Libuše

female
czech, Libušín, Pole a palisáda, Přemysl, the Ploughman, Krok, Chronica Boëmorum…Czechhistory
Libuše is a mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as whole. According to legend, she founded Prague during the 8th ce...
Mila Rechcigl

Mila Rechcigl

male, 79 years old
Cornell University alumni, Biologist, from Maryland, writer, historian, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences…czech, Czechhistory, Czech-American, Czech culture
Miloslav Rechcigl, Jr., or Mila Rechcigl, as he is called, is a trained biochemist, nutritionist and cancer researcher, writer, editor, historian,...

Soběbor

male
Czechhistory, Premyslid, Boleslaus the Brave
Soběbor (c. 950) was the brother of Saint Adalbert of Prague and a friend of Polish king, Boleslaus the Brave. He was equally powerful as the P...

Mordecai Meisel

male, deceased (1601)
czech, Court Jew, Mordecai Marcus Meisel, scroll of the Law, Meisel synagogue, Altneusynagoge…Czechhistory
Mordecai Marcus Meisel was a philanthropist and communal leader at Prague; son of Samuel Meisel. The persecution of the Jews of Prague by the...
Marbod

Marbod

male, deceased (37)
first century A.D., Nerthus, I, Claudius, Germanic peoples, danube, germanic…Czechhistory
Marbod or Maroboduus (died in A.D. 37), was king of the Marcomanni. In his novel I, Claudius Robert Graves interprets the name 'Marbod' as meaning...

Podevin

male
10th century, servant, page, Czechhistory, Early Middle Ages, Wenceslaus I
Podevin (10th Century) was a page of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. He is immortalized because of his appearance in the Christmas Carol "Good King...