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The genealogic and topographic card files of the Czech historian August Sedláček are valuable information sources that make it possible to restore the history of social ascent of several lower nobility families, such as the lords of Velhartice. The family of Bušek appears for the first time with the predicate “of Velhartice” in 1318. The last occurrence of this predicate can be found at the beginning of 15th century, when the Velhartice castle has already become a possession of the lords of Hradec. Members of the Bušek of Velhartice lineage (both ancestors and descendants) were associated with the royal court services since the second half of 13th century. The most outstanding career was that of Bušek the Younger of Velhartice, who in 1355 became an officer-in-chief (Hauptmann) of New Bohemia (in Bavaria).