RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Agnes of Bohemia

1211 - 1282

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Agnes of Bohemia, O.S.C. (Czech: Svatá Anežka Česká, 20 January 1211 – 2 March 1282), also known as Agnes of Prague, was a medieval Bohemian princess who opted for a life of charity, mortification of the flesh and piety over a life of luxury and comfort. Although she was venerated soon after her death, Agnes was not beatified or canonized for over 700 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agnes of Bohemia is the 786th most popular religious figure (up from 806th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Religious Figure.

Agnes of Bohemia is most famous for being the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and his wife Elizabeth of Pomerania. She was the youngest of the couple's four children and the only daughter. Agnes was also the first Queen of Hungary after her marriage to Louis I.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Agnes of Bohemia ranks 786 out of 3,187. Before her are Apollinaris of Ravenna, Eutychius of Constantinople, József Mindszenty, Phoebe, Nicholas Kabasilas, and Antipope Laurentius. After her are Johann Tetzel, Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, Philipp Spener, Isma'il ibn Ja'far, Cornelius the Centurion, and Antipope Anacletus II.

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Among people born in 1211, Agnes of Bohemia ranks 2. Before her is Henry of Germany. After her are Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Ibn Khallikan, Iltutmish, Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1282, Agnes of Bohemia ranks 5. Before her are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Abaqa Khan, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, and Nichiren. After her are Mengu-Timur, Ibn Khallikan, Traidenis, George Akropolites, Margaret Sambiria, and Mechthild of Magdeburg.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Agnes of Bohemia ranks 104 out of 1,200. Before her are Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Pavel Nedvěd (1972), Antonín Novotný (1904), Matthias Sindelar (1903), Anne of Bohemia (1366), and František Kupka (1871). After her are Julius Fučík (1903), Josef Mysliveček (1737), Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897), Josef Suk (1874), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), and Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Czechia

Among religious figures born in Czechia, Agnes of Bohemia ranks 5. Before her are John of Nepomuk (1350), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907), Adalbert of Prague (955), and Ludmila of Bohemia (860). After her are Michael Czerny (1946), Clement Mary Hofbauer (1751), Dominik Duka (1943), Gorazd (1879), Miloslav Vlk (1932), Procopius of Sázava (970), and Zdislava Berka (1215).

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