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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