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Jan Žižka z Trocnova a Kalicha (English: John Zizka of Trocnov, German: Johann Ziska or Johann Schischka) (c. 1360 - 1424), Czech general and Hussite leader, follower of Jan Hus, was born at Trocnov in Bohemia, of a family which belonged to the gentry. He took part in the civil wars in Bohemia in the reign of Wenceslaus IV. Legal records from 1378 mention Jan Žižka z Trocnova, hinting that if the nick-name žižka meant one-eye, early chronologer Aeneus Sylvius Piccolomini, Pius II was correct in stating the loss of the eye was the result of a childhood fight. Žižka fought in the Battle of Grunwald (July 15, 1410), where he defended Radzyń against the German Knights. He was from his youth connected with the court, and held the office of chamberlain to Queen Sophia.