Boček III of Poděbrady (also: ''Boček III of Kunštát and Poděbrady'', , or ''Boček III. z Kunštátu a Poděbrad'' or ''Boček mladší z Poděbrad''; died: 1429) was a Bohemian-Moravian nobleman and supporter of the

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Life

Boček III was a member of the noble

Poděbrady family The Bohemian Poděbrady family () was a noble family in Bohemia, arising from the Lords of Kunštát. After Boček I of Poděbrady, Boček of Kunštát (d. 1373) had acquired the Lordship of Poděbrady by marriage, he called himself "Boček of ...

. His parents were Boček II of Poděbrady and Anna Elisabeth of Leipa (), a daughter of Henry of Leipa (). In some sources he is referred to as ''Boček the Younger'', to distinguish him from his father, who is then called ''Boček the Elder''. Boček III is first mentioned in a document from 1395. He and his father are named together several times, until his father's death in 1417. Boček then inherited the Moravian estates jointly with his younger brother Victor. Victor also inherited the Bohemian dominions

Litice Castle Litice Castle () is a castle in Záchlumí (Ústí nad Orlicí District), Záchlumí municipality in the Ústí nad Orlicí District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The town Lititz, Pennsylvania, Lititz in Pennsylvania was named afte ...

and

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and the Lordship of Hummel, while the youngest brother Hynek Boček received the family seat at

Poděbrady Poděbrady (; ) is a spa town in Nymburk District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 15,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Elbe River. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument ...

. John, the oldest brother, died during his father's lifetime, between 1407 and 1409. Victor and Boček III fought several legal battles about their Moravian possessions against their distant relatives Gerald Puška of Kunštát and Smil of Kunštát at Bludov. In 1417, Boček III successfully besieged Pyšolec Castle; a year later he acquired the Lordship of Vranová Lhota. After the start of the

Hussite Wars The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, a ...

, Boček III participated in a meeting at

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, where the nobles were forced to reject the Four Articles of Prague and to obey King

Sigismund Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German ''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection". Tacitus latinises it ''Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of ...

of Bohemia. A short time later, however, Boček III joined the Hussites. In 1422, he took part in the Hussite siege of

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. Boček III lived most of his life in Moravia. He called himself "Lord of Bouzov, and after 1427, "Lord of

Moravská Třebová Moravská Třebová (; ) is a town in Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an urban monument reservation. Administrative di ...

". He was not married and left no descendants. The year of his death is not certain. It is believed that he outlived his brother Victor, who died in 1427, by one or two years. Victor, in turn, outlived Hynek, who died in 1426.

References and sources

* Ondřej Felcman, Radek Fukala u. a.: ''Poděbradové. Rod českomoravských pánů, kladských hrabat a sleszkých knížat''. Nakladatelství Lidové Noviny 2008, .

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bocek 03 Of Podebrady Moravian nobility Hussite people 15th-century German people 1429 deaths Podiebrad family 14th-century births 15th-century nobility from Bohemia