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Jan Žižka

Type Figure Region Bohemia Time c. 1360–1424 Also known as One-eyed Žižka

Jan Žižka (c.1360–1424) was Bohemia's foremost Hussite military commander, famed for wagon-fort tactics and stubborn defense;…

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  1. c. 1360–1419Trocnov · Czech landsOf lower Bohemian nobility, he served as a mercenary in his youth, fighting in Poland and elsewhere, before converting to Hussite religious reform ideas.
  2. 1420–1423Tábor · Czech landsCommanded Hussite forces from 1420, linking wagons into mobile forts and heavily defeating imperial coalitions at battles such as Sudoměř and Německý Brod; he went blind in both eyes during fighting yet kept commanding.
  3. 1423–1424Přibislav · Czech landsContinued campaigning in 1423–1424, unifying the armed forces of the Taborites and the Orphans (Ústí nad Labem faction); died of plague in October 1424 while besieging Přibislav and was buried at Kalšíce.

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