# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jan-zizka
# Generated: 2026-09-01T00:28:44.106Z

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name: "Jan Žižka"
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description: "A one-eyed Czech commander who never lost a battle, then went fully blind and kept winning. Žižka turned peasant wagons into mobile fortresses, crushed three crusades sent to destroy his Hussite rebellion, and died undefeated — his tactics studied in war colleges six centuries later."
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 1360 to minor nobility in Trocnov, Žižka served as chamberlain to Queen Sofia of Bavaria and fought at Grunwald in 1410, defending Radzyń against the Teutonic Order. When the Hussite Wars erupted, he led the radical Taborite faction through the battles of Sudoměř and Vítkov Hill in 1420, then shattered the Holy Roman Empire and Hungarian forces at Kutná Hora in 1421 with field artillery that broke royal cavalry. He equipped armored wagons with cannons — primitive tanks — and used terrain reconnaissance and ambush to offset enemy numbers, recruiting nobles and peasants into a disciplined force that faced three crusades without a single defeat. Žižka died on 11 October 1424, his record unblemished, his methods now standard curriculum in military academies worldwide.