Jan Čapek ze Sán

January Čapek ze Sán ( * before 1427; † after 1445 ) was a Bohemian leader of the Hussites.

Life

January Čapek ze Sán came from an eastern Bohemian Vladikengeschlecht and was the owner of the Free Good Sány. He was an able, radical Hussitenfeldherr the orphans. His features were irritability, Herrschsüchtigkeit, madness and exaggerated self-assessment. He amassed a large fortune for the Hussites by his features. After partial replacement of Prokop Holy he was anxious to take over his position at the siege of Pilsen. Through his ruthlessness Čapek depth but only the internal power struggles between the moderate and radical camps. After he left the Battle of Pilsen prematurely and also the Emperor Sigismund revealed many of his soldiers considered him a traitor.

Campaigns

In 1427 he moved with his army of orphans to Silesia and had to at the battle of Náchod retire defeated.

1431 to 1434 he was the commander of the Army of the orphans and moved in the spring of 1431 together with the first encampments in Slovakia, but he was also here initially not very successful and the campaign dragged on. While withdrawing the encampments, fought the orphans in southern Slovakia on. Here they made rich booty, but were ambushed on the way back in November 1431 during the crossing of the Waag with their heavily loaded wagons by the Hungarians and defeated. Two thirds of the soldiers fell.

In 1433 he led together with the Poles a very successful expedition against the Teutonic Knights and came to the Baltic Sea before. A year later, he fought in the battle of Lipan against the moderate Hussites. Again, they were overpowered badly bruised. After leaving Čapek Bohemia and entered the service of the Polish king. The last time he is mentioned in 1445.

Bibliography

  • Jiří Petr Kejř: Husité. Prague 1984
  • Petr Čornej: Tajemství kronik českých. Prague 1987
  • Petr Klučina: České Země v dobe Hussite. Prague 1994
  • Bohemian nobleman
  • Military person (Bohemia )
  • Born in the 14th or 15th century
  • Died in the 15th century
  • Man
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