Brief Life History of Karel
When Karel Vohnický was born on 11 October 1925, in Prague, Czechoslovakia, his father, Karel Vohnický, was 40 and his mother, Anna Josefa Hošková, was 31. He married Zdenka Pešková on 20 April 1957, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He died on 13 September 1988, in Prague, Czechoslovakia, at the age of 62.
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1925–1988 Male
1935–2014 Female
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1885–1942 Male
1894–1957 Female
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1916–1995 Male
1920–2000 Female
1923–2003 Female
1925–1988 Male
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1938
Age 13
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Name Meaning
From a Germanic word, karl, meaning ‘free man’, akin to Old English ceorl ‘man’. The name, Latin form Carolus, owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Carolus—or Karl, the German form—was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel ( 688–741 ). Charles is the French form. The name occurs occasionally in medieval Britain as Karolus or Carolus; it had a certain vogue in West Yorkshire from the 1400s, particularly among gentry families. The form Charles was chosen by Mary Queen of Scots ( 1542–87 ), who had been brought up in France, for her son, Charles James ( 1566–1625 ), who became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603 , James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles , and the name thus became established in the 17th century both in the Stuart royal house and among English and Scottish supporters of the Stuart monarchy. In the 18th century it was to some extent favoured, along with James , by Jacobites, supporters of the exiled Stuarts, opposed to the Hanoverian monarchy, especially in the Highlands of Scotland. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further enhanced by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, leader of the 1745 rebellion.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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