What's in a Prague street name

Originally published on Twitter on 20 August 2022.

Cimburkova was built before 1875.

Ctibor Tovačovský z Cimburka was born around 1437. His father, Jan Tovačovský z Cimburka, was a supporter of the Hussites and also governor of Moravia from 1437 to 1460 (and has his own street at https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2022/11/26/prague-3-day-87-tovacovskeho/).

Upon his father’s death in 1464, Ctibor was appointed a court judge in Moravia. A supporter of Jiří z Poděbrady, he led an unsuccessful crusade in Silesia in 1466, and his army was also defeated at Olomouc in 1468.

In 1469, when Jiří’s son was captured, Ctibor was appointed governor of Moravia in his place.

He was also Supreme Chancellor of the Kingdom of Bohemia from 1471 to 1479.

In 1480, he wrote the first Moravian law book, Kniha Tovačovská, outlining the system of Moravian law and the division of society.

He also reconstructed the Tovačov fortress in 1492, with its tower being the oldest Renaissance building north of the Alps.

He died, childless, in 1494; his cousin, also childless, died in 1502, meaning the Cimburka family ceased to exist.

Confession: I have no intention of stopping these tweets like, ever, but I have significant Hussite Fatigue right now.