Cenek of Wartenberg
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Čeněk of Wartenberg (ca. 1379after 1419) was a commander of the Royalist Bohemia
n forces at the start of the Hussite Wars
. Up until the first half of 1420 he was a commander of the Utraquist League, a moderate faction of the Hussite movement. As a result of severe atrocities committed by Taborites, members of the more radical part of this movement, he returned to the royalist/Catholic side.
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
n forces at the start of the Hussite Wars
Hussite Wars
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars involved the military actions against and amongst the followers of Jan Hus in Bohemia in the period 1419 to circa 1434. The Hussite Wars were notable for the extensive use of early hand-held gunpowder weapons such as hand cannons...
. Up until the first half of 1420 he was a commander of the Utraquist League, a moderate faction of the Hussite movement. As a result of severe atrocities committed by Taborites, members of the more radical part of this movement, he returned to the royalist/Catholic side.