[1] In 1826, Count Matthias Thun-Hohenstein decided to drain the fish pond Kravinec located behind Žehušice Castle and to build a fence around the area.
Four years later, Matthias obtained several white deer from Count Kinsky from Chlumec nad Cidlinou.
The particular breed was short-lived and the herds held at the same time by Counts Kinsky, Czernin and Schwarzenberg were on the verge of dying out.
The owners failed to obtain new white deer to introduce fresh blood into the Žehušice line.
This method of renewing the blood line worked but the result of mixing genes for colour remained quite unpredictable.