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15th century nobleman
Prokop
Prokop of Luxembourg captured by his brother Sigismund (Česko-moravská kronika, 1868)
Margrave of Moravia
Reign
1375–1405
Predecessor
John Henry
Successor
Jobst of Moravia
Born
c. 1358 Brno, Moravia
Died
24 September 1405 Královo Pole
Burial
Královopolský monastery [cs]
House
Luxembourg
Father
John Henry, Margrave of Moravia
Mother
Margaret of Opava
Prokop of Moravia, or Prokop of Luxembourg (Czech: Prokop Lucemburský; German: Prokop von Mähren; c. 1358 – 24 September 1405), a member of the House of Luxembourg, was Margrave of Moravia from 1375 until his death in 1405 and the provincial governor of the kingdom.
Prokop was born circa 1358 in the Moravian town of Brno. He was the third son of Margrave John Henry and Margaret of Opava. Upon his father's death in 1375, his eldest brother Jobst was confirmed as Margrave and Lord of Moravia, while Prokop and his brother John Sobieslaw received the title of "junior margraves".
The brothers soon started the so-called Moravian Margrave Wars, fueled by disputes over inheritance and the destabilizing situation after the death of their uncle Charles IV in 1378. Jobst and Prokop ruled Moravia together at that time and participated in the joint efforts of the Luxembourg dynasty to obtain the Polish and Hungarian crowns. They financially supported their cousin Sigismund of Luxembourg in obtaining the Hungarian crown. The Bohemian king Wenceslas IV also sought financial assistance from his Moravian cousins.
In 1402, Prokop became a prisoner of Sigismund of Luxembourg in Prešpurk and remained in prison for two years. Jobst eventually contributed to his release, but Prokop soon succumbed to illness and died on 24 September 1405 in Brno. After his death, Jobst became the sole lord of Moravia.
His illegitimate son George of Luxembourg [cs] was the last descendant of the Luxembourg family. However, due to his illegitimate origin, he could not assert the inheritance rights to the property and titles of his ancestors.
Margraviate ofMoravia, and would often quarrel with his younger brother Prokop and the Bishops of Olomouc. In 1388, Jobst received the Duchy of Luxembourg...
and 15th centuries. John Henry, Margrave ofMoravia had three notable sons; Jobst, John Sobieslaw, and Prokop. Upon his death, Jobst and John Sobieslaw...
been in the service ofProkopofMoravia during the Moravian Margrave Wars, but he fought for Margrave Jobst when he seized the town of Laa an der Thaya...
the Jobst and ProkopofMoravia; and the former held his territories until 1389, while the latter could maintain his rule over some of the territories...
The Margraviate ofMoravia (Czech: Markrabství moravské; German: Markgrafschaft Mähren) was one of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman...
army, led by Prokop the Great and Prokop the Lesser, who both fell in the battle, was totally defeated and almost annihilated at the Battle of Lipany. The...
casualties of the Hussites were quite big, making the victory not as successful. In september of 1431 the Hussite army under Prokop the Great, Prokop the Lesser...
subsequently occupied as the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia until the end of World War II, after which Bohemia became part of the restored Czechoslovakia. In...
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Hamáček, with confidence and supply support from the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) until April 2021. The largest opposition party was the Civic...
constructed, with a huge area of 55,000 square metres. In the second half of the 9th century, at the time of Great Moravia, a palace of stone surrounded by dwellings...
end of World War II in Europe, occupying German forces in Bohemia and Moravia were spontaneously attacked by civilians in an uprising, with Czech resistance...
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