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    Peter Vok of Rosenberg (Czech: Petr Vok z Rožmberka; 1 October 1539 – 6 November 1611) was a Czech nobleman of the House of Rosenberg, descended from...
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    residents of the area still report seeing Perchta's spirit around the castle. The decline of the House of Rosenberg began with William and Peter Vok, the sons...
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    castle rebuilt in the Renaissance style. In 1602, William's brother Peter Vok of Rosenberg sold Krumlov to Emperor Rudolf II, who gave it to his illegitimate...
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    a castle that Rudolf had purchased from Peter Vok of Rosenberg, the last member of the House of Rosenberg, who had fallen into financial ruin. Julius...
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    acquired by Peter Vok of Rosenberg, under whose rule the town experienced a renaissance boom and the reconstruction of the castle. In 1596, Peter Vok sold Bechyně...
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  • Svatby pana Voka (category Cultural depictions of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor)
    (transl.Weddings of Mr. Vok) is a 1970 Czechoslovak comedy film describing love adventures of the Bohemian nobleman Peter Vok of Rosenberg. The screenplay...
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  • comedy film describing love adventures of the Bohemian nobleman Peter Vok of Rosenberg The Wild Child (French: L'Enfant sauvage) (1970) – French biographical...
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    and the town prospered. The Rosenbergs controlled Prachatice until 1601 when Peter Vok of Rosenberg, the last member of the family, sold the town to...
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    the town saw many fires and was looted by the Hussites. It was Peter Vok of Rosenberg, a famous fishpond founder and supporter, who let the town grow...
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    Chapel of Our Lady in the southwest corner of the château gardens was built between 1584 and 1589. The glory days of the château ended when Peter Vok of Rosenberg...
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    1601, Peter Vok of Rosenberg sold Husinec to the Kolowrat family. In 1630, the estate was acquired by Hans Ulrich von Eggenberg. After the Battle of White...
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    blacksmiths in Volary. In 1596, Peter Vok of Rosenberg extended the Volary privileges for the right to seize horses and charge of merchants who deviated from...
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    younger brother Peter Vok then stood under the guardianship of their uncle Peter V. From age seven, he studied at the Protestant private school of Arnošt Kraiger...
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    formed in the first third of the 16th century at the latest. In 1580, Lipník was obtained by marriage by Peter Vok of Rosenberg, but he was forced to sell...
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    was the seat of Peter Vok of Rosenberg and one of the most important towns of the Rosenbergs' estate. It represented the economic centre of southern Bohemia...
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    then inherited by Peter Vok of Rosenberg. At the end of the 17th century, it was taken over by the Sternbergs and later by the House of Lobkowicz. After...
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    importance of the castle declined. In the 1480s, the castle was abandoned, and gradually fell into disrepair. After death of Peter Vok of Rosenberg in 1611...
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    to Jáchym of Hradec, but it was seized by William of Rosenberg. William's brother Peter Vok of Rosenberg (the last member of the Rosenberg family) sold...
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    until 1593, when Peter Vok of Rosenberg sold all the Helfenburk estate to Prachatice. After the Battle of White Mountain, properties of Prachatice were...
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    William of Rosenberg in 1577. His brother Peter Vok of Rosenberg then sold most of the estate to the Lords of Hradec and Stráž became part of the Jindřichův...
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    by the Schwamberg family and joined to the Bechyně estate. When Peter Vok of Rosenberg bought this estate in 1569, it excluded Sepekov, which was joined...
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  • that have received names, and explains the meanings of those names. Official naming citations of newly named small Solar System bodies are approved and...
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    Upon his death in 1604 the last Rosenberg scion Peter Vok sold Sedlčany to the Bohemian chancellor Zdeněk Vojtěch Popel of Lobkowicz, who administered stern...
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  • collaboration Petr Vok of Rosenberg (1539–1611), the last descendant of powerful and wealth "viceroyal" Rosenberg family, benefactor of the oldest Protestant...
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  • Malcolm Clulow of Snowmec; the Holmenkollbakken and Holmenkollen Ski Museum near Oslo; Skis Rossignol; Tento, Bratlie, Østbye and Grafitt-Voks ski wax; Norwegian...
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  • the end of the first season, the second moon and the Energon are revealed to have been constructed by a mysterious alien race known as the Vok. The destruction...
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    April 6, 1954, and made a number of charges against the popular Murrow, including the accusation that he colluded with VOKS, the "Russian espionage and propaganda...
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    September 18 – Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Italian-French dignitary and diplomat (d. 1595) October 1 – Peter Vok, Czech noble (d. 1611) November 1 –...
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