George of Poděbrady
A leading Hussite ruler from the Bohemian nobility who became king of Bohemia. He sought to maintain a difficult religious and diplomatic balance in fifteenth-century central Europe.
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Key details
Birth: 6 April 1420 Documented
Death: 22 March 1471 Documented
Role: King
Dynasty: Poděbrady · ES
Territories: Bohemia (ES) · Moravia (ES) · Silesia (ES)
Recorded relationships
Their titles over time
Follow the changing territories and offices of George of Poděbrady. Each title retains its own status.
Governments in 1460
- Crown of Saint Wenceslaus2 titles and offices
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- Bohemia · ESKing · Effective rule1458–1471
- Moravia · ESMargrave · Effective rule · Royal centres of Brno and Olomouc; regional authority over the margraviate, distinct from the full geography of the Bohemian title1458–1468 · Brno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Corona regni Bohemiae), constituted by Charles IV in 1348 and placed under Saint Wenceslaus’s patronage: the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia and the Silesian duchies effectively governed by this person. Provincial titles are retained; Prussian Silesia is not assigned to a Habsburg monarch. Source for this grouping
- SilesiaSovereign
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- Silesia · ESSovereign · Effective rule · Temporary homage by Wrocław; authority rejected by the city council1460–1463 · Ruler with provisional recognition. Wrocław rejected his election in 1458. In 1460 it accepted, under pressure, a provisional three-year homage; authority over the city and the Silesian duchies remained uneven.
Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.
Sources for this profile
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
6 recorded claims · 1 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
6 April 1420
The authority record gives the birth as 1420-04-06. - DeathDocumented
22 March 1471
The authority record gives the death as 1471-03-22.
Family and relationships (0/1 with a precise source)
- Marriage or partnershipPending review
Joanna of Rožmitál
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (3/3 with a precise source)
- GovernmentDocumented
King · Bohemia · 1458–1471
The authority record dates this office to 1458–1471. - GovernmentInferred
Margrave · Moravia · 1458–1468
Brno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.Brno City Archives · Brno v minulosti a dnes 4 · Taxation of Moravian royal towns: Brno, Znojmo, Jihlava and Olomouc; interregnum, 1439–1453; Ladislaus took over government at Brno in summer 1453; Matthias exercised authority from the war of 1468–1469; reunification under Vladislaus in 1490.City of Olomouc · history of the city · Jobst’s privilege in 1378; loyalty to Sigismund; election of Corvinus in 1469 and agreement of 1479; Frederick of the Palatinate in 1620; Swedish occupation, 1642–1650, and Prussian occupation, 1741–1742; royal confirmation by Maria Theresa in 1762.Olomouc Municipal Archives · original charter of Jobst · Olomouc District Archive, City Archive collection, Charters, inventory 37: Margrave Jobst’s permission of 1378 to build a town hall and merchants’ hall. - GovernmentDocumented
Sovereign · Silesia · 1460–1463
Ruler with provisional recognition. Wrocław rejected his election in 1458. In 1460 it accepted, under pressure, a provisional three-year homage; authority over the city and the Silesian duchies remained uneven.
Biographical and contextual references (2)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
