See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE OF See also:

• GEORGE OF PODEBRAD (1420-1471)

PODEBRAD (1420-1471)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of Bohemia, was the son of See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria of Kunstat and See also:

• PODEBRAD, GEORGE OF (1420-1471)

Podebrad, a Bohemian See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, who was one of the leaders of the " Orphans" or See also:

• MODERN

modern Taborites during the Hussite See also:

• WARS

wars . See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George himself as a boy of fourteen took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• LIPAN

Lipan, which marks the downfall of the more advanced Taborites . See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

Early in See also:

• LIFE

life, as one of the leaders of the Calixtine party, he defeated the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian troops of the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German King See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert II., son-in-See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and successor of King See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund . He soon became a prominent member of the See also:

• NATIONAL

national or Calixtine party, and after the See also:

• DEATH

death of Ptacek of Pirkstein its See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . During the minority of Ladislas, son of Albert, who was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born after his See also:

• FATHER

father's death, Bohemia was divided into two parties—the Romanist or Austrian one, led by See also:

• ULRICH

Ulrich von Rosenberg (1403-1462), and the national one, led by Podebrad . After various attempts at reconciliation, Podebrad decided to See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the force of arms . He gradually raised an armed force in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-eastern Bohemia, where the Calixtine cause had most adherents and where his ancestral See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle was situated . With this See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army, consisting of about 9000 men, he marched in 1448 from Kutna Hora to See also:

• PRAGUE (Ger. Prag; Bohemian Praha)

Prague, and obtained See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital almost without resistance . See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, however, See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out, but Podebrad succeeded in defeating the Romanist nobles . In 1451 the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III., as See also:

• GUARDIAN

guardian of the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young king Ladislas, entrusted Podebrad with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of Bohemia . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year a See also:

• DIET

diet assembled at Prague also conferred on Podebrad the regency . The struggle of the Bohemians against See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome continued uninterruptedly, and the position of Podebrad became a very difficult one when the young king Ladislas, who was crowned in 1453, expressed his sympathies for the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church, though he had recognized the compacts and the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient privileges of Bohemia .

In 1457 King Ladislas died suddenly, and public See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion from an early See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period accused Podebrad of having poisoned him . The Bohemian historian, 'Palacky, fifty years ago thoroughly disproved this See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation, and, though it has recently been revived by German historians, it must undoubtedly be considered as a calumny . On the 27th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1458 the estates of Bohemia unanimously See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose Podebrad as king; even the adherents of the Austrian party voted for him, not wishing at that moment to oppose the popular feeling, which demanded the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of a national See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign . A year after the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of Podebrad See also:

• PIUS

Pius II . (See also:

• AENEAS

Aeneas Syl'iius) became See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope, and his incessant hostility proved one of the most serious obstacles to Podebrad's See also:

• RULE

rule . Though he rejected the demand of the pope, who wished him to consent to the abolition of the compacts, he endeavoured to See also:

• CURRY

curry favour with the Roman see by punishing severely all the more advanced opponents of papacy in Bohemia . Podebrad's persecution of the newly-founded community of the Bohemian brethren is certainly a blemish on his career . All Podebrad's endeavours to establish See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace with Rome proved ineffectual, and though the death of Pius II. prevented him from carrying out his planned crusade against Bohemia, his successor was a scarcely less See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter enemy of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . Though the rule of Podebrad had proved very successful and Bohemia had under it obtained a degree of prosperity which had been unknown since the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles IV., the Calixtine king had many enemies among the Romanist members of the powerful Bohemian See also:

• NOBILITY

nobility . The malcontent nobles met at Zelena Hora (Gruneberg) on the 28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1465, and concluded an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance against the king, bringing forward many—mostly untrue—accusations against him . The confederacy was from its beginning supported by the Roman see, though Podebrad after the death of his implacable enemy, Pius II., attempted to negotiate with the new pope, See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul II . These negotiations ended when the pontiff grossly insulted the envoys of the king of Bohemia .

On the 23rd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1466 Paul II. excommunicated Podebrad and pronounced his deposition as king of Bohemia, forbidding all Romanists to continue in his See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance . The emperor Frederick III., and King See also:

• MATTHIAS
• MATTHIAS (1557-1619)

Matthias of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, Podebrad's former ally, joined the insurgent Bohemian nobles . King Matthias conquered a large part of See also:

• MORAVIA (Ger., Ma/wen; Czech, Morava)

Moravia, and was crowned in the capital of that country, Brno(Briinn), as king of Bohemia on the 3rd of May 1469 . In the following year Podebrad was more successful in his resistance to his many enemies, but his death on the 22nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1471 put a stop to the war . In spite of the misfortunes of the last years of his reign, Podebrad's memory has always been cherished by the Bohemians . He was the only king of Bohemia who belonged to that nation, and the only one who was not a Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic . See H . Markgraf, Ober das Verhaltniss See also:

• DES

des Konigs Georg von Podebrad zu Papst . Pius II . (1867) ; See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan, Das Konigthum Georgs von Podebrad (1861) ; A . Bachmann, Ein Jahr bamischer Geschichte (1876), and Urkunden . zur oesierreichischen Geschichte . See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Zeitaller Georgs von Podebrad (1879); E._ W .

Kanter, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Ermordung See also:

• KONIG, KARL RUDOLPH (1832-1901)

Konig See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus (1906); Novotry, Doer den See also:

• TOD, JAMES (1782-1835)

Tod Konig Ladislaws Postumus (1906) . All histories of Bohemia, particularly that of F . Palacky (1836-1867), contain detailed accounts of the career of King George of Podebrad .