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George of Poděbrady

1420 - 1471

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George of Kunštát and Poděbrady (23 April 1420 – 22 March 1471), also known as Poděbrad or Podiebrad (Czech: Jiří z Poděbrad; German: Georg von Podiebrad), was the sixteenth King of Bohemia, who ruled in 1458–1471. He was a leader of the Hussites, but moderate and tolerant toward the Catholic faith. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George of Poděbrady has received more than 259,042 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George of Poděbrady is the 1,984th most popular politician (up from 2,314th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Czech Politician.

George of Poděbrady was the king of Bohemia and the last member of the Přemyslid dynasty. He was a great patron of the arts and sciences, and a champion of the Catholic Church.

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  • 65.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George of Poděbrady ranks 1,984 out of 15,577. Before him are James Callaghan, Tiglath-Pileser III, Constans, Biljana Plavšić, Boris I of Bulgaria, and Emeric, King of Hungary. After him are Emperor Taizong of Song, Jayavarman VII, Donald Rumsfeld, Emperor Shenzong of Song, Rupert, King of Germany, and 1st Dalai Lama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1420, George of Poděbrady ranks 5. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Jean Fouquet, Benozzo Gozzoli, and Andrea del Castagno. After him are Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Sesshū Tōyō, João Vaz Corte-Real, Abdal-Latif Mirza, Agostino Barbarigo, Barthélemy d'Eyck, and Nicolas Jenson. Among people deceased in 1471, George of Poděbrady ranks 5. Before him are Henry VI of England, Pope Paul II, Thomas à Kempis, and Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales. After him are Isabella of Portugal, Duchess of Burgundy, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, Thomas Malory, João Gonçalves Zarco, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg, Emperor Go-Hanazono, and Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, George of Poděbrady ranks 64 out of 973. Before him are Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), Victor Lustig (1890), Franz Werfel (1890), and Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644). After him are Peter Grünberg (1939), Karl Kraus (1874), Max Wertheimer (1880), Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), František Kupka (1871), and Věra Čáslavská (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, George of Poděbrady ranks 17. Before him are Václav Klaus (1941), Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940), Karl Renner (1870), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), and Victor Lustig (1890). After him are Bonne of Luxembourg (1315), Jan Masaryk (1886), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Antonín Novotný (1904), and Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205).

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