Castles IV


	Villages owned near Bitov


	Village of Bitova


	Oslnovic


	Lubnice


		Vysocany


	*Jemnice*


	*Royal Town of Jemnice .. 1628 - 1734*


	*Family Palace at Jemnice .. 1661 - 1734*


	Villages in Southern Moravia


		Ostrojkovice

	one of several small villages


	Racovice - 1628


	Dolni Vilemove - 1631


		Marsovice - 1633


	Unlike ancient Bohemian hereditary rights, Austrian rights after 1625 allowed the transfer of property and title to the daughters. At Bitov the daughters became Baroness and Countess with the family lands eventually being transferred to the Austrian relatives. The family lost the Palace at Jemince to powerful relatives, the family Lamberka in 1734.


	Family Palace at Visnove near Resice




		Letter in German plus Seal and Signature of Karel Vaclav of Resice dated 1677


	Family Palace at Zdislavice 1740


	Upon the death of Jan Antonim in 1740 the Palace was transferred to his wife's family and Jan's son and daughters then lived with uncle František at the Bishops Court. František was able to re-claim Castle Bitov from Austrian relatives Von Daun in 1752.


		Bishops Court at Vysoke



			Chateau at Slatina


	owned until 1752 .. Imperial Arms of Jankovsky von Vlasching at Slatina .. the property was confiscated by the Crown after the 1622 revolt but was re-acquired by the family at Bitov in 1687.. then taken away again in 1752.


	after a prolonged family feud between cousins, in 1755 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, awarded Castle Bitov to Maxmilian Francis Daunu, grandson of Maxmilian Arnost II Jankovsky, Count of Vlasim. The title Lords of Vlasim was eliminated at this time. The family Von Daun retained Castle Bitov until 1904.




	Distant cousin Field Marshall Leopold Von Daun defeated Frederick the Great of Prussia in a series of battles during the Seven Year War of 1756 - 1763 and was rewarded by Marie Theresa "as savior of Austria"


	Around the year 1775 the one remaining Jankovsky family from the ancient family of Bohemia returned to Bohemia. By 1788 the last of the remaining land in Western Moravia was transferred to the family Von Daun.


		Horni Kounice - village owned 1693 - 1785


	transferred to relatives, the families de Cavriani and von Daun .. the family had a Brewery at Bitov and established Alinkov Brewery near Horni Kounice in the early 1700's .. both Breweries remained open until the 1900's.


	Estate at Skalice


	residence until about 1775


	Shield on fountain


	Last Royal Property owned ..


	*i.e. Historic Ruins of Castle in Moravia*

The family Jankovsky remained relatively wealthy for the next 100 years before coming to America, I believe, in part through the sale of remaining parcels of land. Daughter Barbara Jankovsky married Baron Franz Von Raule in 1829 and daughter Anna Jankovsky von Mayenhorst married Baron Wilhelm von Kralik jun. in 1862. All formal titles of Nobility and privileges were eliminated with the end of the Austrian Empire in 1918.


	COA's von Kralik



		Painting of Baron Theodor von Raule, son of Franz von Raule and Barbara Jankovsky - born 1830



Photo of Baron Ottakar von Daun from 1904, great grandson of Marie Anna Leopoldina Jankovsky von Vlasching - born about 1835 - was the last relative to own castle Bitov.



	Photo of John Jankovsky from the 1930's, founder of the family in Illinois - born in 1845 John's father remained in Bohemia and was the last known Jankovsky in Bohemia from the ancient noble family.