What's in a Prague street name

Kunešova was built in 1977, making it the newest street to date. And we’re back on the Hussites!

Kuneš z Bělovic (born in the 14th century) was a comrade of Jan Žižka.

The first written mention of him is from 1422, when he tried to overthrow Sigismund Korybut (Zikmund Korybutovič), who was acknowledged as governor of Prague and Bohemia in the same year.

After Žižka’s death in 1424, Kuneš became commander of his army. In 1426, he led one of the victorious Hussite armies in the Battle of Ústí nad Labem.

After that, he tried to besiege Poděbrady, but the siege failed after thirteen weeks.

Whatever Kuneš did after this, it wasn’t written down, meaning that, even though he was one of Žižka’s closest friends, we don’t even know when he died.