Jan Roháč of Dubá (; died 9 September 1437) was a Bohemian Hussite general who originated in the Bohemian gentry.

Life

Following the death of Jan Žižka,áčofDubá he became Master of Orphans, a radical Hussite sect. He survived the Battle of Lipany in 1434 and, in 1437, he retreated with his last remaining disciples to his Sion Castle in what is now the Czech Republic. There he was besieged and after four months the castle defenses were successfully breached by the combined efforts of Bohemian troops under Hynek Ptáček and Hungarian troops led by Michael Ország. Roháč was hanged on Emperor Sigismund's order three days later in Prague.

Jan Roháč of Dubá

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Czech military leaders

Czech revolutionaries

Hussite people

1437 deaths

People executed by Hungary by hanging

People executed by the Holy Roman Empire

Executed Czech people

15th-century executions

Year of birth unknown

Jan Roháč of Dubá