Background
His parents were Boček II of Poděbrady and Anna Elisabeth of Leipa (Czechoslovakian: Anna Eliška z Lipé, a daughter of Henry of Leipa (Czechoslovakian: Jindřich z Lipé).
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Bocek III Podebrady
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In some sources he is referred to as Boček the Younger, to distinguish him from his father, who is then called Boček the Elder. Boček III is first mentioned in a document from 1395. He and his father are named together several times, until his father"s death in 1417.
Victor also inherited the Bohemian dominions Litice Castle and Náchod and the Lordship of Hummel, while the youngest brother Hynek Boček received the family seat at Poděbrady.
John, the oldest brother, died during his father"s lifetime, between 1407 and 1409. Victor and Boček III fought several legal battles about their Moravian possessions against their distant relatives Gerald Puška of Kunštát and Smil of Kunštát at Bludov.
In 1417, Boček III successfully besieged Pyšolec Castle. A year later he acquired the Lordship of Vranová Lhota.
Boček III lived most of his life in Moravia.
He called himself "Lord of Bouzov, and after 1427, "Lord of Moravská Třebová". He was not married and left no descendants. The year of his death is not certain.
Victor, in turn, outlived Hynek, who died in 1426.
Membership
Boček III was a member of the noble Poděbrady family.
