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Čeněk z Vartemberka | |
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Born | c. 1379 |
Died | 17 September 1425 Veliš Castle, Crown of Bohemia |
Allegiance | Utraquist (1419–20, 1421, 1425) Royalist (1421–24) |
Rank | Highest Burgrave of Bohemia |
Battles/wars | Vyšehrad – Vítkov Hill – Hořice |
Čeněk of Wartenberg ( Czech: Čeněk z Vartemberka; German: Vinzenz von Wartenberg; c. 1379 – 17 September 1425) [1] was a commander of the Royalist Bohemian forces at the start of the Hussite Wars. [2] Up until the first half of 1420 he was a commander of the Utraquist League, a moderate fraction of the Hussite movement. As a result of severe atrocities committed by Taborites, [3] members of the more radical part of this movement, he returned to the royalist/Catholic side.
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verification. (September 2014) |
Čeněk z Vartemberka | |
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Born | c. 1379 |
Died | 17 September 1425 Veliš Castle, Crown of Bohemia |
Allegiance | Utraquist (1419–20, 1421, 1425) Royalist (1421–24) |
Rank | Highest Burgrave of Bohemia |
Battles/wars | Vyšehrad – Vítkov Hill – Hořice |
Čeněk of Wartenberg ( Czech: Čeněk z Vartemberka; German: Vinzenz von Wartenberg; c. 1379 – 17 September 1425) [1] was a commander of the Royalist Bohemian forces at the start of the Hussite Wars. [2] Up until the first half of 1420 he was a commander of the Utraquist League, a moderate fraction of the Hussite movement. As a result of severe atrocities committed by Taborites, [3] members of the more radical part of this movement, he returned to the royalist/Catholic side.
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