Humprecht Jan Czernin Explained

Humprecht Jan Czernin (Czech: Humprecht Jan Černín; 14 February 1628, in Radenín – 3 March 1682, in Kosmonosy) was a Czech noble and diplomat, member of the Czernin family.

Biography

Humprecht Jan Czernin was the Habsburg imperial ambassador to Venice and Rome. He was appointed ambassador of King Leopold in Venice in 1659.

Humprecht died at the castle in Kosmonosy on 3 March 1682 at the age of 54 years. He was buried in the chapel of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, but his heart was placed in a tin box and placed in the Czernin Chapel of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Stará Boleslav.

Legacy

The Czernin Palace was commissioned by him in the 1660s.^[1] He had also the Humprecht Castle in Sobotka built, named after him. It was built as his summer house and hunting castle in 1666–1668.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Rough Guide Prague 2002 Page 56 "For all its grandeur - it's the largest palace in Prague, for the sake of which two whole streets were demolished - it's a pretty brutal building, commissioned in the 1660s by Count Humprecht Jan Czernin, one-time imperial ambassador to Venice."
2. Web site: O Humprechtu. Humprecht Castle. Město Sobotka. cs. 2022-11-04.