Background
Henry was the eldest son of John II of Rosenberg and his wife Anna of Glogau (d 1483). After his father"s death in 1472, he inherited the family possessions.
Henry was the eldest son of John II of Rosenberg and his wife Anna of Glogau (d 1483). After his father"s death in 1472, he inherited the family possessions.
He was regent of the House of Rosenberg from 1472 to 1475. He then transferred the regency to Wok II for a three year period and retired to Rožmberk Castle, probably because he had mental and psychological problems. During his short reign, Henry sold the Lordships of Zvíkov and Milevsko to Bohuslav of Schwanberg.
The decision to sell these possessions may have been a result of his psychological problems.
Incidentally, the Rosenbergs acquired them by forging in 1437, during the reign of Henry"s grandfather Ulrich II of Rosenberg. Děpolt von Lobkowitz, who had been arrested by Zdeněk Konopišťský of Šternberk during the capture of Rosenberg Castle in 1469 and had been held prisoner at Český Krumlov Castle, was released by Henry in 1475 at the request of Joanna of Rožmitál, the widow of King George of Bohemia, after a financial settlement between the Houses of Rosenberg and Lobkowicz mediated by Bohuslav of Schwanberg.
Henry did not return to power, and died childless in 1489.