Hynek Boček of Poděbrady

Hynek Boček of Podiebrad (also Hynek of Podiebrad, Hynek Boček of Kunštát and Podiebrad; Czech Hynek Boček Poděbrady, also Hynek Poděbradský, † October 16, 1426 in Nymburk ) was a Bohemian- Moravian nobleman and supporter of the Hussites.

Life

Hynek came from a noble family Podiebrad. His parents were Boček II of Podiebrad and Anna Elisabeth of Lipa ( Lipa Anna Eliska z ), a daughter of Henry of Lipa ( Lipa Jindřich z ). He often used in addition to Hynek as a middle name Boček who had tradition among his ancestors.

Was first documented Hynek 1417 in connection with the legacy of his late father this year. Hynek was the youngest among his brothers and inherited the Poděbrady headquarters with the associated rule. Jan, the eldest brother died, 1407-1409, during the lifetime of the father. The third-born Boček inherited together with the next -born Viktorin the Moravian estates, while Viktorin also received the Bohemian dominions Náchod and Hummel and Litice.

During the Hussite Wars Hynek was initially on the side of East Bohemian Orebiten whose captain he was. During the collision with the moderate Hussite Prague, he was taken prisoner by these, but resigned a year later in their services. 1423 he participated with his brother Viktorin on Hussitenzug to Moravia. 1425 he arrested the Nymburger marshal Jan Puska of Kunštát on whose castle Mydlovar and held him captive in his castle Podiebrad. The reason for the arrest was probably long-standing ownership dispute between the Poděbrady and the Lissitzer family branch of Kunstädter. After January Puska died in his prison soon to Hynek whose castle Mydlovar appropriated to the associated rule Kostomlat which he combined with his Poděbrady possessions. 1426 he participated in the Battle of Usti nad Labem. When the encampments Podiebrad besieged, he fled to Nymburk, where he died on October 16, 1426 from a gunshot injury. He was not married and had no children.