Prokop or Prokop the Great (Czech: Prokop Veliký) (b. about 1380 at Hýlov near Tábor – d. 30 May 1434 at Lipany) was one of the most prominent Hussite generals of the Hussite Wars. His name has also been given as Prokop Holý or Prokopius Rasus - latin translation ("the Shaven," in allusion to his having received the tonsure in early life), Procopius the Great, and Andrew Procopius.
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