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Záviš Composed Songs in Prison

Bílá věž

Historically
stará Bílá věž na hradě Pražském
Period
13. století

In the old White Tower Záviš of Falkenstein, of the house of Vítkovci, was imprisoned for almost two years; Queen Kunhuta, widow of Přemysl Otakar II, had taken him for her husband. After her death he married Jutta, sister of King Ladislaus of Hungary; and when he came to Prague to invite King Wenceslas to the christening, he was seized and imprisoned. He is said to have composed songs here.

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