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Prokop the Great

1380 - 1434

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Prokop the Great (Czech: Prokop Veliký, Latin: Procopius Magnus) or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven (Czech: Prokop Holý, Latin: Procopius Rasus) (c. 1380 – 30 May 1434) was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came from a German patrician family living in Prague. Initially, Prokop was a member of the Utraquists (the moderate wing of the Hussites) and was a married priest (having received the tonsure early in life) who belonged to an eminent, partly German-speaking family from Prague. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prokop the Great is the 386th most popular military personnel (down from 327th in 2019), the 120th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 93rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

Prokop the Great was the king of Bohemia. He is most famous for his victory over the Magyars at the Battle of Lechfeld.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Prokop the Great ranks 386 out of 2,058. Before him are Okita Sōji, Maximilian von Spee, Omar Pasha, Henri Giraud, Iwane Matsui, and Andrei Grechko. After him are Alexander Samsonov, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Erich Priebke, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Laskarina Bouboulina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, Prokop the Great ranks 7. Before him are Thomas à Kempis, Pachacuti, Bernardino of Siena, Ferdinand I of Aragon, Poggio Bracciolini, and Jamshīd al-Kāshī. After him are Lidwina, İsa Çelebi, Itzcoatl, Anna of Cilli, Yawar Waqaq, and Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh. Among people deceased in 1434, Prokop the Great ranks 3. Before him are Władysław II Jagiełło, and Louis III of Anjou. After him are Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, John I, Duke of Bourbon, Marie, Duchess of Auvergne, Sophia of Montferrat, and Yury of Zvenigorod.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Prokop the Great ranks 120 out of 1,200. Before him are Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), Emil Škoda (1839), Kurt Knispel (1921), Ivan Lendl (1960), and Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840). After him are Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (915), Jan Neruda (1834), Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390), Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (852), Johann Josef Loschmidt (1821), and Jan Švankmajer (1934).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Prokop the Great ranks 5. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), and Kurt Knispel (1921). After him are Jan Kubiš (1913), Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), and Ferenc Wesselényi (1605).

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