Editing Tomáš Masaryk (section)

==Early life==
Masaryk was born to a poor, working-class family in the predominantly Catholic city of [[Hodonín]], [[Margraviate of Moravia]], in [[Moravian Slovakia]] (in the present-day [[Czech Republic]], then part of the [[Austrian Empire]]). The nearby [[Slovakia|Slovak]] village of [[Kopčany]], the home of his father Jozef, also claims to be his birthplace.<ref>Michaláč, Jozef 2007 T.G. Masaryk a kopčianska legenda. Kde sa v skutočnosti narodil náš prvý prezident? Bratislava: Nestor.</ref> Masaryk grew up in the village of [[Čejkovice (Hodonín District)|Čejkovice]], in [[South Moravian Region|South Moravia]], before moving to [[Brno]] to study.<ref name=capek>Čapek, Karel. 1995 [1935–1938]. ''Talks with T.G. Masaryk'', tr. Michael Henry Heim. North Haven, CT: Catbird Press, p. 77.</ref>

His father, Jozef Masárik, was Slovak, born in [[Kopčany]], [[Slovakia]]. Jozef Masárik was a carter and, later, the steward and coachman at the imperial estate in the nearby town of Hodonín. Tomáš's mother, Teresie Masaryková (née Kropáčková), was a [[Moravians|Moravian]] who received a German education. A cook at the estate, she met Masárik and they married on 15 August 1849.