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George of Poděbrady

1420 - 1471

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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 efforts to preserve peace and tolerance between the Hussites and Catholics in the religiously divided Crown of Bohemia – hence his contemporary nicknames: "King of two peoples" (Czech: král dvojího lidu) and "Friend of peace" (přítel míru). During the 19th century, in period of the so-called Czech National Revival, he began to be praised (even somewhat idealized) as the last Czech national monarch (in terms of ethnic awareness), a great diplomat and a courageous fighter against the domination of the Catholic Church. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George of Poděbrady is the 1,661st most popular politician (up from 1,768th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 60th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Czech Politician.

George of Poděbrady was the king of Bohemia and the last member of the Přemyslid dynasty. He was a great patron of the arts and sciences, and a champion of the Catholic Church.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George of Poděbrady ranks 1,661 out of 19,576. Before him are Alexios V Doukas, Maria II of Portugal, Cuauhtémoc, Dick Cheney, Shaka, and Richard von Weizsäcker. After him are Ferdinand III of Castile, Alexander I of Serbia, Mentor, Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, Constantine VIII, and Yu the Great.

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Among people born in 1420, George of Poděbrady ranks 3. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, and Jean Fouquet. After him are Benozzo Gozzoli, Andrea del Castagno, Sesshū Tōyō, Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Abdal-Latif Mirza, João Vaz Corte-Real, Barthélemy d'Eyck, Agostino Barbarigo, and Margaret of Savoy, Duchess of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1471, George of Poděbrady ranks 4. Before him are Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II, and Thomas à Kempis. After him are Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Thomas Malory, João Gonçalves Zarco, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Edmund Beaufort, and Emperor Go-Hanazono.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, George of Poděbrady ranks 57 out of 1,200. Before him are Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Madeleine Albright (1937), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Emil Hácha (1872), Adalbert of Prague (955), and Antonín Panenka (1948). After him are Milena Jesenská (1896), Eugen Böhm von Bawerk (1851), Josef Masopust (1931), Carl Ferdinand Cori (1896), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), and Bonne of Luxembourg (1315).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, George of Poděbrady ranks 13. Before him are Klement Gottwald (1896), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), and Emil Hácha (1872). After him are Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Karl Renner (1870), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), and Jan Masaryk (1886).

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