The first mention of Chyše is in 1158, when the settlement was inhabited by the lesser nobility family Odolen of Pětipes.They were raised during the reign of King Vladislav II. (reg.1140 - 1172) to the state of knighthood. On the site of today's castle was a fortress founded here in the Middle Ages with a deep moat and dungeons. In the years 1361-1365 Chyše and Rabštejn were the royal property of Charles IV.But in the years 1370-1378 it belonged to Žlutice estate and from 1397 was in possession of the brothers Smetánek z Hradišťan. In 1422, Chyše was probably seized by Henry of Plauen, and later by Jan Calta from Stone Mountain combined it with Rabštejn.
In 1466 Burian of Gutštejn receives Chyše. In 1467 the castle was completely destroyed by troops of King Jiří of Poděbrady. Burian of Gutštejn had joined the Greenmountain Unity (Czech Catholic opposition) and sided with the rebel Lords centered around Prague burgrave Zdenek Štenberk. In 1471 Burián of Gutštejn changed to the side of King Vladislav Jagiello, and so in 1473 the King Vladislav "stated the ruined castle of Chyše with villages and people" were released from vassalage and put in Burians direct possession. Burián of Gutštejn was a generous owner, because in addition to the restoration of the castle he built around the town fortifications with eleven bastions. In addition, he built in the town a hospital with the church of St. Bartholomew and founded a Carmelite monastery. Burián of Gutštejn died in 1489, but his descendants reigned here deep into the sixteenth century. The last male holder of the house was Viktorín of Gutštejn. After his death Chyše passed to his daughter Agnes, who after her marriage to Mikuláš of Lobkowicz, deeded her properties to him in 1566.
Mikuláš of Lobkowicz was another major builder of Chyše. In 1578 the gothic castle was rebuilt into a representative renaissance chateau. In 1579, however, Mikuláš sold the castle and the town with the villages to Ferdinand Ronšpergár of Ronšperk and Držkovice.
After only eight years Ferdinand sold Chyše to lady Gryzelda Švamberk of Lobkowicz. She held Chyše until her death in 1607 when her estate was taken over by her son from her first marriage - Bohuchval Berka. Bohuchval Berka was considered one of the originators of the Estates Uprising and was sentenced in absentia in 1621 to death and disgrace and his name was in a disgraceful mannar nailed to the Old town gallows. All of his property was confiscated.
The new owner of Chyše became Jiří Vilém Michna, a free man of Vacínov, the imperial appeals council, who bought Chyše for a very low price. He restored the Carmelite convent in 1627 but not on the original location. He built a new monastery and the church of Our Lady of the Snow.
The estimate of 1644 attached to the purchase agreement has survived with a brief description of the castle, which also demonstrates the mismanagement of Vilém Jindřich in his mid-goods - "The castle Chyše is built of stone, there are many vaulted rooms and rooms underground. Part of the roof is covered with shingles, and the rest with damaged tiles. The building is in a very broken and desolate state. At the castle gate is a tower with a clock. On the other side of the castle stands a tower with many prisons cells. From the castle to the church is a long and covered wooden walkway, in the moat is a yard and an unfinished wooden house. "
Michna’s family stayed in the city quite a long time, almost ninety years. Jiří Vilém Michna died in 1651.
In the sixteen sixties, Zikmund Norbert and Vilém Jindřich Michna began with the reconstruction of the Carmelite convent and the church of Our Lady of the Snows. Jindřich Vilém was greatly indebt and lost the estate in 1664. That same year, Vilém Jindřich Michna died without descendants. His estate including the castle was bought by Vilém Albrecht Kolovrat-Krakow at auction for his daughter Anna Ludmila.
In 1672 Anna Ludmila Kolovrat-Krakow inherited the other half of the Chyše estate. She deeded the property to her second husband Baron Karel Jiří Michna from Vacínov, son of Sigismund Norbert. She lived with him until his death (1710), and she died in 1718.
In 1678 there was a big fire that destroyed a substantial part of town Chyše including the unfinished monastery. The convent was then rebuilt.
The Michnas improved various buildings and reconstructions in the city. They finished building a new monastery, redesigned the Carmelite church within the city and on the hill Špičák was newly built the Church of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary with a family tomb. In the years 1695-1708, the chateau was rebuilt in the Baroque style, probably by Frantisek Maximilian Kaňka. From this period comes the ceiling painting by Peter Brandl on the vault in the basement.
After the death of Anna Ludmila in 1718, Chyše was inherited by her brother, Jan Francis Kolovrat - Krakow, a member of the Golden Fleece. After Jan Francis, his son Vilém Albrecht held the estate in 1723. He died in 1738. Vilém Albrecht was followed by his son Jan Joseph. He, like his father, was more focused on other estates, especially on the estate Březnice.
In 1747 he sold the estate to Václav Leopold Putz from Breitenbach, the lord of Luka and Budov. Because of his excessive debt, in 1766 the estate was acquired at auction by Count Prokop Lažanský of Buková. This merged together one large estate in this area - Manětín, Chyše and Rabštejn.
The estate Chyše thus came into the possession of the Lažanský family, where it remained until 1945.
After the death of Prokop I. in 1804, there was a division of property between his two sons: Prokop II. and Jan. So the family split into two lines: the Manětín line and the Chýše line.
After the death of Prokop II. in 1823, his son Prokop III . enherited the entire estate. During his era, the chateau’s appearance was remodeled in the Neo-Gothic (the Tudor Gothic) style. This reconstruction project, according to our important builder Vojtěch Ignác Ullmann, was conducted in the years 1856 - 1858.
Prokop III. died in 1868 leaving no descendants. After Prokop his nephew Alexander (son of his brother Vojtěch) inherited Chyše. He died in 1870 in Budapest, and passed on the legacy to Leopold II. Lažanský of Buková, son of Leopold I, brother of Prokop III. He died suddenly at the age of 37 in 1891 in Marienbad. Since he wasn‘t married, Chyše and his other properties were inherited by his brother Vladimír.
Count JUDr.Vladimír Lažanský was a district commissioner in Broumov. After he inherited the Chyše estate, he became completely dedicated to its administration. After his death, in 1925, his son Prokop IV. Lažanský inherited the estate. He owned the estate until 1945, when it was nationalized under the Benes Decrees. He left Chyše in June 1946.
