Around 1230
Založení hradu králem Václavem I.
1266
Čeč of Velešín and his wife Gisla, daughter of Hadmar of Kuenring, donate the village of Reinprechts to the monastery in Zwettl.
1268
The Death of Gisly of Kuenring
Around 1270
Přemysl Otakar II grants Velešín as a manor to Benes Pyšný.
Around 1275
King Přemysl Otakar II takes away the castle and manor of Velešín from Benes the Proud.
Around 1285
King Václav II returns Velešín and its estate to Benes' son Jan of Michalovice.
1289
Jan of Michalovice the highest waiter.
1294
Jan of Michalovice promotes myths to the Monastery of the Holy Crown.
1306
The son of Jan Benes of Michalovice confirms the right to the monastery of Svatá Koruna.
1317
Jan of Michalovice's wife Johanna, daughter of Jindřich of Rožmberk, dies at the castle.
1350
Jindřich of Velešín, son of Benes donates to the Monastery of the Holy Crown 100 groschen of Prague for the salvation of his soul.
1355
Jindřich dies at Velešín Castle, buried in the Monastery of the Holy Crown.
1358
The division of the Velešín manor between the three sons of Jan, Benes and Henry.
1359
Benes pays both brothers out of the castle.
1360
The brothers Beneš and Jan made Peter and Jošt of Rožmberk guardians of the castle and estate.
1361
The only heiress Markéta, daughter of Benesov, entered the union with her uncle Petr from Michalovice, a descendant of Jan from Michalovice.
1362
Only Petr of Michalovice has the castle and the manor.
1368
Petr of Michalovice dies of the plague on his way to Vlach, and Těma of Koldice is appointed guardian.
1379
The estate was taken over by Jan Michalec from Michalovice.
1387
The castle and the manor are bought by Oldřich I. and Jindřich of Rožmberk for 3000 kopecks of Prague groschen.
1391
King Václav IV dismisses the castle and the estate from the royal manor.
1409
The attempted capture of the castle by the treacherous band of Matthias the Führer.
1412
After the death of Jindřich of Rožmberk, Čeněk of Vartemberk was appointed guardian.
1417
Martin Sova, a priest of the same name, comes to Velešín.
1420
Oldřich II of Rožmberk, after his defeat in front of Tabor, switches from the under-army to the Catholic party and expels Martin Sova from Velešín.
1423
To his sorrow, Petr of Krasejov confesses that Ocásek of Újezd and Martin of Velešín wanted to betray the castle to Žižek.
1433
Jan Čapek's army raided the castle and, after negotiations at the castle, received 400 kopecks of Prague money as a ransom for negotiating a truce.
1441
Oldřich of Rožmberk gives the castle to the widow of Peter of Šternberk, Perchta.
1444
The ambush of Jan Smil of Křemže's retinue under the castle and the slaughter of his soldiers.
1487
Vok of Rožmberk orders the castle to be abandoned.
Around 1550
A hermitage chapel was built on the ruins of the castle.
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