Bohemian Civil War of 1448-51
Years: 1448 - 1451
Albert II, who had succeeded King Sigismund as King of Bohemia, Germany and Hungary, had in turned been succeeded by his posthumously born son Ladislaus, during whose reign Bohemia is divided into two parties: the party faithful to Rome, led by Oldřich of Rosenberg (1403–1462), and the Hussite party, led by George of Podebrady.After various attempts at reconciliation, George seeks a military decision.
He gradually raises an armed force in northeastern Bohemia, where the Hussites are strong and where his ancestral castle Litice is situated.
In 1448, he marches this army, about nine thousand strong, from Kutná Hora to Prague, and obtains possession of the capital almost without resistance.Civil war, however, breaks out, but George succeeds in defeating the nobles who remain faithful to Rome.
In 1451 the emperor Frederick III, as guardian of the young king Ladislaus, entrusts Poděbrad with the administration of Bohemia.
In the same year a diet assembled at Prague also confers the regency on George.