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George of Kunštát and Poděbrady
- George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad (Czech: Jiří z Poděbrad; German: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471.
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1458–1471 Elected king from the Czech noble family House of Kunštát . Although he had descendants, the succession devolved to the prince from Polish kingdom.
- c. 870
- Wenceslaus III (as king)
- Ottokar I (as King)
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George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad (Czech: Jiří z Poděbrad; German: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the Hussites, but moderate and tolerant toward the Catholic faith.
- 2 March 1458 – 22 March 1471
- Ladislaus the Posthumous
- 2 March 1458, Prague
- Vladislaus II
Apr 19, 2024 · George (born April 23, 1420, Poděbrady, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died March 22, 1471, Prague) was the king of Bohemia from 1458. As head of the conservative Utraquist faction of Hussite Protestants, he established himself as a power when Bohemia was still under Habsburg rule, and he was thereafter unanimously elected king by the estates.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Bohemia was ruled rather ineffectively by the Jagiellon dynasty from 1471 to 1526, and in the latter year the Habsburg archduke Ferdinand I of Austria laid claim to the throne, thereby establishing Habsburg rule over Bohemia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The kingdom was established by the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century by the Duchy of Bohemia, later ruled by the House of Luxembourg, the Jagiellonian dynasty, and from 1526 the House of Habsburg and its successor, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
In the ninth and early tenth centuries, Bohemia was successively ruled by the Carolingian Franks, the Hungarians and the Holy Roman empire.
Mar 24, 2021 · After the Hussite king died in 1471, the ruling family of Bohemia became the Polish-Lithuanian Jagiellonian dynasty. However, their rule was somewhat brief.
