George of Kunstat and Podebrady - Kunstat, Czech Republic
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George of Kunstat and Podebrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471) [CZ: Jiri z Kunstatu nebo Jirí z Podebrad] was leader of the Hussites and later also King of Bohemia (1458–1471).
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Location: Jihomoravský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/26/2014
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George was the son of Victor of Kunštát and Podebrady, 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.
Early in life, as one of the leaders of the Hussite party, he defeated the Austrian troops of the King Albert II, who had succeeded King Sigismund as King of Bohemia, Germany and Hungary.
On 27 February 1458 the estates of Bohemia unanimously chose George as king. George attempted to rule in a moderate manner based on the Compacta of Prague. George attempted to secure peace with Rome by a radical suggestion, which some consider to have been a proposal before its time of a European Union.
George couched the proposal in Christian terms ("Europe" is not explicitly mentioned) as a way to stop the "abominable Turk" who had conquered Constantinople in 1453. He sent Leo of Rozmital on a tour of European courts with a draft treaty of The message of peace to promote this idea.
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CZ: Zde na kunstatskem hrade narodil se L.P. 1420 Jirík u Kunštátu, slavný ceský král. Jméno dostal po stýci Jirím na Kunštáte jako budouci dedic rodného sídla predku. Jeho otec Viktorín z Kunštatu zde žil od roku 1417. Po smrti otce a strýcu Bocka a Hynka z Kunštátu na Podebradech presídlil Jirík z Kunštátu na Podebrady L.P. 1427.
EN: Here at Kunštát Castle was born George of Kunštát, the famous Czech king. He was named after uncle George. His father Viktorín of Kunštát lived here since 1417. After the death of his father and uncles Bocek and Hynek of Kunštát and Podebrady George relocated from Kunštát to Podebrady in 1427.