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King of Bohemia (1419 - 1437) and King of Hungary (1387 - 1437)
Albrecht of Austria King of Bohemia (1437 - 1435) and King of Hungary (1437 - 1439)
King of Bohemia (1443 - 1457) and King of Hungary (1445 - 1457)
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 Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as the Šumava, the Ore Mountains or Giant Mountains as part of the Sudeten mountains.
With Bohemia's conversion to Christianity in the 9th century, close relations were forged with the East Frankish kingdom, then part of the so-called Carolingian empire, later the nucleus of the Holy Roman Empire of which Bohemia was an autonomous part from the 10th century.
During the ecunemical Council of Constance in summer of 1415, the rector of the University of Prague and prominent reformer and religious thinker Jan Hus was sentenced to be burnt at the stake as a heretic.
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 Bohemia - LoveToKnow 1911
The mountain-ranges of the interior of Bohemia are the Brdywald (2798 ft.) in the middle; the Tepler Gebirge (2657 ft.), the Karsbader Gebirge (3057 ft.) and the Kaiserwald (3238 ft.), in the north-west part; while the northern corner is occupied by the Mittelgebirge (2739 ft.), a volcanic massif, stretching on both sides of the Elbe.
Bohemia belongs to the watershed of the Elbe, which rises within the territory and receives on the right the Iser and the Polzen, and on the left the Adler; the Eger with its affluent the Tepl; the Biela and the Moldau.
Albert, king of the Romans, declared that Bohemia was a vacant fief of the Empire, and, mainly by intimidation, induced the Bohemians to elect his son Rudolph as their sovereign; but Rudolph died after a reign of only one year.
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 Bohemia
In 878, Borziwoi was baptized by Methodius at Welehrad.
Bohemia contained at that time 1,914 parish priests with many assistants; there were one Hundred monasteries, and almost a third of the land belonged to the Church.
Bohemia is divided ecclesiastically as follows: The Archdiocese of Prague includes the northwestern and central parts of the country, the Diocese of Leitmeritz embraces the northern part, the Diocese of Königgrätz takes in the eastern part, and the Diocese of Budweis the southern part of the country.
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 List of rulers of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Czech Země koruny české, Latin Corona regni Bohemiae) (e.g.
Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia), were ruled by dukes (c.
Matthias Corvinus (1469–1490), King of Hungary, was crowned as rival "King of Bohemia" in 1469.
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 Bohemia
Bohemia's borders are marked with mountain ranges such as the Bohemian Forest[?], the Ore Mountains or Krkonoše as part of the Sudeten mountains.
The title of "King of Bohemia", already granted to the Premyslid dukes Vratislav II[?] (1085) and Vladislav II[?] (1158), became hereditary (1198) under Ottokar I, whose grandson Ottokar II (king 1253-1278) founded a short-lived empire covering also modern Austria.
Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York.
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 ::Bohemia::
Bohemia was to play a pivotal role in the outbreak of the Thirty Years War.
Bohemia was one of the more important economic regions of the empire and it was a melting pot of all religions whose people brought their respective expertise to the area.
The Catholic nobles of Bohemia elected Ferdinand King of Bohemia in June 1617.
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 Bohemia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bohemia Historical map of Bohemia Bohemia is also a place in the State of New York in the United States of America: see Bohemia, New York.
Bohemia (''&268;echy'' in Czech, Böhmen in German) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic.
Bohemia's borders are marked With mountain ranges such as the Šumava, the Ore Mountains or Krkono&353;e (Riesengebirge) as part of the Sudeten mountains.
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 Bohemia - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
Bohemia (Czech, Cechy; German, Böhmen), historical region of central Europe and former kingdom, forming roughly the westernmost two-thirds of what...
Elizabeth (of Bohemia) (1596-1662), queen consort of Frederick, King of Bohemia (1619-1620), born in Fife, Scotland, daughter of James VI, King of...
John (of Bohemia) (1296-1346), king of Bohemia (1310-1346), the son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII of Luxembourg.
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 bohemia
Crowned king of Bohemia (1617) and of Hungary (1618); Bohemians revolted (1617); uprising in Prague (1618) was beginning of Thirty Years' War.
Son and successor of Wenceslas I; king of Bohemia and Moravia (1253-78) and duke of Austria (1253-74); led crusades to East Prussia (1254) and Lithuania (1266-67); extended (1260-69) his domain from Silesia to the Adriatic; divested (1274, 1276) of all territories save Bohemia and Moravia by Rudolf I; rebelled, slain at Battle of Durnkrut.
Wenceslas (1361-1419), Holy Roman emperor and king of Germany (1378-1400) and, as Wenceslas IV, king of Bohemia (1378-1419).
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 Period of the Pøemyslid Kings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Wenceslas III (Václav) - King of Bohemia and Hungary, 1305-1306
Henry of Kärnten (Jindrich Korutanský) - King of Bohemia, 1306
Henry of Kärnten - King of Bohemia, 1307-1310
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 History of BOHEMIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Bohemian prince Otakar is elected duke of Austria in 1251, inherits the throne of Bohemia in 1253, wins further border territories by a victory over the Hungarians at Kressenbrunn in 1260, and subsequently extends his domain southwards as far as the Adriatic coast.
For several generations Bohemia has had close links with the German empire, and when the electors meet in 1273 to choose a new German king the most powerful candidate is undoubtedly Otakar.
Charles is elected German king in 1346, succeeds his father as king of Bohemia later in the same year, and is crowned emperor in Rome in 1355.
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 Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Bohemia
In the 9th and early 10th centuries, Bohemia was successively ruled by the Carolingian Franks, the Hungarians and the Holy Roman Empire.
Bohemia was later elevated to a kingdom, but the exact date in which that occurred is a little confused, although Vratislav is the first ruler referred to as "king".
Bohemia and Moravia are merged with Hungarian Slovak territory to form the republic of Czechoslovakia.
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 Timeline Bohemia
1271 Sep 17, Wenceslas II, king of Bohemia and Poland (1278-1305), was born.
1397 Aug 16, Albrecht II von Habsburg, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Germany, was born.
1456 Mar 1, Wladyslaw Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1471-1516), Hungary (1490-1516), was born.
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 History of BOHEMIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
They choose as their king one of the few Calvinist princes in the Holy Roman empire, Frederick V of the Rhine Palatinate.
In Bohemia this is a licence to continue the policy already put into practice in 1621 by Ferdinand II.
The native Czech element in Bohemia is henceforth virtually limited to the peasants, who work for German-speaking landowners on terms akin to serfdom.
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 The Kingdom of Bohemia
The land of Bohemia (modern Slovakia and the Czech Republic) is the rising star of Eastern Europe in the early 13th Century.
The current Bohemian King, Premysl Otakar (1197-1230), invited German colonists to settle the land (including that of his brother Vladislav, the Margrave of Moravia), since they are known for their adept mining skills.
Breclav is a fortified settlement in the March of Moravia that straddles the confluence of the Jihlava and Morava rivers.
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 That King
This would seem to presage the King's character, but in truth the King seems less obstinate than inept, and instead of being resolute he seems quite happy to pass on to Holmes the task of bailing him out of his problems.
('King of Bohemia' might have been retained in the family's titles much as 'Defender of the Faith' was retained by Henry VIII even after he broke with Rome.)
The poor fellow (Frederick, Elector of the Palatinate) who accepted the Kingship of Bohemia (that is to say, he was elected to the post -- proving that some kings do get elected) in 1618 and thereby set off the Thirty Years War, was married to the daughter of James I of England (Elizabeth by name).
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 Bohemia
The family is recorded as being "Ancient Knights of the Bohemia from the house of Vlastislavici" i.e.
Modern Commemorative coin of Karl IV, King of Bohemia and Czar of Holy Roman Empire from 1347 to 1379.
Portrait of the king is from artwork commissioned in 1370 by ancient relative Cardinal Jan.
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 Louis II (of Hungary and Bohemia) - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Louis II (of Hungary and Bohemia), in Hungarian, Lajos II (1506-1526), king of Hungary (1516-1526) and Bohemia (1509-1526), son and successor of...
John I Zápolya (1487-1540), king of Hungary (1526-1540), born in Slovakia.
Ferdinand II (Holy Roman Empire) (1578-1637), Holy Roman emperor (1619-1637), king of Bohemia (1617-1619), and king of Hungary (1621-1625).
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 Good King Wenceslas lyrics
The words to the carol "Good King Wenceslas" were written by John Mason Neale and published in 1853, the music originates in Finland 300 years earlier.
Good King Wenceslas was the king of Bohemia in the 10th century.
Good King Wenceslas was a Catholic and was martyred following his assassination by his brother Boleslaw and his supporters, his Saint's Day is September 28th, and he is the Patron Saint of the Czech Republic.
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 Master Theodoric, About Emperor Charles IV
Elected king of the Romans in 1346 and king of Bohemia the following year, Charles IV of Luxemburg was crowned emperor at Rome in 1355 and retained the imperial title until his death in 1378.
The latter, known as John the Blind, king of Bohemia, was an ardent francophile and patron of the poet Guillaume de Machaut ; he died at Cr�cy in 1346 while fighting on the French side.
Karel ascended to the throne as the King of Rome.
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 AllRefer.com - Leopold II, Holy Roman emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary (German History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Leopold II 1747–92, Holy Roman emperor (1790–92), king of Bohemia and Hungary (1790–92), as Leopold I grand duke of Tuscany (1765–90), third son of Maria Theresa.
Unlike Joseph, he had himself crowned king at Pozsony in Hungary (now Bratislava) and at Prague in Bohemia; he was the last crowned king of Bohemia.
Although he hoped to avoid war with revolutionary France, Leopold instigated (1791) the Declaration of Pillnitz, by which the emperor and the king of Prussia stated that if all other European powers would join them, they were prepared to restore Louis XVI to his lawful powers by force.
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 Bohemia: History
German influence in Bohemia increased with the growth of the towns and the rise of trade between East and West.
The Protestants were suppressed, and in 1627 Bohemia was demoted from a constituent Hapsburg kingdom to an imperial crown land; its diet was reduced to a consultative body.
In 1939, Bohemia was invaded by German troops and proclaimed part of the German protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
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 Laurie R. King
Irene's posing as a man figures in each of the novels, and her plausibility in the role provides the opportunity for the books to speculate upon the extent to which role-definition is a matter of appearance rather than ability or inherent traits.
The story of Irene Adler, the only woman ever to defeat Sherlock Holmes, appears in "A Scandal in Bohemia." Referred to ever after as "the woman" by Holmes, she is honored in one of the four Canonical Toasts specified by the constitution of the Baker Street Irregulars (Starrett 135).
King's off-handed injection of Wimsey and Raffles points up what George Dove sees as a distinguishing trait of detective fiction generally, its "self-reflexivity" (80).
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 The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions: Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347–1437   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
As the son of the king of Bohemia and the grandson of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV was well-educated, well-traveled, and—through bonds of kinship—well-connected with many of the courts of Europe.
These projects redoubled when Charles was elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1355, and—despite political and religious turmoil—were carried forward by his sons Wenceslas IV (his successor as King of Bohemia) and Sigismund (who ruled as King of Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor, and also—after the death of Wenceslas—King of Bohemia).
One of the great cathedrals of Europe, St. Vitus was built to serve many functions: it was the spiritual center of Prague and the kingdom of Bohemia, the coronation church and the final resting place of kings and queens, and the repository of the crown jewels of Bohemia.
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coronated as a King of Hungary 04 Aug 1306 = Vaclav (Wenceslas) III.
Sep 1306 = King Henry of Carinthia reign (Bohemia) 16 Oct 1306 = King Rudolf I. of Habsburg "King the Gruel" reign (Bohemia) 15 Aug 1307 = King Henry of Carinthia reign (Bohemia) ??
Jul 1490 = Vladislav of Jagello, King of Hungary ??
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 AllRefer.com - Wenceslaus III, king of Bohemia (Czech And Slovak History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Wenceslaus III c.1289–1306, king of Bohemia (1305–6) and of Hungary (1301–5), son and successor of Wenceslaus II.
On the death of Andrew III of Hungary, last of the Arpad dynasty, he was elected (1301) king of Hungary.
After an interregnum, John of Luxemburg, who married Wenceslaus's sister, was elected (1310) king of Bohemia.
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 Duncan Royale King Wenceslas
A regal figure who embodies the spirit of Christmas generosity is Good King Wenceslas, who lived between 907 and 929 A.D. Although mainly known from the famous Christmas carol that bears his name and which was only written in the last century, Wenceslas actually was a real king of Bohemia in Czechoslovakia.
At the age of eighteen he became king of Bohemia.
When those in charge of the forests told the young king that the wood was mysteriously disappearing, Wenceslas told them to try to catch the thief and punish him but not to take the wood away from him.
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