List_of_Czech_state_funerals
The list of Czech state funerals is an overview of state funerals in the history of what is now the Czech Republic.
- 1378 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor[1]
- 1875 – Ferdinand I of Austria[1]
- 1923 – Alois Rašín[2]
- 1934 – Lev Robert Melč[3]
- 1937 – Karel Kramář[4]
- 1937 – Tomáš Masaryk[1]
- 1948 – Jan Masaryk[5]
- 1948 – Edvard Beneš[1][5]
- 1953 – Klement Gottwald[1][5]
- 1955 – Václav Nosek[5]
- 1957 – Antonín Zápotocký[1][5]
- 1958 – Vítězslav Nezval[6]
- 1961 – Václav Kopecký[5]
- 1979 – Ludvík Svoboda[1]
- 2006 – Alois Eliáš (a state funeral did not take place until 64 years after he died in 1942)
- 2011 – Václav Havel[7]
After the death of singer Karel Gott (1 October 2019), the then Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, suggested a state funeral for him.[8] Ultimately, Karel Gott had a funeral with state honours.[9]
Funerals with state honours have been held in history for these personalities:
- 1986 – Jaroslav Seifert[10]
- 1988 – Vladimír Menšík[10]
- 2010 – Otakar Motejl
- 2019 – Karel Gott