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Mar 18, 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.
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4 days ago · George of Poděbrady, later to become the "national" king of Bohemia, emerged as leader of the Utraquist regency. George installed another Utraquist, John of Rokycany , as archbishop of Prague and succeeded in uniting the more radical Taborites with the Czech Reformed Church.
Mar 17, 2024 · George was the son of Victor of Kunštát and Poděbrady, a Bohemian nobleman, one of the leaders of the Orphans or Utraquists, the more moderate faction of the Hussites during the Hussite Wars. At the age of fourteen, George himself took part in the Battle of Lipany, which marked the downfall of the more radical Taborites.
- Poděbrady, Österreich
- April 23, 1420
- Österreich
- Praha, Böhmen, Österreich, Deutschland (HRR)
6 days ago · George of Poděbrady 1420–1471 King of Bohemia r. 1458–1471: Joanna of Rožmitál c. 1430 –1475: Jadwiga of Poland c. 1373 –1399 King of Poland: Elizabeth of Luxembourg 1409–1442: Albert the Magnanimous 1397–1439 King of Bohemia r. 1437–1439 also King of Hungary and Croatia: Sophia of Halshany 1405–1461: Władysław II ...
6 days ago · Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts. Main burial sites of European Kings include: the Wawel Cathedral for Kings of Poland. the Roskilde Cathedral for Kings of Denmark. the Westminster Abbey for Kings of England. El Escorial for Kings of Spain. the Basilica of St Denis for Kings of France.
Mar 20, 2024 · For centuries it was conjectured that Ladislas had died of poisoning by his political opponents or by his successor as king of Bohemia, George of Poděbrady. The scientific analysis of Ladislas’ skeleton in 1987–88 established that he died of juvenile leukemia, however.
Mar 4, 2024 · Frederick settled his disputes with the Bohemian followers of Jan Hus, church reformer and condemned heretic, in 1432, and relations were cemented in 1464, when his son Albert married the daughter of the Bohemian leader George of Poděbrady.