Kunigunde of Sternberg ( cs, Kunhuta ze Šternberka; 18 November 1425,
Konopiště
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– 19 November 1449,
Poděbrady
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) was the first wife of
George of Poděbrady
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, who later became King of Bohemia.
Life
Kunigunde's parents were the Bohemian nobles Smil of Sternberg (d. 1431) and Barbara of Pardubice (d. 1433). In 1441 she married the 21-year-old George of Poděbrady, who had been captain of the old Bohemian circle of
Stará Boleslav since 1440. This marriage produced three sons:
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Boček (1442–1496)
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Victor
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(1443–1500) and
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Henry the Elder
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(1448–1498)
and three daughters:
* Barbara (1446–1474), married first with Henry of Lipé (''Jindřich z Lipé'', d. 1469), and second with Jan Křinecký of Ronov
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Catherine
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(1449–1464), married
Matthias, King of Hungary; and
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(1449–1510) (also known as Sidonie of Poděbrady; Catherine's twin)
In 1444 Kunigunde founded a hospital in Poděbrady. It was named after her and remained in operation until the beginning of the 20th century. She also established a foundation for youth education, school construction and rehabilitation of prisoners.
She died in 1449, the day after her twenty-fourth birthday and 9 days after giving birth to twin daughters. She was buried in the parish church ''Exaltation of the Holy Cross'' in Poděbrady.
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15th-century Bohemian people
15th-century Bohemian women