Bavorové ze Strakonic (Bavors of Strakonice) were a

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, rulers of

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town and surrounding area. Members of the family include: * Bavor I * Bavor II, Bavor the Great * Bavor III * Vilém of Strakonice * Mikuláš of Strakonice * Bavor IV (last holder of the Strakonice Castle) * Vilém (II) of Strakonice * Břeněk ze Strakonic (last member of the family; died 1404)

Bibliography

*HALADA, Jan. Lexikon české šlechty (erby, fakta, osobnosti, sídla a zajímavosti). Praha : AKROPOLIS, 1992. . Article Bavorové ze Strakonic, s. 14–15. *KOTLÁROVÁ, Simona. Bavorové erbu střely. České Budějovice : Veduta, 2004. . *SVOBODA, Miroslav. Páni ze Strakonic : vládci Prácheňska a dobrodinci johanitů. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010. . Bohemian noble families {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub