Zavis of Falkenstein

Czech nobleman

1250 CE to 1290 CE

Zavis of Falkenstein (c.1250 - 24 August 1290) is a Czech nobleman.

After the Czech king Ottokar II of Bohemia is killed in battle in 1278, a Brandenburg regent is installed.

In 1284, when the regent is expell, Zavis of Falkenstein takes his place at the head of local nobles along with bishop Tobias Bechun of Prague.

He becomes the second husband of Ottokar II's widow, Kunigunda of Slavonia in Prague in 1285.

Kunigunda diesonly a few months later and Záviš marris again to the Hungarian princess Elisabeth.

He is executed on behalf of the King, Rudolph I of Germany, on August 24, 1290.

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