The funeral ceremony takes place in the St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle.
The list of Czech state funerals is an overview of state funerals in the history of what is now the Czech Republic.
1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor[1]
1875 – Ferdinand I of Austria[1]
1923 – Alois Rašín[2]
1934 – Lev Robert Melč[3]
1937 – Karel Kramář[4]
1937 – Tomáš Masaryk[1]
1948 – Jan Masaryk[5]
1948 – Edvard Beneš[1][5]
1953 – Klement Gottwald[1][5]
1955 – Václav Nosek[5]
1957 – Antonín Zápotocký[1][5]
1958 – Vítězslav Nezval[6]
1961 – Václav Kopecký[5]
1979 – Ludvík Svoboda[1]
2006 – Alois Eliáš (a state funeral did not take place until 64 years after he died in 1942)
2011 – Václav Havel[7]
After the death of singer Karel Gott (1 October 2019), the then Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, suggested a state funeral for him.[8] Ultimately, Karel Gott had a funeral with state honours.[9]
Funerals with state honours have been held in history for these personalities:
1986 – Jaroslav Seifert[10]
1988 – Vladimír Menšík[10]
2010 – Otakar Motejl
2019 – Karel Gott
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^"Pohřeb Vítězslava Nezvala". vitezslavnezval.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
^Hořejší, Nela (2011-12-23). "Dagmar Havlová se rozloučila s manželem, pohřeb zvládla s noblesou". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-10-12.
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