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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 · March 22, 1471, Prague (aged 50) Title / Office: king (1458-1471), Bohemia. George (born April 23, 1420, Poděbrady, Bohemia [now in Czech Republic]—died March 22, 1471, Prague) was the king of Bohemia from 1458.
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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.
Poděbrady ( Czech pronunciation: [ˈpoɟɛbradɪ]; German: Podiebrad) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the river Elbe. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone .
Apr 6, 2022 · George of Poděbrady died soon afterward due to sickness, defeated but standing (Burke, 1980). Europe as an Alliance Against Ottomans In 1462–1464, George of Podiebrad developed a project for a confederation of European princes to fight against the Ottomans, in order to counter the crusade plans of Pope Pius II, which threatened him to the ...
- david.troitino@taltech.ee
Understand [edit]. 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 and their religious freedom.
Sep 21, 2022 · by Marek Koten. 21 September 2022. Czechia / Travel & Food / Business. "The Election of George of Poděbrady as King of Bohemia" (1898) by Václav Brožík. Photo: Public domain via Wikipedia Commons. The story of King George of Poděbrady takes us to the 15th Century Bohemia in today’s Czechia.
