Kaspar Schlick

Kaspar Schlick (c. 1396–1449), born at Eger to a merchant councilor, studied at Leipzig and entered Sigismund's service. He rose from scribe in 1416 to royal secretary, vice-chancellor and, in 1433, imperial chancellor, its first lay commoner.

Knighted at Sigismund's coronation in Rome, he fought the Ottomans and Hussites and negotiated for the king in Prussia, Poland and Lithuania, being made a count in 1437–1438. He later served Albert II and Frederick III, patronised Enea Silvio Piccolomini, and died in Vienna in 1449.