Heads of the Grand Priory of Bohemia

The title of the head of the Order in the Czech lands

The title of the head of the Order in the Czech lands has changed over time. At first the heads of the Order were called preceptors, later masters and priors general. Beginning with Wilhelm Zdenko Count Wratislaw of Mitrowitz (head of the Order in the Czech lands 1626–1637) they have been called Grand Priors. In 1881 Emperor Francis Joseph I raised the Grand Prior of Bohemia to the rank of Prince, creating the unique title of Prince Grand Prior, with the style “Serene Highness” from 1905. When the office of Grand Prior is vacant, or the elected Grand Prior cannot exercise it, the Grand Priory is led by a lieutenant, a regent or a procurator.

Grand Prior Rudolf Count Colloredo-Wallsee (1637–1657)

Preceptors, masters, priors general, grand priors, their deputies and procurators in Bohemia and the incorporated lands

1100

1	Bernard	1182 – c. 1186/1189
2	Martin	c. 1186/1189 – 1194
3	Meinhard (Menhart)	1194 – 1234

1200

4	Hugo	1234 – 1238
5	Mladota	1238 – 1245
6	Petr ze Strážnice	1245 – 1252/1258
7	Klement (Clemens)	1252 – 1255
8	Heinrich (Jindřich) z Fürstenbegu	1255 – 1272
9	Heinrich (Jindřich) z Bocksbergu (von Boxberg)	1273 – 1278
10	Hermann (Heřman) z Brunshornu (von Braunshorn)	1278 – 1283

11	Hermann (Heřman) z Hohenlohe (resigned owing to illness)	1284 – 1287
12	Berengar (Perenger) von Laufen (Lauffen, z Loufu)	1287 – 1289
13	Gottfried (Bojumír) z Klingenfelsu (resigned)	1290 – 1292
14	Hermann (Heřman) z Hohenlohe (second term)	1293 – 1298
15	Heinrich (Jindřich) von Kindhausen (z Kindhuže)	1298 – 1301

1300

16	Hephrik z Rüdigheimu	1301 – 1313
17	Berthold (Pertolt) Count z Hennebergu zu Schleusingen	1313 – 1325/1330 (used the title of Prior of Bohemia until his death)
18	Michael z Týnce (first Prior General)	1325 – 1337
19	Havel (Gallus) z Lembergu (von Löwenberg), also called Hašek z Wartenbergu	1337 – 1366
20	Jan (Ješek) ze Zvířetic a Wartenbergu	1367 – 1371/72

21	Semovít (Ziemovit, Šimon), Duke of Teschen (von Sachsen-Teschen)	1373 – 1390
22	Markolt (Marchold) z Vrutice (murdered)	1391 – 1397
23	Heřman (Hereš) ze Zvířetic a Wartenbergu	1397 – 1401

1400

24	Jindřich z Hradce	1401 – 1421
25	Ruprecht (Rupert), Duke of Silesia, Prince of Brieg-Liegnitz (von Schlesien-Heinau-Lüben-Ohlau)	1422 – 1432
26	Václav z Michalovic	1432 – 1451

27	Jošt (Jodocus) z Rožmberka (von Rosenberg)	1451 – 1467
28	Jan ze Švamberka (von Schwanberg)	1467 – 1510

1500

29	Jan z Rožmberka (von Rosenberg)	1510 – 1532
–	Sigismund Kältsch von Rimberg, lieutenant	1532 – 1534
30	Jan starší z Wartembergu	1534 – 1542
31	Zbyněk Berka z Dubé a z Lipé	1543 – 1555

32	Václav Zajíc z Hasenburgu (Haas von Haasenburg)	1555 – 1578
33	Kryštof starší z Wartenbergu	1578 – 1590
34	Matouš Děpolt Popel z Lobkowicz	1591 – 1619

1600

35	Heinrich (Jindřich) Baron von Logau zu Olbersdorf, Gissmanstorff und Zaupiz	1620 – 1625
36	Rudolf Balthasar Baron von Paar zu Hardtberg und Krottenstein	1626
37	Vilém Zdeněk Count Wratislav z Mitrowicz (first Grand Prior)	1626 – 1637
38	Rudolf Count Colloredo-Wallsee (Colloredo zu Wallsee)	1637 – 1657

39	Vilém Leopold Count von Rheinstein, Baron von Tattenbach	1658 – 1661
40	Adam Vilém Count Wratislav z Mitrowicz	1661 – 1666
41	František Šebestián Count Wratislav z Mitrowicz	1667 – 1675
42	Ferdinand Ludvík Count Liebsteinský z Kolowrat	1676 – 1701

1700

43	František Zikmund Count von Thun und Hohenstein	1701 – 1702
44	Wolfgang Sebastian Count von Poetting (Pötting) und Persing	1702 – 1709
45	Jan Václav Count Wratislav z Mitrowicz	1711 – 1712
46	Ferdinand Leopold Hannibal Baron Dubský z Třebomyslic	1714 – 1721
47	Karel Leopold Count z Herbersteinu	1721 – 1726
48	Gundaker (Gundakar) Poppo Count z Dietrichsteinu	1726 – 1737

49	František Antonín Josef Count von Königsegg zu Rothenfels	1738 – 1744
50	Václav Jáchym Count Čejka z Olbramovic	1744 – 1754
51	Emanuel Václav Kajetán Count Krakowský z Kolowrat	1754 – 1769
52	Michael Ferdinand Josef Count von Althann zu Goldburg und Murstetten	1769/1771 – 1789
53	Josef Maria Count z Colloreda-Mels-Wallsee (von und zu Colloredo und Wallsee)	1789/1791 – 1818

1800

54	Vincenc Maria Josef Count Liebsteinský z Kolowrat	1819 – 1824
55	Karel Vincenc Jeroným Count z Neippergu	1826 – 1835
56	Karel Boromejský Josef Count z Morzinu	1835 – 1846
57	František de Paula Count z Khevenhüller-Metsch	1847 – 1867

58	František Xaver Count Krakowský z Kolowrat	1867 – 1874
59	Othenio Count Lichnowský-Werdenberg (first Prince Grand Prior)	1874 – 1887
60	Quidobald Josef Antonín Count von Thun und Hohenstein	1887 – 1904

1900

61	Heinrich (Jindřich) z Liechtensteinu (von und zu Liechtenstein)	1904 – 1914
62	Jan Rudolf Count Hardegg auf Glatz und im Machlande	1914 – 1927
63	Karl von Ludwigstorff, Baron von Goldlamb (Grand Prior in Austria until 1955)	1927 – 1938
64	Karel Cardinal Kašpar, Archbishop of Prague and Primate of Bohemia	1938 – 1941
–	Karel Prince ze Schwarzenbergu, regent	1941 – 1981
65	Karel Eduard Count Paar (resident in Vienna)	1981 – 1988

66	Cyril Prince Toumanoff (resident in Rome)	1988 – 1996
–	Jaromír Baron Hrubý z Gelenj, deputy of the Grand Prior with the powers of a procurator	1990 – 1991
–	MUDr. František Prince z Lobkowicz, deputy of the Grand Prior (resigned)	1991 – 1994
–	Karel Eduard Count Paar, interim deputy of the Grand Prior	1995 – 1996
67	Jindřich Count Schlik z Bassana a Weisskirchenu	1996 – 2002
–	Bedřich Count Strachwitz, procurator	1996 – 2004

2000

68	Norbert Count Kinský z Wchynic a Tetowa	2002 – 2004
69	Karel Eduard Count Paar (second term)	2004 – 2011
–	Norbert Count Salburg-Falkenstein, procurator	2011 – 2013

–	Johannes Prince z Lobkowicz, procurator	2013 – 2022
70	Pierre de Bizemont	2022 – present