 Zierotin

The House of Žerotín or House of Zierotin was a Czech noble family in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown, one of the oldest and most illustrious noble families from Bohemia and Moravia.The family was first mentioned around the year 1200 as "Bludovici" (Blud of Bludov), later renamed "Žerotínové", and achieved the rank of Imperial Counts in the Holy Roman Empire.