Heresy
The Hussite King
The only issue remaining to be settled now was political: who would be king of Bohemia? Sigismund still had his claim, but he was still generally hated in Bohemia. He had agreed to the compact, but he refused to confirm the Hussite archbishop of Prague. He died the following year, 1437,leaving the situation further muddled, for his wife was pregnant and gave birth to a son, Ladislas.
With an infant the only legitimate claimant, and he the son of an enemy, political anarchy persisted in Bohemia. Various towns and nobles continued to negotiate with outsiders. The chief contender who emerged was George Podebrady of Slovakia. He captured Prague in 1448 and was recognized by the estates as "guardian" of little Ladislas in 1452. That curious relationship lasted until 1457 when Ladislas died and the Estates elected George as their king.
Known as the Hussite King, George ruled in Bohemia until his death in 1471. Much of his reign was spent battling Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, who had put in his own claims on Bohemia. In 1466 Pope Paul II had declared George a heretic and explicitly called upon Corvinus to bring him down, but the Bohemians repulsed every attack. Indeed Podebrady died while on campaign invading Hungary.
Vladislav of Poland succeeded as King of Bohemia in 1471. In 1485, an agreement signed at Kutna Hora recognized him in that position. The Jagellons now ruled Bohemia and it was free of the Empire, at least until 1526, when the Jagellon dynasty failed.