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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.
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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.
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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. His rule was marked by great ...
Notable people. George of Poděbrady (1420–1471), King of Bohemia; Kunigunde of Sternberg (1425–1449), wife of George of Poděbrady; buried here; Ludvík Kuba (1853–1956), painter, musician and writer; Jan Trampota (1889–1942), painter; died here; Josef and Ctirad Mašín, resistance fighters; attended a high school here
His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George of Poděbrady is the 1,984th most popular politician (up from 2,314th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Politician.
King George of Podebrady (Jiří z Poděbrad), a contemporary of Jan Zizka and the only Hussite king to sit on the Czech throne, gets his name from this city (He also gave his name to a Prague metro stop - Jiriho z Podebrad - and is an important nationalist figure in Czech history, as someone who stood up against the status quo for his people ...
Catherine of Poděbrady (11 November 1449 – 8 March 1464) [citation needed] was Queen of Hungary as the second wife of King Matthias Corvinus . Biography. Catherine and her twin sister Sidonie were born at Poděbrady, to the Bohemian king George of Poděbrady and his first wife, Kunigunde of Šternberk. Kunigunde died from complications of the birth.
