About Jan Roháč of Dubá
Lived 1400 – 1437. Jan Roháč of Dubá was a military personnel.
Jan Roháč of Dubá (; died 9 September 1437) was a Bohemian Hussite general who originated in the Bohemian gentry.
Life Following the death of Jan Žižka, he became Master of Orphans, a radical Hussite sect. He survived the Battle of Lipany in 1434 and, in 1437, he retreated with his last remaining disciples to his Sion Castle in what is now the Czech Republic. There he was besieged and after four months the castle defenses were successfully breached by the combined efforts of Bohemian troops under Hynek Ptáček and Hungarian troops led by Michael Ország. Roháč was hanged on Emperor Sigismund's order three days later in Prague, alongside the survivors of his garrison. His death marked the end of involvement of the radical Hussites in public affairs in Bohemia.
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Who was Jan Roháč of Dubá?
Bohemian general
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Jan Roháč of Dubá was born in 1400.
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Jan Roháč of Dubá died on 9 September 1437 in Prague.
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Jan Roháč of Dubá was a military personnel.
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