LOBKOWICZOVÉ - Popel jsem a popel budu – Juřík Pavel (2024)

The Lobkowicz family is one of the most significant and world-renowned Czech noble families. Their history dates back to the late 14th century. In the following century, they split into the branches of Hasištejn and Popel from Lobkowicz. Today, only the Popel branch survives, which is divided into the Roudnice primogeniture and the Mělník secondogeniture, and these further into other branches. A long line of prominent politicians, diplomats, military leaders, and patrons of the arts from the Lobkowicz family has written their names in golden letters in Czech history. The art collections they amassed are among the most significant private art collections in Central Europe. Among the dozens of Lobkowicz residences, we can mention the castles of Mělník, Roudnice nad Labem, and Jezeří, the castles of Hasištejn and Střekov, and the Lobkowicz Palace at Prague Castle. The book 'Lobkowicz, Ashes I Am and Ashes I Will Be' is the first book about this family that provides readers with comprehensive information about its most significant personalities, historical contexts, genealogy, and heraldry. It also introduces nearly two dozen castles, chateaus, and palaces built by the family. – An insightful text describes the history of the family and individual residences – 280 photographs (portraits, interiors, and exteriors of residences) – clear genealogies of the main branches of the Lobkowicz family.