, there were a few
women. Katarina Zrinska (1625–1673), a noted poet, was born in the
Frankopan family, and, having married Petar Zrinski, became the
member of the Zrinskis. Her daughter, Jelena Zrinska, was the wife
of Francis I. Rákóczi, the prince of Transylvania.
Brebiri III.
Mladen
Egy
majdnem Zrínyi ős nyomában
Nikola Šubić
Zrinski
–
chorwacki Leonidas, Szigetvár
Nikola Šubić
Zrinski Ivana
pl.
Zajca, u aranžmanu Tomislava Uhlika
The History
of Medieval Armor
The term
"Medieval" Generally signifies the ten century period spanning the
5th through 16th centuries. And for the most part this is what this
look at medieval armor will focus on. But, in order to understand
how armor developed over these centuries I will also give you some
background information on armor as it leads up to that period.
Factors of
Medieval Armor development
Armor
changed, evolved and improved over the medieval period and there
are a few factors that had a tremendous impact on this evolution.
The development of different types, and more effective weapons:
Weapons such as swords, spears, daggers and polearms all
changed over the centuries, in part to achieve effectiveness
against armor. The longbow and crossbow were very effective
against varying armor types and new armor had to be developed
to counter these weapons. This changing and evolving between
weapons and armor were what could be called an arms race -
weapons would improve then armor would improve then weapons had
to improve and so on.
Developments in metal working skills - as we moved out of the
bronze age and into the iron age the new ways of working with
metals made stronger armor and gave armies technologies to make
more effective armor.
Changing philosophies and cultures - these things also had a
big impact on how armor changed.
Gunpowder eventually put an end to armor.
Armor
before the Medieval Period
There
are two major lines of armor that lead up to the armor in Europe
through the Medieval Period. The first line is the classical line
that came out of the Mycenaean (Alexander the Great), Greek and
Roman traditions. The major materials that armor was made from
included Bronze and Iron.
The
second line came out of the Celtic and Teutonic people. This is
called the Barbarian armor line. The armor made in this line was
predominantly leather and mail.
The
dominance of Chainmail through most of the medieval period
Ring
Mail armor Out of all the various armor types chain mail (also
known as ring mail) was the most successful and it lasted the
longest. Earliest versions of this type of armor date back to the
first century and this mail was in use in different variations all
the way through the medieval period and beyond to the 17 th
century. It was called chain mail or ring mail because it was made
of a series of small rings that were interlocked together. This
means of assembly was very effective against slicing and stabbing
weapons and normal arrows. It was also very complex to make and a
chainmail chest piece (often called a hauberk) could be composed of
thousands of these little rings.(The picture shows a knight in
complete chainmail with a surcoat over it)
Chain
Mail - It was in use in various forms throughout the whole medieval
period in a variety of capacities. For many centuries is was very
effective. But the brunt of its effectiveness was against slashing
weapons. The rings that composed the mail were effective at
defeating slashing weapons but were not effective against the brunt
force blow of weapons such as hammers and maces.
Want
to watch a video on how to make chainmail? I have one on my youtube
channel here. How to Make Chainmail?
Over
the centuries of the medieval period this deficiency was minimized
by added a variety of other materials either under or over the
chain mail hauberk. These could be a leather jerkin or padded
gambeson under the mail or a coat or plates and a surcoat over the
mail. This could get very cumbersome and while adding extra layers
of padding and protection could reduce concussive damage it still
didn't keep pace with the development of weapons.
In the
13 th century the mail become less and less effective, particularly
because of the use of crossbows and better weapons. Armorers moved
in the direction of adding various pieces of plate either under the
mail or over the mail. These were just parts like chest plates or
elbow guards. This was a move toward plate armor.
A
development in armor was the coat of plates which lasted roughly
through the 14th century.
After
1350 the use of solid breastplates came into more use. They were
typically made of a solid plate in the front and a solid plate in
the back called a backplate. Iron breastplates appeared as early as
1190.
The
Transition to Plate Mail
Mail
armor with some plate pieces. The most important development after
the common use of the breastplate was the addition of more plate
armor on various body parts. These included vambraces over the
arms, greaves for the lower legs and various other partial plates
for shoulders, elbows and knees. (Drawing shows this transition
with full mail armor and the addition of some plate armor on arms
and legs)
Eventually these all evolved into the complete set of plate armor
that we think of when we think of a knight in armor. In this armor
every part of a knight's body was covered with plate armor. And
these developments of additional protection also had sub
developments. A good example of this is the demi-greaves which
covered only the front part of the lower leg. These developed into
closed greaves which went all the way around the lower leg.
The 15
th Century as the zenith of Platemail suits of Armor
Plate
armor The 15th century was the pinnacle of medieval armor and it
all revolved around the knights complete set of plate armor. In the
beginning of the century the art and craft of making complete plate
armor sets developed into two different schools: The Italian and
the German. Toward the end of the 15th century and beginning of the
16th century these two schools diverged into what is considered to
be the pinnacle of armor making: The Maximilian.
It is
during this century that armor also morphed into three different
types of armors - Field armor (for Battle) , Ceremonial armor (for
ceremonies and good looks) and jousting armor for the knightly
competitions. Each type of armor was specifically designed for its
use. Battle armor was designed for maximum mobility with optimal
protection, ceremonial armor was made to look great and to impress.
It was often detailed with gold and silver. And Jousting armor was
designed for the specific requirements of the joust which might
include an overly large and strong pauldron to deflect an enemy's
lance or special braces to support the weight of one's own lance.
Medieval Helmets - Helmets also underwent many changes during the
medieval period and a lot of this was influenced by the ability to
work with metal and better understanding of what protected better
in combat.
Early
helmets were typically flat and they developed toward more round
and curved in shape because a curved shape would deflect a blow
rather than take the full brunt. And in the latest periods the
helmets were multiple pieces riveted together and had moving parts
like a visor.
Shields - These also changed as other components of armor and
weapons changed. In the early centuries of the medieval period they
were large and round. As the centuries progressed the got smaller
and triangular in shape. I have more information about medieval
shields and how they developed and changed here: The Medieval
Shield
Metal
Working skills throughout the medieval period
The
early armor was made with leather, iron, bronze or other hard
materials. Steel was developed but only saw limited use because it
was difficult to make and tended to be brittle. In the later
centuries techniques were developed so plates of armor had carbon
added to just the outer surfaces of them. This created a very hard
outer surface yet with the softer inner surface of iron there was
still some flexibility.
History of Medieval Armor Timeline
Up to
5th century: Two varying armor types:
Barbarian armor which was mostly leather and chainmail;
and
classical armor which was brass and iron
From
5th through the 14 th Chainmail was standard and still lasted in
part until the 17th
12th
century: various materials were added to supplement the
chainmail chest piece including the gambeson
13th/14th century: the strength and protection of the chainmail was
enhanced
by
the addition of various plates. The coat of plates was regularly
used.
14th
century: The plate chest armor was expanded upon by applying plate
to
other parts of the body like greaves for the legs and vambraces for
the arms.
15th
century: The height of Plate mail armor sets with two different
schools:
the
Italian and the german.
15th
century: Plate armor came in three different types by function:
Battle armor, ceremonial armor and tournament armor. Each was
specifically designed for its purpose.
end
of 15th century: The two schools of armor making merged into what
some
consider to be the pinnacle of armor set styles: The Maximillian.
below is the royal information
but this is what people will see the wwII site here is the first
picture
them it will continue
Here at the beginning all this stuff here belongs to the Royal family
information and below there's World War II stories and information which I
have been trying to organize from the other pages is much as possible to
make your life easier Andras
Almost confirmed back to the 11th century
Originally the name
had a letter with 2 dots above it (
) for Germany and Bohemia
but then later after the fall of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the
had to be changed to "e"
so now the new Family original name is Pletl
battle_of_bosworth_brandon
1454 Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by
order of King Ladislaus also related to us, and was also the King of
Hungary and Bohemia
now genetically proven 2017
If you really want the proof, it is in the states in
the New Library.
on a personal note: what was wrong with all of
us then
and what has changed? I have traveled though Europe
in 2012 - 2018 and the mentality of the people. The primitive
mentality of "screw whi who you can" still prevail. It makes me sick.
In fact the more I find out about my family, the sicker I get, and the more
I want to know, like if there was any good in my family.
Bohemia, Austria, Coatia, Hungary and perhaps , more.
Some things I can find out for sure, and other things, are lost in the
corridors of time
Our Family comes
originally from Bohemia, then they swept across Germany in the
15th century in the form of Royalty, Princess, Princes' Lords and
even an Archbishop of Bruno now in Czechoslovakia which
was in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire
1646
Hans Plätl Von Lichtenberg
was his name.
of the
Lichtenberg clan.
That is not him below.
"Royalty is not divine -
if your actions are honorable, then you will be royal no matter what
cloth you were cut from."
I
Ladislaus the Posthumous,
known also asLadislas(Hungarian:Utószülött
László;Czech:Ladislav
Pohrobek, 22 February 1440 – 23 November 1457) (inHungarian:V.
László), wasDuke
of Austria, andKing
of Hungary,CroatiaandBohemia.
He was the posthumous son ofAlbert
of HabsburgwithElizabeth
of Luxembourg. Albert had bequeathed all his realms to his future son on
his deathbed, but only theEstatesof
Austria accepted hislast
will. Fearing anOttomaninvasion,
the majority of the Hungarian lords andprelatesoffered
the crown toVladislaus
III of Poland. TheHussitenoblemen
and towns of Bohemia did not acknowledge the hereditary right of Albert's
descendants to the throne, but also did not elect a new king.
After Ladislaus's birth, his mother seized theHoly
Crown of Hungaryand had Ladislaus – known asLadislaus
Vin Hungary – crowned king inSzékesfehérváron
15 May 1440. However, theDiet
of Hungarydeclared Ladislaus's coronation invalid and elected Vladislaus
king. A civil war broke out which lasted for years. Elizabeth appointed her
late husband's distant cousin,Frederick
III,King
of the Romans, Ladislaus' guardian. Ladislaus lived in Frederick's court
(mainly inWiener
Neustadt), where Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini (the futurePope
Pius II) wrote a treatise of his education.
After his mother died in late 1442, Ladislaus' interests were represented by
aCzechcondottiere,John
Jiskra of Brandýs, in Hungary, and by the Czech Catholic lord,Ulrich
II of Rosenberg, in Bohemia. Ladislaus' rival in Hungary, Vladislaus,
fell in theBattle
of Varnain November 1444. The next year, the Diet of
Hungary offered to acknowledge Ladislaus as king if Frederick III renounced
his guardianship. After Frederick III rejected the offer, the Diet of
Hungary electedJohn
Hunyadiregent in 1446. In Bohemia, the head of the
moderate Hussites (orUtraquists),George
of Poděbrady, took control ofPraguein
1448. The Estates of Austria forced Frederick III to resign the guardianship
and hand over Ladislaus to them in September 1452. Royal administration was
formally restored in Hungary after Hunyadi resigned the regency in early
1453, but he continued to control most royal castles and revenues.
Ulrich II, Count of Celje(his
mother's cousin) became Ladislaus' main advisor, but an Austrian baron,Ulrich
Eytzinger, forced Ladislaus to expel Celje from his court. Although
Ladislaus was crowned king of Bohemia on 28 October 1453, Poděbrady remained
in full control of the government. During the following years, Eytzinger,
Hunyadi and Poděbrady closely cooperated to mutually secure their positions.
Ladislaus was reconciled with Ulrich II in early 1455. With the support of
the leading Hungarian barons, Ladislaus persuaded Hunyadi to withdraw his
troops from most royal castles and renounce the administration of part of
the royal revenues.
After theOttoman
SultanMehmed
IIdecided to invade Hungary, Ladislaus and Ulrich II left
the kingdom. The sultanlaid
siege to Belgrade. Hunyadi relieved the fortress on 22 July 1456, but he
died two weeks later. Ladislaus and Ulrich II returned to Hungary and tried
to force Hunyadi's son,Ladislaus,
to renounce all royal castles and revenues, but Ladislaus Hunyadi murdered
Ulrich II on 9 November, forcing Ladislaus to grant an amnesty to him.
However, most Hungarian barons were hostile towards Ladislaus Hunyadi. With
their support, Ladislaus captured him and his brother,Matthias.
After Ladislaus Hunyadi was executed in March 1457, his relatives stirred up
a rebellion against Ladislaus, forcing him to flee from Hungary. Ladislaus
died unexpectedly in Prague. He was the last male member of theAlbertinian
Lineof theHouse
of Habsburg.
Albert was planning to launch a military expedition against theOttoman
Turks, who had been making plundering raids in the southern regions of
Hungary, but fell seriously ill during the preparations.[8][9]The
dying king, who knew that his wife was pregnant, willed Austria, Bohemia and
Hungary to his posthumous child if his wife gave birth to a son.[1]He
also put his infant heir under the guardianship of his widow and his cousin,Frederick
of Habsburg.[1][9]Albert
died on 27 October 1439.[8][9]
Fearing a new Ottoman invasion of Hungary, the majority of the Hungarian
lords and prelates refused to accept the deceased king's last will.[10][11]They
offered the crown to Vladislaus III of Poland and wanted to persuade the
pregnantqueen
dowagerto marry the new king.[10][11]In
Bohemia, the assembly of the Estates passed decrees in January 1440 to avoid
having a new civil war break out between the Hussites and the Catholics
before a new king was elected.[12]The
Estates of Moravia passed a similar decree.[12]
Although the 31-year-old Elizabeth seemingly agreed to marry Vladislaus, who
was only 16, she made preparations for the coronation of her son after her
physicians predicted that she would give birth to a son.[13]She
ordered her chambermaid,Helene
Kottanner, to steal theHoly
Crown of Hungaryfrom the castle ofVisegrád.[14][15]Before
long, Helene Kottanner and her accomplice seized the crown.[14]They
handed it to the queen on the very day she went intolabour,
which was considered a miracle by both the queen and her courtiers.[14]Elizabeth
gave birth to Ladislaus inKomárom(now
Komárno inSlovakia)
on 21 February 1440, almost four months after his father's death.[16][2]He
was named for KingSt
Ladislaus.[14]Dénes
Szécsi,Archbishop
of Esztergom, baptised him.[14]
Inheritance and civil war in Hungary (1440–1442)[edit]
The Estates of theDuchy
of Austriaacknowledged Ladislaus' right to rule and made
Frederick of Habsburg, who had been electedKing
of the Romans, regent in accordance with the last will of Ladislaus'
father.[9][17] In
Bohemia, only the Catholic lords, who were under the leadership ofUlrich
II of Rosenberg,[12] were
willing to accept Ladislaus' hereditary right to rule.[17] Soon
after the birth of her son, Queen Elizabeth sent envoys to Poland to
persuade the delegates of the Hungarian Estates to break off their
negotiations with Vladislaus III of Poland.[17] However,
the Hungarian lords refused and elected Vladislaus king on 8 March 1440.[6][18] Before
his election, Vladislaus had pledged that he would marry Queen Elizabeth and
protect her infant son's interests in Austria and Bohemia.[6]
The queen refused to give her consent to the
project and decided to have her son crowned king before Vladislaus came to
Hungary.[19] She
hastily took Ladislaus from Komárom toSzékesfehérvár,
which was the traditional place of theroyal
coronations in Hungary.[19] After
a young lord,Nicholas
Újlaki, symbolically knighted the infant Ladislaus, Archbishop Dénes
Szécsianointedand
crowned him king on 15 May.[19] During
the lengthy ceremonies, his mother's cousin,Ulrich
II, Count of Celje, held the crown over the head of Ladislaus who burst
into tears while the coronation oath was being read out on his behalf.[19] Six
days later Vladislaus III enteredBuda.[20] Queen
Elizabeth fled first toGyőr,
and from there toSopron,
taking the infant king with her.[21]
The most powerful lords – includingLadislaus
Garai,Đurađ
Branković,Frederick
IIand Ulrich II of Celje – and most towns remained
faithful to the child-king, but most noblemen preferred Vladislaus' rule in
the hope that he would be able to lead the defence of the kingdom against
the Ottomans.[22][23] A
civil war broke out between the partisans of the two kings which would last
for years.[20] TheDietdeclared
Ladislaus' coronation invalid on 29 June 1440, stating that "the crowning of
kings is always dependent on the will of the kingdom's inhabitants, in whose
consent both the effectiveness and the force of the crown reside".[10][23] On
17 July, Archbishop Dénes Szécsi crowned Vladislaus king with a crown taken
from the tomb ofKing
Saint Stephen, the first king of Hungary.[10][18]
In need of financial resources to continue the war
against Vladislaus, Queen Elizabeth signed a treaty with Frederick III, King
of the Romans, inWiener
Neustadton 22 November.[24][20] She
not only mortgaged Sopron to Frederick III, but also appointed him as her
son's guardian and gave the Holy Crown of Hungary to him.[25] Thereafter
Ladislaus lived in Frederick III's court, mainly in Wiener Neustatdt.[2]
Queen Elizabeth hired a Czechcondottiere,John
Jiskra of Brandýs, who took control ofKassa(now
Košice in Slovakia) and a dozen other towns inUpper
Hungaryduring the next months.[24][26] However,
Vladislaus' two military commanders, Nicholas Újlaki andJohn
Hunyadi, defeated the united army of the child Ladislaus's supporters
from the central and southern parts of Hungary in theBattle
of Bátaszékin early 1441.[20][27][24] During
the next months, Vladislaus and his commanders took control of the western
and eastern territories of Hungary, but Jiskra and Queen Elizabeth's other
supporters continued to control Upper Hungary, along withEsztergom,
Győr,Pressburg(now
Bratislava in Slovakia) and other important towns.[28] Negotiations
began and Queen Elizabeth and Vladislaus signed a peace treaty in Győr on 13
December 1442.[29][30] The
queen recognized Vladislaus as king, but preserved her son's claim to the
throne.[29][30] Three
or four days later the queen suddenly died and Ladislaus became an orphan
before his third birthday.[17][29][31]
After the death of Ladislaus' mother, his claim to
rule in Hungary and Bohemia was primarily protected by Jan Jiskra and Ulrich
of Rosenberg, respectively.[17] Most
parts of Hungary remained under the rule of Ladislaus's rival, Vladislaus.[17] In
Bohemia, themoderate
Hussitelord,Hynce
Ptáček of Pirkstein, administered the eastern territories, and the towns
dominated by the radicalTaboriteswere
united in a league.[12] The
HussiteCtibor
Tovačovský of Cimburk, who had assumed the title governor after Albert's
death, continued to administer Moravia, closely cooperating with the towns
and the CatholicBishop
of Olomouc.[12]Philip
the Good,Duke
of Burgundy, whom Elizabeth of Goerlitz
made her heir, invaded Luxemburg on her behalf in 1443.[5]Frederick
III authorized the Estates of Luxemburg to pay homage to Philip the Good,
but he also stipulated that Ladislaus could buy back the duchy after
Elizabeth of Goerlitz's death.[5] During
Ladislaus's lifetime, the Luxembourgeoise Estates did not recognize Philip
the Good as their legitimate sovereign.[32]
The seal ofJohn
Hunyadiwith
the inscriptionIoanis
de Huniad, Gubernatoris Regni Hungarie ("John
Hunyadi, Governor of theKingdom
of Hungary")
Ladislaus' rival, Vladislaus, died fighting
against the Ottomans in theBattle
of Varnaon 10 November 1444.[33][34] At
the Diet of next year, the Hungarian Estates agreed that they would
acknowledge the child Ladislaus as king if Vladislaus, whose fate was still
uncertain, did not come back to Hungary before 1 June 1445.[35] However,
they stipulated that they would elect a new king if the child king's
guardian, Frederick III, did not release both the king and the Holy Crown of
Hungary.[36] The
Estates also elected seven "Captains
in Chief" – John Hunyadi, Nicholas Újlaki,George
Rozgonyi,Emeric
Bebek,Michael
Ország, Pancrace Szentmiklósi, and Jan Jiskra – to administer the
kingdom.[37][38] Frederick
III stormed into Hungary, and captured a dozen fortresses along the western
frontiers of Hungary, includingKőszeg,
by the end of July.[37][38] The
Counts of Celje, who were related to Ladislaus through his mother, invadedSlavoniaand
took control of the province before the end of the year.[37][39] As
Frederick III refused to release Ladislaus, the Diet of Hungary elected John
Hunyadi regent for the period of Ladislaus' minority on 6 June 1446.[38] John
Hunyadi, who adopted the title governor, ruled most part of Hungary, but
could not expand his authority over the regions under the rule of Frederick
III, Jan Jiskra and the Counts of Celje.[36] The
envoys of the Hungarian Estates and Frederick III signed a truce on 1 June
1446, which confirmed Frederick III's guardianship over Ladislaus.[40]
In Bohemia,George
of Poděbradytook up the leadership of the moderate Hussite
lords after the death of Hynce Ptáček.[12] He
captured Prague on 3 September 1448 and imprisonedMeinhard
of Neuhauswho had started negotiations of the moderate
Hussites' union with the Catholic Church.[12][41] Early
the next year, Ulrich of Rosenberg and other Catholic lords entered into a
formal league against Poděbrady.[12]
Ladislaus had a good education in Frederick III's
court.[17] A
Latin grammar was completed especially for him.[2]Aeneas
Silvius Piccolomini(the
future Pope Pius II) summarized his advice on education in a letter that he
addressed to the ten-year-old Ladislaus in 1450.[17][42]Piccolomini
suggested that Ladislaus should read both classical authors (includingArchimedes,Cicero,LivyandVergil)
and the Bible.[17][42] He
also emphasized the importance ofphysical
training, stating that "both mind andbody
...must be developed side by side".[17][42]
As regards a boy's physical training, we must
bear in mind that we aim at implanting habits which will prove
beneficial through life. So let him cultivate a certain hardness which
rejects excess of sleep and idleness in all its forms. Habits of
indulgence – such as the luxury of soft beds, or the wearing of silk
instead of linen next the skin – tend to enervate both body andmind.
...Childish habits of playing with the lips and
features should be early controlled. A boy should be taught to hold his
head erect, to look straight and fearlessly before him and to bear
himself with dignity whether walking, standing, orsitting.
...Every youth destined to exalted position should
further be trained in military exercises. It will be your destiny to
defend Christendom against the Turk. It will thus be an essential part
of Your education that you be early taught the use of thebow,
of thesling,
and of thespear;
that you drive, ride, leap and swine. These are honourable
accomplishments in everyone, and therefore not unworthy of the
educator'scare.
...Games, too, should be encouraged for young
children – the ball, the hoop – but these must not be rough and coarse,
but have in them an element ofskill.
...In respect of eating and drinking the rule of
moderation consists in rejecting everything which needlessly taxes
digestion and so impairs mental activity. At the same time
fastidiousness must not be humoured. A boy, for instance, whose lot it
may be to face life in the camp, or in the forest, should so discipline
his appetite that he may eat even beef. The aim of eating is to
strengthen the frame; so let vigorous health reject cakes or sweets,
elaborate dishes of small birds oreels,
which are for the delicate and the weakly. ... As regards the use of
wine, remember that we drink to quench thirst, and that the limit of
moderation is reached when the edge of the intellect is dulled. A boy
should be brought up to avoid wine; for he possesses a store of natural
moisture in the blood and so rarely experiences thirst.
Vladislaus II, also known as Vladislav II, Władysław II or Wladislas
II (1 March 1456 – 13 March 1516; Czech: Vladislav Jagellonský;
Hungarian: II. Ulászló; Polish: Władysław
Ladislaus VI, King of Hungary and Bohemia, 1490.
Ladislaus VI, King of Hungary and Bohemia, 1490. After Tertii, Austriacae
Gentis Imaginum. Illustration for Iconographie Général et Méthodique du
Costume du IV au XIX sičcle by Raphael Jacquemin (Paris, 1869). Engraved by
Delatre.
Alternative Titles:László Postumus, Ladislas
Posthumus, Ladislav Pohrobek
Ladislas V, bynameLadislas
Posthumus,HungarianLászló
Postumus,CzechLadislav
Pohrobek, (born Feb. 22, 1440,Komárom,
Hung. [now Komarno, Slovakia]—died Nov. 23, 1457,Prague,
Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]), boykingofHungaryand
of Bohemia (from 1453), who was caught up in the feud between his
guardianUlrich,
count of Cilli, and theHunyadi
family of Hungary.
Ladislas was the posthumous only son of the Habsburg German kingAlbert
II, who had also been king of Hungary and Bohemia. The estates
of Hungary had already selected Władysław III of Poland to be their
king asUlászló
I, but Ladislas’ mother Elizabeth compelled the primate to crown
Ladislas king atSzékesfehérváron
May 15, 1440. She then placed him under the guardianship of his
cousin, who was later to become Holy Roman emperorFrederick
III. The estates, however, issued a charter declaring Ladislas’
coronation null and void.
After Władysław died (1444), Ladislas was elected king of Hungary,
but Frederick continued to act as guardian of both Ladislas and the
crown until 1452. The child was later transferred to the
guardianship of Ulrich, an enemy ofJános
Hunyadi, who earlier had been elected governor of Hungary with
full regal and administrative authority. Ulrich succeeded in
instilling a hatred of the Hunyadi family in the young king.
Ladislas, still a minor, was crowned king of Bohemia as Ladislav I
(Oct. 28, 1453). Thereafter, he spent most of his time in Prague and
Vienna. Regents ruled both his realms:George
of Poděbradyin Bohemia and Hunyadi in Hungary.
After Hunyadi died (August 1456), his son Ladislas Hunyadi had
Ulrich assassinated later that year. The subsequent execution of
Ladislas Hunyadi (March 1457), after Ladislas V had sworn not to
harm him, raised such a storm in Hungary that the king fled to
Prague, where he died later that year. For centuries it was
conjectured that Ladislas had died of poisoning by his political
opponents or by his successor as king of Bohemia, George of
Poděbrady. The scientific analysis of Ladislas’ skeleton in 1987–88
established that he died of juvenile leukemia, however.
On his deathbed, Ladislaus the Posthumous offers his thanks to George of
Poděbrady,
painting byJan
Škramlík
Betrothal portrait of Ladislaus and Magdalena of France.
Ladislaus never married.[76] After
his arrival in Prague in autumn 1457, he asked for the hand ofMagdalena,
daughter ofCharles
VII of France.[76][55] Charles
VII accepted that proposal but Ladislaus had died by the time the marriage
contract was signed by his envoys inParis.[76] With
Ladislaus's death, the "Albertinian
Line" of theHouse
of Habsburgbecame extinct.[55] Emperor
Frederick III and his brother,Albert
VI, jointly succeeded him in Austria.[55] In
Hungary, Matthias Hunyadi was elected king two months after Ladislaus'
death.[55][73] George
of Poděbrady was elected king of Bohemia on 3 March 1458.[77]
There is a gap in our history here I still need to fins when I have
time .
I need to Marry a Historian. I am sure life would be very interesting
with her.
Reihard's grave stone in the St. Mary's Church in
Hanau
Philipp II, Graf von Hanau-Lichtenberg, Herr
zu Babenhausen, Buchweiler, & Neuweiler1,2
After the death of his father raised his
younger brotherLouisclaims
to the rule.Theprimogeniturewas
indeed in the Hanauer family statutes since the 14thAnchored
century, the generallaw
of succession,
but spoke for a country subdivision.Through
the mediation of CountPhilipp
I of Hanau-Münzenbergit
came within a short time reached a settlement and Louis
renounced his claim.Shortly
thereafter, he went on apilgrimageto
theHoly
Land and
died here in 1484 on the return journey.
Philip II ruled at first in close imitation
of thePalatinate,
thelordof
parts of the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg was.Philip
II supported ElectorPhilipof
the Palatinate, at the siege of the castleHohengeroldseck .
Cooperation, but also was armed with the
intermarried homeZweibrücken-Bitsch,
since a significant portion of therule
Lichtenbergwas
at first ruled jointly.It
was not until 1487 there was a confrontation between two of
the Lichtenberger heritage.Together
went Count Philipp II and CountSimon
IV alarmof
Zweibrücken-Bitsch against themistressof
her late father,Jakob
Lichtenberg,Bärbel
of Ottensheimago:
After the death of Jacob von Lichtenberg 1480 she was
accused ofwitchcraftin
the town ofHagenauincarcerated.The
two used to the city council for adeath
sentence.Presumably
it was to go to the fortune of the Barbel Ottensheim.Another
possibility is that the tense situation in order in advance
of thepeasants'
war should
be brought a "scapegoat" to the subjects, as the mistress
had had far-reaching influence on the government and was
said to be hated by the people.Before
it came to a verdict, Bärbel died in prison - the cause
remained unclear.
WithKurmainzthere
was a lengthy discussion regarding the Mainz fief, which was
finally settled to the effect that Philip II, the cityKlingenbergceded
to Mainz, but half ofBrumath received
as a fief.
He participated in various diets, the main
point of the danger of aTurkish invasion
in Central Europe.
InLandshut
war of successionbetween
1503-1505 of the Palatinate and Bavaria remained neutral
Philip, but his son and designated successor, Philip III.of
Hanau-Lichtenberg, who was involved on the part of the
Palatinate.LandgrafWilhelm
of Hesseby
theGerman
kingMaximilian
I.with
the execution of theimperial
banagainst
thebreakers
of the peacecommissioned
classified Palatinate and its allies.The
rural area of theOffice
Babenhausenwas
already destroyed, before it succeeded Philip II, with the
help of Maximilian I, and the fact that Babenhausen as aBohemianfief
belonged to the Habsburgs indirectly, halting the campaign
against their own possessions.The
fact that his son was fighting on the "wrong" side expecting
him not to Maximilian.Philip
Babenhausen residence was spared so at least.She
received in 1503 by Maximilian I. theprivilege to
be allowed to hold an annual fair - the Nicholas Market.
M, b. 31 May 1462, d. 22 August 1504
Drawing by Karl Gruber of the grave monument of Count
Philip Louis I of Hanau-Münzenberg, that was destroyed duringWorld
War II
They were mostly cardinals and there was a bishop
around 1411 in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.
1573 Jorge Christoph (pronouced christoff) Platl
Christopher Platl. Jaime
Reis. Juan Rial. David Ringrose. Felipe Ruiz Martín ...... Parece que, de
1562 a 1573, Torregrosa
no estuvo ocupado al servicio
There is some reference that one of the Princes of Hanabau
married A PRINCE Phillip of Spain in 1573 to 1574
But I loose the trail after that. When I went
to Spain in 2011, I could not pick up the trail so she she marry him
or not, it is not clear. And If anyone has information about this, please
email me at
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, is
beheaded at London January 10 at age 71, having
been tried by the House of Commons and found
guilty of high treason. Puritan William Prynne
has led the attack against the
diminutive and small-minded
prelate, who has been held prisoner in the
Tower of London since 1641.
James Graham, marquis of
Montrose, takes the marquis of Argyll by
surprise at Inverlochy north of Fort William
February 2 and routs his 3,000-man army (see
1644). Montrose has only 1,500 men, but they
leave about 1,700 enemy killed or wounded and
proceed to lay waste Moray and Aberdeenshire,
elude an army led by William Bailie of Letham at
Brechin, capture and pillage Dundee, escape into
the Grampian hills, defeat one of Bailie's
lieutenants at Auldearn near Nairn, and rout
Bailie himself at Altford.
Sir Thomas Fairfax, now 33, is appointed
commander in chief of a New Model Army in
February and works to organize and train an
effective fighting force as England's Civil War
continues. Oliver Cromwell has taken steps to
create a Parliamentary army whose commanding
officers owe their appointments to abillty
rather than social standing, he has outfitted
them with red uniforms (red is the cheapest
dye available), and by spring these first
"redcoats" have polished their skills in weapon
handling.
A Self-Denying Ordinance passed by the House
of Lords in April discharges members of
Parliament from any obligation to hold civil or
military commands. William Fiennes, 1st viscount
Saye and Sele, has been chiefly responsible
for the measure's passage. Charles I sends his
son and namesake to the west country,
whence the youth escapes to France and
rejoins his mother.
Parliamentary army lieutenant colonel John
Lilburne resigns his commission in April rather
than
subscribe to the
Solemn League and Covenant with Scotland,
which commits Parliament to reform the Church of
England along Presbyterian lines (see
religion,
1640). Commissioned a captain in
Cromwell's army when hostilities began 3
years ago, Lilburne was taken prisoner at
Brentford in November 1642, nearly tried for
treason, but exchanged for a Royalist prisoner.
He criticizes Parliament and its army for not
supporting the radical demands of the Leveller
movement—transfer of sovereignty to the House of
Commons, suffrage for all men whether or not
they own property, complete equality before the
law,
decentralization of government to local
communities, a
redistribution of parliamentary seats,
annual or
biennial parliamentary sessions to give
ordinary citizens representation, an end to
conscription and impressment, reopening of
enclosed land, and the like. Arrested and sent
once again to prison, Lilburne will remain under
confinement with few interruptions until August
1647 (see
1647).
Prince Rupert captures Leicester in May, but
the
Battle of Naseby in Northamptonshire June 14
ends in a decisive defeat of Charles I's English
Cavaliers at the hands of Oliver Cromwell's
Roundheads in a triumph for the English middle
class and merchants, who are supported by many
of the country's great noblemen in the
continuing Civil War. Prince Rupert's 4,000
infantrymen and 5,000 cavalry are outnumbered by
the Parliamentarians, whose New Model Army
consists of 7,000 infantry and 6,000 cavalry.
Some 6,000 of Charles's men are killed, wounded,
or taken prisoner; the Roundheads suffer fewer
than 1,000 casualties and capture all 13
Cavalier guns.
Sir Thomas Fairfax marches his New Model Army
to the southwest and defeats the only remaining
Royalist army in July at Langport, Somerset.
The marquis of Montrose marches south in July
with 2,000 men, having augmented his numbers.
Bailie and the marquis of Argyll follow but are
defeated at Kilsyth August 15 and suffer
terrible losses (their entire 6,000-man force is
killed, wounded, or captured). Montrose's
clansmen slip away home with their
booty, however, and when Montrose enters the
border country with 500 cavalry and 1,000
infantry he is taken by surprise in a dawn
attack at Philiphaugh, near
Selkirk, September 13 by 6,000 Covenanter
troops, mostly cavalry, under the command of
General David Leslie, 44, who cut Montrose's
Royalist army to pieces (see
1646).
Prince Rupert surrenders Bristol to the
Parliamentarians in September and is dismissed
from his command.
Europe's Thirty Years' War nears its end.
Swedish soldiers Lennart Torstensson, 42, and
Count Hans Christoph Königsmark repulse an
imperial army under General Matthias Gallas, now
61, in January and block efforts by the army to
relieve the hard-pressed Danes. They pursue the
enemy into Germany, and virtually annihilate
Gallas's army at
Magdeburg. Torstensson gains a victory over
the imperialists at Jankau in
Bohemia in March, conquers
Moravia with support from the
Transylvanian prince George Rákoczi, and
advances on Vienna. Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne,
vicomte de Turenne, 33, is defeated in
Franconia but raises a French and Hessian
army that invades Bavaria and defeats the
Bavarians in the (second) Battle of Nördlingen (Allerheim)
August 3. Commanded by the duc d'Enghien, now
24, the French and Hessians have 6,000 infantry,
11,000 cavalry, and 11 guns; the
Imperialist/Bavarian army commanded by Field
Marshal Baron Franz von Mercy has 5,000
infantry, 9,000 cavalry, and 23 guns; the duc
d'Enghien prevails, but he loses 4,000 killed
and wounded. Von Mercy is killed, 5,000 of his
men are killed or wounded, and 15 of his guns
are captured. Plague breaks out in the Swedish
army of Count Torstensson as he lays siege to
Brunn and he returns to Bohemia.
The Russian czar Mikhail I Romanov dies at
Moscow July 12 at age 49, having founded the
dynasty that will continue until 1917; he is
succeeded by his son, 16, who will reign until
1676 as Aleksei Mikhailovich.
Czech Nationalism and Nationhood
The 19th cent. brought a rebirth of Czech
nationalism. Under the leadership of
Palacký a Slavic congress assembled at
Prague in the Revolution of 1848, but by
1849, although the Czech peasantry had been
emancipated, absolute Austrian domination
had been forcibly restored. The
establishment (1867) of the
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy thoroughly
disappointed the Czech aspirations for wide
political autonomy within a federalized
Austria. Instead, the Czech lands were
relegated to a mere province of the empire.
Concessions were made (1879) by the Austrian
minister
Taaffe; Czechs entered the imperial
bureaucracy and parliament at Vienna.
However, many Czechs continued to advocate
complete separation from the Hapsburg
empire.
Full independence was reached only at the
end of World War I under the guidance of T.
G.
Masaryk. In 1918, Bohemia became the
core of the new state of
Czechoslovakia. After the Munich Pact of
1938, Czechoslovakia was stripped of the
so-called Sudeten area, which was annexed to
Germany. In 1939, Bohemia was invaded by
German troops and proclaimed part of the
German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
After World War II the pre-1938
boundaries were restored, and most of the
German-speaking population was expelled. In
1948, Bohemia's status as a province was
abolished, and it was divided into nine
administrative regions. The administrative
reorganization of 1960 redivided it into
five regions and the city of Prague. In
1969, Bohemia, along with Moravia and Czech
Silesia, was incorporated into the Czech
Socialist Republic, renamed the Czech
Republic in 1990. The
Czech Republic became an independent
state when Czechoslovakia was dissolved on
Jan. 1, 1993
1637
1646 Hans Platl Von Lichtenberg
was the Archbishop of the Brunn (New Spelling Bruno)
We are directly related to him though the Platl Family which
is our family.
Thank God our name wasn't Smith or Schmitt.
FriendsFirst.ca you will find lower down
welcome to my world
You need to know the person you are interested in
Where he came from
What he really is.
You don't really know much and if you want to cling
onto someone because you have a few common interests that is ok. But the truth is
it would be better to know a lot about each other and then if there is chemistry
Below is a pictures of my fathers family in the Old country. The
Family has been the family of over 600 years. Our lineage can be traced
back to the Crusades.
If you are here because you are learning about
who I am am, then please provide be with some information about you.
Where you came from, where you think you are going because all of
that is quite interesting to me. As you go through this
site you will see many interesting things, as I am writing a book
about my family from the time they were hiding Jews during WWII and
save some 700 families from the axe to You know the movie Schindlers
list my Grand fathers List was 20 times longer as he owned
factories and vineyards and all kinds of things. He had people
sitting around making up professions and then convincing the Germans
not to take them away. Loosing all their
wealth after the war. Coming to Canada with nothing and
starting again. By the time my grand father came to Canada
after loosing every thing twice, Once to the Germans and then again
to the Russians, He came he at 66 at $5.00 in his pocket. And when
he died at 88, he was a multi-millionaire all over again.
*"Making millions is easy, holding on to them is quite another" *
And the rest, as we say is History.
1411
1860
I think this marks the end of the royal Euro somewhere around here and and then
we just are descendents of royalty we are not still royalty anymore because we
have been watered down so much that that we are no longer royal. At in a way I'm
kind of glad that it went this way because something wrong was a lot of royalty
and too much is an really good but I'm glad that that I come from such a
background because it's kind of interesting and I got to see lots of castles all
throughout Europe that belonging to my families at one time or another I'm not
proud of the fact that my family started lots of wars and were in a lot of words
and the conquered everything to get what they got in the there was lots of
corruption and lots of bad things that occurred because of the fear of the Devil
and Christianity and all the rest of the stuff that we know now is not even
really true and then those people that said they spoke to God probably never did
as her is no God and those people that unfortunately still are stuck in the
stone ages believing all that stuff well they can have it. There is a divine
force call the universe and that's it will have to live with that somehow.
1904
In 1688 Platl Came to Hungary and there was no such letter
will 2 dots above the "a" so they changed the name to Pletl for the new
Hungarian Country
Pletl Married Rak
Later Rak married Bubik 1905 I think?
We are working on this now
1918
1717 Married into the Bubik
(it is an amazing Library of facts which my aunt runs for the family)
it is kind o cool to see your family coat or carved carved into stone in some
churches in Europe
My grandparents, my dad and my other
aunts and uncle
My Grand Parents Vineyard below
After loosing everything twice. Once to The Germans
during the 2nd WW and then again to the Russians. My
grandfather came to
Canada A broken man with $5.00 in his pocket at 65 and when he died at 80,
he was a multi-millionaire all over again. Amazing And a very hard
working and industrious family.
My mom in 1940
second from the left and bottom row
WWII
stories below
My father was an Junior Engineer during the
WWII. He specialized in 4 things.
Mechanical
Robotics
Fluidics
Hydraulics
Automation and later
New Product design
Born 1923 he died in December 2018
He was around 95
During W.W.2
He created a crank pump for all kinds of liquids, including gas for planes, so they could be fueled directly from the drum; faster than a regular "up and down pump."
The ones they made for the Germans during the war, they put
impurities into the oil compartment and those impurities with fine metal
filings went into the motor causing all kinds of problems, for the Germans.
iT WAS GOOD TO "STICK-IT TO THE GERMANS for taking over their factories,
but they were playing a dangerous game. When the Germans brought the
pump back to see if there was something wrong with it, one of my uncles filled
it up with more bad stuff and gave it back to them. I am not sure of the
number of planes it put out of commission, but I was told it was alot between 20
and 40. After they were returning many of the pumps, my grandfather
told my uncle to fix most of them but to make sure some still didn't work.
This took out another 18 planes before my grandfather said to my uncle it is not
time to fix all the pumps. The Germans never found out why
they had so many problems with the motors and they did not really know which
pumps they were using for which planes. Later when the Nazis
started paying attention, my grand father was told and he took the appropriate
steps to make sure that no one ever knew. But the Germans were always
digging for the truth and he is sure that in time they would have figured it out
bit the Germans were already loosing the war and had many other problems in the
end, which kind of back fired on my family as the Germans during their retrets
where blowing up their own factories so they would not be useful to the
advacing Russian army.
As the story goes, the ones they made for the Germans,
during the war which Jammed on occasion and and ones the "Underground" got,
where flawless. My Grandfather, also "Leslie Bubik", was playing a dangerous
game. I have lots of stories which I am sharing with you here.
English movie test with sound effects
Hungarian movie of same thing with ww2 sound
effects in the back ground.
My dad was already interested in
Jewish Girl and during the war when the
Germans were taking them away. My Grandfathers family,
"The Bubik Family", helped my moms family and hid them in one of their
houses. Then another family showed up and then another
and another until , they were hiding them in barns and other
properties. My Grand Father saved 760 people from
the chopping block and Schindlers list was nothing
compared to my Grandfathers list. I was told that they
sat around for hours making up titles for jobs. You see
the Germans gave free laborers to the Factory owners to make their
bullets and tanks. My grand father had a few factories
so he was able to save many and because he owned farms and
vineyards. He was able to feed everyone of them. I
was told when My grand father came to Canada he was a broken man
with $5.00 in in pocket at 65 and when he died at 88, he was a
multi millionaire again. Simply amazing.
My Grand fathers brother was the Director of the Berlin
Opera house during the second world war and was also involved with
the smuggling of those , who were involved in Hitler's
ASSASSINATION attempt, out of the Country. Bringing them to
Argentina. Why Argentina, I am not sure but His Name was
Arpad Bubik and He was also the director
of a theater in Argentina but it was never as successful as it
was for him in Berlin. He was a Hungarian Patriot when Hungary
was free.
One of My Uncles was the mine guide. He took
142 Jewish families across
the Hungarian/Austrian border. He only talked about the
war when he got really drunk ; like at weddings. I always
listened to the stories. He told me that it would have
been better if he stepped on a mine and when I asked why? He
said because He did not know where the mines where. WOW
!!!!! Now that is luck.
When I was a kid some Hebrew foundation called my house, I was
living at 421 Roselawn Avenue in those days. 416 481-4344 and
wanted to give an award to my fathers family for there efforts
in the war helping Jews and getting them to safe places.
I accepted the award and told my dad who was furious. And
told me he is not interested in any award. Later I found out
why. My father eventually told me he does not want to
remember any of it. My Grand father hid the Jews right under the
noses of the Germans. Almost in plain site.
I am glad they did what they did.
otherwise I would not be here.
My family did some pretty dangerous things like take the bombs
out of planes that were shot down, they were stripped down and sent
to the "underground " to be used against the Germans. WOW
my dad was nuts.
In those days where were no cell phones when
when you went from one place to another with a gas ration on,
they walked and tool their bicycles. My one uncle Imre Bubik. was caught by the Germans and torched so much he went
crazy, but he never gave the locations of the save houses.
He remained crazy till the end of his life, just a few short years
ago My mother is also gone 2005. I miss her.
My Family paid a very heavy price for what they did to help the
Jews and it never would have started if my dad hadn't met my
mom.
So how where they found out and
caught? This is where the mistake occurred. Because Gas was being
rationed , no one had gas for their vehicles. But the Bubik
family always had gas. Even towards the end of the war, even the
Germans has to ration their gas, because there was not enough to go
around, But by this time. The Bubiks had lots
because my dad was pumping the gas out of the planes that
crashed on their lands. The Germans weren't stupid, they just
followed the trail and eventually busted them all.
My dad was not there and neither was my
grandfather and the rest of his sisters were already getting ready
to leave while Hungary was being bombarded my the allies and they
all survived. Amazing!!!
Hiding a Jew was worse than being one, in those days and I
never met my grand mothers and tons of relatives because many were
rounded up and shot and they were the lucky ones. The rest
were sent to processing and labour camps.
My dad was
able to escape capture only to be captured by the Russians at the
end of the war. WOW .
My dad told me , that he and my other Uncle "Deszo
(sic) were caught at the same time rounded up and put into, pens.
No buildings, they had to stand there as it rained and it was cold
and many died there too.
The Russians were ruthless and when they Took
Hungary, the Russian army, were allowed to take whatever they wanted
by going from room to room raping all the women that they found.
Something you don't hear about in history books. But the Russians
did some amazingly terrible things to people. Like in East Germany
when the Russians were raping all the women there apparently it had
the highest rate of suicide ever in history. It's written down
somewhere you can go find it I don't really want to talk about this
too much. My aunt also wrote a book and actually published the and
I'm going to be putting it here as well is my stupid cousins won't
give me the digital version of it which I've asked for like 20 times
because they just don't care. Perhaps because their American who
knows.
In my aunt's book and the recollection of what
occurred is firsthand. Even she didn't like to talk about it my aunt
Agnes but she and I were close and she told me almost everything
which I'd really want to hear and in some ways but needed to know
and others. Some of the stuff takes you to some dark places which
you wish you did not hear about.
My aunt and some of her
other sisters have to put coal on themselves and make them look make
themselves look very unattractive so when the Russian soldiers came
to their room they didn't want to have anything to do with them
because there are only raping really attractive women. My aunt went
to say that they were very lucky that her nor her sisters were raped
by the Russians but they could hear the screaming going on in all of
the other apartments in buildings around where they were hiding.
What the Germans did during the second world War is appalling
but what the Russians did to their own citizens after that is even
worse and the funny thing is that the Americans never came to their
aid either. My father writes also of what happened after the war and
how Churchill split up the countries and gave hungry and everything
else over to the Russians which became the new Eastern Block. And
the rest of that history everybody now knows.
Now back to the story. My dad told me that he found an old spoon
the ground was frozen but they both
managed to dig a hole under a part of the fence escape by using the spoon
they found. If
the Russians has dogs, they would not have been able to
escape. My Dad, almost starving to get back to
his land only to find that the Russians were occupying it.
My Grand Father lost every thing to the Germans and then the
Germans where blowing things up on their retreat including my
Grandfathers factories. Then my fathers family went into
the factories to salvage what they could and were hiding
machinery in barns and other places because the Russians were
taking the machines away. What a story but all true.
My grandfather told my aunt Audrey to bury
the machines in the ground that because there was no more concrete
left because at the end of the war it was no concrete where it was
very hard to find my aunt built these massive holes in the ground
with what ever machinery in anything they could find and reinforced
it with what some of the buildings that were bombed is much as
possible and these machines were found about 15 years ago when there
are doing construction in Budapest and believe all these machines
that they found those were hours at one time or should I say our
grandfathers I was in Canada in the middle of a bunch of stuff so I
couldn't leave to go and check the stuff out it would've been very
interesting to see. But if you're to dig into your archives in
hungry would find this to be true. Some time in the near future I
will take the information from my aunt's book and I will included in
this because she has a real account firsthand of what happened and
it's not fair really for me to translate from this point on.
You must hear her words. My dad, was a prick even in those days
it should've been a real signal to my mom what Dick had my dad
really was. Many times when he was supposed to meet my sisters to
help them get out of the country he never showed up only his own
hide was more important. I guess after doing what they did to save
my mom and other families it really affected him.
Can you really blame the guy but I
enjoyed the wrath of his lack of interest and other things in my
life. It is one of the reasons why I never had kids because I always
thought that I might have some of him in me and I could never put a
child through what I went through.
So let's continue....
Bubik Arpad - 1944 was responsible for getting Germans, involved in the
assassination attempt on Hitler, to get them out of the Country,
smuggling them out of the Country and taking them to Argentina.
" Dohnányi’s misery", he learned that his son Matthew, who had become a Captain in the Hungarian Army, had died in a Russian concentration camp. Just a few months later, Dohnányi learned that his other son, Hans (father of the famous conductor Christoph von Dohnányi), had been executed by the Nazis for his involvement in Hungary’s 20 July 1944 assassination plot against Hitler. Dohnányi, fearing for his own life, accepted an offer from Árpád Bubik, who had once been his secretary, to escape Europe and move to Buenos Aires, Argentina. "
Magyar színháztörténet: 1920-1949
Because everyone lost touch with everyone else after the ware many
thought the others has perished. And that is why my dad did
not want to accept the award.
But I will go to Israel to
accept it because the woman my dad has the "hots" for
and who they got out of the country. One of them was my mother to
be. Her name was Veronica, but everyone called her Vera.
She met my dad in Paris after the war and then went to Brazil
together where they met My moms sister. Edith.
Edith married , John Gati (a holocaust survivor) in New York.
He was A film animator and she was a head designer for
Givenchy.
When I was a kid I met Mr. Givenchy a few
times Mr. Gucci and all the famous designers, most of whom
where Jewish. Both my Aunt Edith and Uncle John
are gone now and They have been survived my their two sons
Paul and William( Bill. )
Paul Was a great violinist and William was a great Pianist.
I remember as a kid when they both were in Julliard and
has sold out concerts at Carnegie Hall, there in New York.
There is more but I am still filling in the pieces.
You see...no one wants t talk about the war. Especially those
who gave great sacrifices to it.
My dad was never really in the war because my Uncle "Deszo" was an officer and
got a job for my dad to fix the vehicles so He did not have to become a real
soldier.
Just a note: I don't know how my uncle Deszo really survived he was in and out
of my father's life only at the times when it was most crucial it was like my
dad's guardian angel. He was one of the ones that was taken by the Russians and
tortured until he died and many of my relatives that were hiding Jews many of
whom were shot or were taken away to death camps or later for those who survived
were taken away again to labour camps for the Russians.
They had worse
than terrible lives things that you and I could never imagine and they survived
and we thought most of them perished until I started to be on television a lot
in Hungary.
Why? Because my parents were sending me back there to learn
Hungarian and many times I was on television and in those days there was only
one or two channels in Hungary and everybody was glued to the television all the
time and soon some of those relatives found out what my last name was and they
started to contact the TV stations and I was reunited with many of my family
members which were thought to have perished during and after the war and since
then they've had families and kids and that is when I met my cousin Bubik Istvan
, who later became a famous actor even winning an Oscar in the United States for
Best foreign actor. Even I was in a few films with him and enjoyed his
company because he was probably the best friend I ever had. In those days when
we met it was very difficult to get Hungarians out of the country but because I
had some political connections by then even as a child, they let him out for a
couple of months while my parents took him and I all over Croatia. I have fond
memories of those and I will share their stories later on. My cousin Steve
(Istvan) died around 2005 I think he died the same time as my mother died.
My dad had a few Motorcycles. They were one of his
hobbies
My fathers glider when he was 18 - I had no idea they had such
modern things in those days. I mean look at that thing. That picture
was taken almost 60 years ago
My dad also had a truck and He and his bother would take
the plane apart, put it in the truck, drive it to the top of some really
big hill or mountain on their property, reassemble it, and launch it off
some cliff. OR--------- THEY COULD PULL THE PLANE BEHIND
THE TRUCK a with a very long cable AND LAUNCH IT INTO THE AIR.
When I was a kid he used to take me
gliding. Just outside of Toronto I eventually got my STUDENT license.
iN THAT CASE i WAS PULLED INTO THE AIR BY ANOTHER PLANE. IT WAS COOL
BUT IT WAS NOT MY THING.
Pictures of my dad in the old days, before he met my mom
My fathers hunting hawk
I don't understand the attraction, of a Hunting Hawk,
personally.
But they didn't have internet in those days. They had to fill of those
days with other things.
My dad having a rest.
A machine my dad designed in Hungary which was part of a conveyer system for my grand
fathers factory.
Here was a picture of him when he realized he would have to
leave it all behind. In the old country.
Just after the war. They met in Paris and my moms sister was already
making her own clothes
This was the first Jewish Family they hid and eventually saves from the Germans During WWII.
In those days there were Edith on the left and Vera
(Short for Veronica on the right)
My mom with an old boyfriend
Here with another one. She was a model for Vogue in those days and
she was being perused by many
My dad was a popular guy with the Ladies too below
This house in the country - one of the weekend homes
Was this where the glider was DAD? The House staff were
standing out in front.
You see, we live in a very inefficient world. We've been doing this for the
last few hundred years. And though there has been a lot of improvement in
technology, Bristol very backwards. Canada is the worst. But it doesn't have to
be this way.
People heat and cool their whole house even though they're not in the rooms
that are being heated or cooled. Why? It is a complete waste.
There are systems out there that you can buy that automatically adjust to the
flus and defense in your house, so that it only heats and cools the areas of the
house picture in. But most people can't afford a system like that. A cheap
$65,000
Of the most important thing, it to have a good temperature where you're
working, and when you're sleeping, or doing other things.
So I designed a bed, because we spend about a third of our lives in it, to
help me do most of the things that I would normally do when I am there.
Including heating and cooling the area around it.
This problem number one. Then what about all the things you do in bed.
while there are the obvious things like sleeping or having sex, and when
some people eat in their beds, or work in their beds, sometimes they just sit on
top of their beds and watch TV.
What are things that you normally have beside your bed, light clock
radio etc. etc..
But they all pick up clutter on either side of your bed and take up more
room. But it doesn't have to be that way either. I look at
everything in life and see all the improvements I could make to it. And
that's good enough for me. I have no intention of selling them more
mass-producing them. Unless someone wants to hire me to work in their
company to create such things at the very next to do so. but no one
ever has. so I plug away myself.
Every time you want to watch a movie, usually have to get up from your
bedgo find a movie, put it into your VCR or CD player, lay back in bed find the
remotes.
And I just think about this for a second. How much time do you actually
spend doing does each and every time. can take Madame multiplied
Other times you do it a year. And you'll quickly realize, that
you've just wasted perhaps 20 hours worth of time. in some cases
more than that. now that's three days. Three working days. Or three
days on vacation.
When you're in your car, you have to go into your backseat to get the CDs?
do after going to the trunk start your car which to be also on your bed.
in my case movies are dispensed with automatically from a CD carousel.
all I do is type in the movie I wanted, either by title, or anything,
initials Miss lectured of movies in that group. all I do is click on
the one I want, and it spits out a, and that's the one I put in a CD reader
which is right beside my bed, so that I don't have to get up.
In fact my movies or the boxes that hold the movies don't have to be anywhere
near my bed, or anywhere near my living room. Everything is in carousels.
And every time my friends come over, because it's so technologically advanced.
Cool eh?
Toronto 2008
Summer 2008
with Les and Les and Kato
Hungarian folk Art
Not all men are the same
My Name is Les and I used to Live in Toronto
This is not a business. It is just my personal web page.
last of the Pletl Royal Family as I know
AchimPlatl
Salzburg,
Austria
2011
I found a family in Croatia that have a
blessing to her business also with the same last name and I've tried to
contact the many times but they never return any of my phone calls so I
can waste my time with that.