Bohemian-Moravian nobleman (1403?1427)
Victor of Kun?tat and Pod?brady
(also:
Viktorin of Pod?brady
,
Victor Bo?ek of Pod?brady
,
Victor Bo?ek of Kunstadt and Pod?brady
; Czech:
Viktorin z Pod?brad
, or
Viktorin Bo?ek z Kun?tatu a Pod?brad
; German:
Viktorin von Podiebrad
; 1403 – 1 January 1427 in
Pardubice
) was a Bohemian-Moravian nobleman and a member of the
House of Pod?brady
. He was supporter of the
Hussites
and father of the Bohemian King
George of Pod?brady
.
Life
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Victor was born into the noble Pod?brady family. His parents were
Bo?ek II of Pod?brady
and Anna Elisabeth of Leipa (
Czech
:
Anna Eli?ka Lipa
), a daughter of Henry of Leipa (
Czech
:
Jind?ich z Lipe
). He gave several of his sons the middle name of
Bo?ek
, a name which many of his ancestors had had.
Victor was first mentioned in a document dated 1417 dealing with the inheritance of his father, who died in that year. Victor inherited the Bohemian lordships of
Nachod
and
Hummel
, and
Litice Castle
, which became his headquarters and which was the reason he sometimes called himself
Lord at Litice
. He inherited his father's Moravian estates jointly with his older brother
Bo?ek III of Pod?brady
. His youngest brother
Hynek
inherited Pod?brady Castle and the associated estate. The eldest brother, John, died during his father's lifetime, sometime between 1407 and 1409. Victor and Bo?ek III fought several court cases about their Moravian possessions, among others with their distant relatives Gerald Pu?ka of Kun?tat and Smil of Kun?tat at
Bludov
.
Around 1420, Victor acquired the dominion of
Pardubice
, which extended his eastern Bohemia possessions considerably. His brother Hynek died in 1426 during the battle of
Nymburk
. After Hynek's death, Victor inherited his dominion of Pod?brady, and also
Mydlovar Castle
, which Hynek had taken illegally in 1425.
Like his brothers Victor supported the
Hussites
. In 1420 he participated in the siege of
Vy?ehrad
in part and joined the
Orebites
. Early in 1422 he approached
Jan ?i?ka
, and became his supporter and friend. For this reason Litice was besieged in 1421 by the armies of the princes and catholic nobles who sided with emperor
Sigismund
. After ?i?ka's death, Victor lead the
Sirot?i
for a while, but then he sided with the more moderate citizens of Prague.
From his marriage with Anna of Wartenberg (
Czech
:
Anna z Vartenberka
; born: 1403; died: 1459), he had three children:
- George
(1420?1471), who became King of Bohemia in 1458
- Al?b?ta (1422?1501), married Jind?ich z Dube a Lipe
- Marketa (1425?1476), married Bohuslav ze ?eberka a Plane
Victor died on 1 January 1427 at his
Pardubice Castle
. Soon after his death, Jan Hlava? of Ronov claimed both the castle and the eponymous estate.
References
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- Felcman Ondrej, Radek Fukala et al.:
Pod?bradove. Rod ?eskomoravskych pan?, kladskych hrabat a sleszkych kni?at
, Nakladatelstvi Lidove Noviny, 2008,
ISBN
978-80-7106-949-2
.
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