Victor of Poděbrady
| Victor, Duke of Münsterberg | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Ptáček of Pirkstein Sophie of Teschen Margarete Palaiologa of Montferrat |
| Noble family | Poděbrady |
| Father | George of Poděbrady |
| Mother | Kunigunde of Sternberg |
| Born |
29 May 1443 Cieszyn |
| Died | 30 August 1500 (aged 57) Cieszyn |
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg also: Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava; Czech: Viktorin z Minsterberka; (29 May 1443 in Cieszyn – 30 August 1500 in Cieszyn) was an Imperial Count from 1459 and Count of Kladsko. From 1462 until his death, he was Duke of Münsterberg, and from 1465 to 1485 Duke of Opava.
Victor was the second son of the Bohemian king George of Poděbrady and his wife Kunigunde of Sternberg. In 1463 he married Margaret Ptáčková, the only daughter of Hynek Ptáček of Pirkstein, who died in 1472. Two years later he married Sophie, daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Cieszyn. After her death in 1479, he married in 1480 Margarete Palaiologa of Montferrat (d. 1496). From these marriages, he had several daughters:
and two sons:
Because Victor's older brother Boček was mentally challenged, the duties of the first-born were transferred to Victor. Consequently, he had to stand by his father politically from a young age. His father asked emperor Frederick III to appoint Victor to imperial count, which the emperor did in 1449. In 1462, the appointment was confirmed and at the same time his younger brothers Henry the Elder and Henry the Younger were also appointed imperial count. A little earlier, George had appointed Victor and both Henries Dukes of Münsterberg both of Opava (which he had acquired in 1464) and Counts of Kladsko. These areas were ruled by the brothers jointly until George's death in 1471.
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