Diviš Bořek z Miletínka

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Diviš Bořek z Miletínka (also in the German form of the name Diwisch Borek von Miletin ) († 1437 ) was field captain of the Hussites in Eastern and Central Bohemia.

After Jan Hus was burned in Constance , the poor country gentleman joined the Hussite movement. The originally radical Hussite leader and campaigner of Jan Žižka later switched to the moderates and became an opponent of the radical Taborites himself .

In 1420 he conquered Königgrätz with the priest Ambros . In 1421, after conquering and plundering the Benedictine monastery in Opatovice in Eastern Bohemia, he confiscated its lands and until 1423 built a smaller castle on Kunietitz Hill , which he named after the mountain.

In June and July 1423 he led together with Bedřich ze Strážnice a campaign to Moravia , in which they the armies of the Olomouc bishop Johann XII. the Iron Man and the Prince of Troppau , Přemek, struck. After his return to Bohemia, the armies of the Hussites at Strážnice near Königgrätz were attacked by brotherly armies of Jan Žižka , defeated and the booty captured in Moravia.

In the following years he led conquests to Eastern Bohemia and became captain in Chrudim and Leitomischl . In 1427, as captain of Kolín , he supported the moderate Chalice Brothers ( Kalixtiner ) and hosted their delegation, which decided to attack Prague at this meeting. However, this plan was betrayed and the army was massacred. In return, Andreas Prokop and his army moved to Kolin and besieged it. Diwish was able to maintain the defense for three months until the poor people of the city, who sympathized with the radical Hussites, forced him to surrender. Diwisch agreed with the besiegers to surrender the city against safe conduct.

In the following years he was one of the leading figures of the moderate Hussites and stood in the forefront of the united armies of the Catholics under the leadership of King Sigismund of Luxembourg and the Chalice Brothers at the Battle of Lipan on May 30, 1434 , in which he was the armies who struck orphans and Taborites. As a reward for his loyal service, he finally received the lands of Kunětická Hora and other areas. In 1436 he bought Pardubitz as well.

His participation in the Hussite Wars made him a great fortune. After the inheritance of the richest man in Eastern Bohemia was divided among his sons after his death, it was just as quickly lost.