Jan Filip Husmann - kostel Panny Marie Vítezné / Church of Our Lady Victorious (Prague)
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On the front facade of Church of our Lady Victorious (Chrám Panny Marie Vítezné), on the left side of portal surrounding the niche with statue of Our Lady, you can find this small polychromed coat of arms of imperial colonel Jan Filip Husmann.
Waymark Code: WMVE47
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/07/2017
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On the front facade of Church of our Lady Victorious (Chrám Panny Marie Vítezné) in Lessser Town of Prague, on the left side of portal surrounding the niche with statue of Our Lady, you can find this small polychromed coat of arms of imperial colonel Jan Filip Husmann.
Church of our Lady Victorious (Chrám Panny Marie Vítezné) is a splendid structure built in the Spanish style. But what brings most pilgrims flocking is the Holy Infant of Prague or Bambini di Praga if you speak Italian. After the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, which resulted in the victory of the imperial pro-catholic part in the Czech lands, the Emperor Ferdinand II bestowed the church upon the order of Discalced Carmelites. Jan Filip Husmann sponsored the sculpture of Our Lady (with surronding decorations), which is located on the front facade above the entrance. So, his CoA together with CoA of his first wife Emilia of Donin also decorate the church facade.
Jan Filip Husmann, svobodný pán z Namedy a Roilsburgu / Johann Philipp Husmann, Reichsfreiherr von Namedy und Riolsburg (†1651), was an imperial colonel at the time of the Thirty Years War. He stood, like several of his brothers, in the service of the Habsburg army. After the victorious battle of the Weissenberg, Emperor Ferdinand II sold him the royal town of Tachov on December 4, 1623. Known as a fierce and cruel racatolisator - in the traditions of later times, the figure of the evil Husmann was thereby formed. Elevated into nobility in 1623.