five and apparently victim to a great fire in 1592. Other was Václav Šalomon Sr., who greatly enlarged the family’s fortune by real estate trading, and died between 1607 and 1614. More information is known about Václav Šalomon Jr. Born before 1588, he became a town councilmember in Frýdek in 1615, 1616 and 1627. As it was an honorary position, his main trade was cobblery. As a cobbler he was skilful enough to become a renowned master craftsman and in 1625 elected the guild leader. As his father before him, he also multiplied his wealth by estate trading, but at that time life Frýdek was a series of catastrophes – fires, plague, military situations, all of those were grave complications and when Václav Younger died in 1628 or 1629 his widow got in a matter of years into financial problems. Perhaps that was the reason why their sons left Frýdek in search of careers elsewhere. Václav Mořic, born in 1625, had more successful career. He fought against the Swedes, became a councilmember of Old Town Prague. But the line bearer was his elder brother Matyáš Václav, born in 1618. Matyáš served as high ranking official to Hanuš Zikmund Freiherr Petřvaldský of Petřvald at his castle Buchlov and later in Horní Moštěnice and the region of Přerov in general. He spent his last years in Frýdek and died there in 1681. Last traces of Salomons of Frýdek disappear with the year 1685. Descendants of Matyáš Václav – Rudolf Jan (Died between 1701 and 1723.), Jan Antonín Sr. (Born 1682, died after 1734.), and Jan Antonín Jr. (Died between 1742 and 1745.), all worked as high officials in service to nobility (Knight Jan Ondřej Kotvic of Kotvic and Hostouň, Jan Bartoloměj Freiherr Vernier of Rougemont, Count Ferdinand Rudolf of Valdštejn, Count Kornel, Count Karel Jáchym Breda and Count Pöetting-Persing.). That had its advantages. Their standing, influenced also by them living in their mostly newly renovated employers’ residences, brought the Salomons huge respect. On the other hand, their lives were quite erratic and difficult for us to follow. Another famous family member was Josef Anton Karl (1740 – 1825). He began his career, as did his ancestors, in official service on dominion Citoliby owned by Ernest Karel, count Pachta of Rájov, but as first of his family left his home country and crossed the borders of Bohemia. His first employers were counts Pálffy