when the end of his ecclesiastical career loomed, ernest purchased the county of glatz from john iii of pernstein in 1549. in 1549, glatz was considered part of bohemia. included in the purchase was the lordship of hummel, which ernest gave to his son eustace on 10 december 1549. eustace was his illegitimate son, until he was legitimized as a noble descendant of ernest by pope julius iii in 1550. in 1546, ernest was accepted by the estates of bohemia as a landed subject.