Eduard Beneš (1884 - 1948)

Born 28 May 1884 in Kožlany, Kralovice, Čechy, Rakousko

Ancestors

Husband of Anna (Vlčková) Benešová — married 6 Nov 1909 in Praha, Čechy, Rakousko

Died 3 Sep 1948 at age 64 in Sezimovo Ústí, Tábor, Čechy, Československo

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Biography

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Early life

Eduard Beneš was born on 28 May 1884 in the small town of Kožlany, Kingdom of Bohemia in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the tenth child of a peasant Matěj Beneš and Anna Petronila Beneš. His parents were cousins. He had 9 siblings: Václav, Regina, Cecilie, Jan Antonín, Barbora, Bedřich, Albert, Vojtěch and Ladislav.

He died of natural causes at his villa in Sezimovo Ústí on 3 September 1948. He is interred in the garden of his villa, and his bust is part of the headstone. His wife Hana, who lived until 2 December 1974, is interred next to him.

Sources

• 1884 Birth of Eduard Beneš, Plzeň státní archiv, www.portafontium.eu, Kožlany-15 matrika, image 48 (page 45) (also gives marriage and death dates)
• 1909 marriage of Eduard Beneš & Anna Vlčková as recorded in: Archiv Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, VIN 011 1909-1911 register, Church of St. Ludmila in Kral. Vinohradech, image 95 (page 73)