marie bláhová he demised the property that fell under the royal bequest.23 This may have been the reason why the king respected only some of the provisions of the will, and decided the others himself.24 A document dated 22 July 1227 bears the name of the same man, named as “Kojata of Hněvin Most”.25 It is also formulated as Kojata’s testament, but only includes bequests for the Zderaz Monastery. As evinced by an analysis of the document, it is a counterfeit made by the Zderaz Monastery in the second half of the 13th century to defend their claims to the donated property.26 Another nobleman, Roman of Týnec, suffering from illness and fearing death because he had no offspring and was worried about disputes over his property, made a verbal last will in front of witnesses on 12 October 1230. He bequeathed three villages and appurtenances to the Cistercian monastery in Plasy “for the salvation of his soul” and the souls of his ancestors. The properties were to pass to the monastery after the death of Roman’s wife, who was entitled to use them until her death or until she remarried. Fearing that his wife and relatives would oppose his wish – Roman did not secure their consent – he requested confirmation from the king through one of the witnesses, apparently the executor of the will. A month later, on 10 November 1230, therefore, King Ottokar I (r. 1197–1230)27 pronounced the last will orally, at the request of the last will’s executor, at an assembly of the clergy and nobility and in the presence of his son, King Wenceslas. As revealed by the confirmation that has survived, the last will apparently did not include Roman’s entire possessions, but only the bequest for the Plasy Monastery. It is very likely that the Cistercians in Plasy requested the confirmation of the last will, or rather the part of it related to the monastery, although their participation is not mentioned in the confirmation. 307 23 Cf. Šebánek – Dušková 1956:1, p. 173. 24 Cf. Velímský 2002, pp. 42–43. 25 Friedrich 1912, no. 302, pp. 300–301. The charter is known from the description of Gelasius Dobner, as the original text was later lost. 26 Cf. Velímský 2002, p. 171. In addition to the aforementioned documents, there is also a charter from the Prague Bishop Bernard from 1238. Cf. Friedrich 1942, no. 191, pp. 239– 242. 27 Friedrich 1912, no. 342, pp. 350–352. Cf. Žemlička 2002, p. 113; Štachová 2012, p. 250.
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