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  Premysl Ottokar II
1230-1278), king of Bohemia (1253-1278), was a son of King Wenceslaus I[?] of Premysl dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde, was related to the Hohenstaufen family, being a grandson of the German king, Philip of Swabia.
Both before and after he became king of Bohemia in succession to his father in September 1253 Ottokar was involved in a dispute with Bela IV[?], king of Hungary, over the possession of Styria, which duchy had formerly been united with Austria.
Ottokar was a founder of towns and a friend of law and order, while he assisted trade and welcomed German immigrants.
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  Anna of BOHEMIA - Marie of BOHEMIA
\-Gerberge of HENNEBERG, Countess of Kitzinggau Borivoj II of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia
1 Borivoj II of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia =Gerberga (Helbirg) of AUSTRIA 2 Jaromir of JAMNITZ, Duke of Jamnitz 2 Boleslav of BOHEMIA 2 Spitinjev of BOHEMIA 2 Leopold of MORAVIA-OLMUTZ, Duke Olmutz 2 Albrecht of BOHEMIA
\-Gerberge of HENNEBERG, Countess of Kitzinggau Bretislav II of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia
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 Premysl Ottokar I
Premysl Ottokar I (or Premysl Ottakar I, Czech: Přemysl Otakar I), king of Bohemia (1198-1230), was a younger son of King Vladislav II[?] (d.
His early years were passed amid the anarchy which prevailed everywhere in the country, after several struggles, in which he took part, he was recognized as ruler of Bohemia by the emperor Henry VI in 1192.
He reunited Moravia with Bohemia in 1222, and when he died in December 1230 he left to his son, Wenceslaus I[?], a kingdom united and comparatively peaceable.
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 Bohemia
Ottokar I and Ottokar II were the most conspicuous rulers of the Premysl dynasty.
In 878, Borziwoi was baptized by Methodius at Welehrad.
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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 Bohemia Info - Bored Net - Boredom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Bohemia (Čechy in Czech, Böhmen in German) is an 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 Bohemian Forest, the Ore Mountains or Krkonoše 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.
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 Prague
Nicholas II granted the duke the honour of "the mitre" (a cloak) for an annual payment of one hundred marks; this honour was regarded as a sign of royal dignity.
Ottokar's viceroy in Austria, Peter of Rosenberg, founded the monastery of Hohenfurt in expiation of his sins and for the salvation of the souls of his ancestors.
Francis II was a pious ruler, who took a serious view of his duty in regard to conscience and religious duties, but for nearly a generation the war with France claimed all the strength and energy of the Government.
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 Vienna, Austria
After 1848 thousands took the opportunity to leave the shtetls of Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary and Galicia and migrated to the capital of the Habsburg empire.
The Austrians were victorious, but the Babenberg duke Friedrich II was killed in battle without having any male heirs, leaving his family line extinct.
In 1276, Rudolf I of Habsburg, Holy Roman emperor since 1273, mounted a campaign against Premysl Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, who had taken over the orphaned Babenberg lands, for "insubordination to the Empire." Ottokar was killed in battle in 1278.
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 Babenberg
Duke Ernst II of Swabia (1015-30), *1010, +k.a.17.8.1030
Duke Hermann IV of Swabia (1030-38), *1015, +Trento 28.7.1038; m.Adelheid of Susa (*1015 +19.12.1091) dau.of Mgve Odelrico Menfredo II of Susa, Mkgf of Turin by Berthe von Este
Mgve Heinrich II "Jasomirgott" of Austria (1141-56), Duke of Austria (1156-77), Duke of Bavaria (1143-56), Pfgf bei Rhein (1140-42), *1112, +k.a.
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 RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project: My Ancestry and Some Collateral Lines
Premysl Ottokar II of Bohemia was born 1233, and died 26 AUG 1278 in Durnkrut.
Wenceslas II of Bohemia was born 17 SEP 1271, and died 21 JUN 1305 in Prague.
Elizabeth of Bohemia was born 20 JAN 1291/92, and died 28 SEP 1330 in Prague.
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 Ancestors and Family of Premysl Ottokar I of Bohemia
Premysl Otakar I (or Premysl Ottakar I, Czech: Premysl Otakar I), king of Bohemia (1198-December 15, 1230), was a younger son of King Vladislav II (d.
Premysl married Adelheid von Meißen, daughter of Otto von Meißen and Hedwig von Brandenburg, in 1187.
Premysl next married Constance of Hungary, daughter of Béla III of Hungary and Margaret of France Capet, in 1198.
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 Ottokar II of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both before and after he became king of Bohemia in succession to his father in September 1253 Otakar was involved in a dispute with Bela IV, king of Hungary, over the possession of Styria, which duchy had formerly been united with Austria.
Meanwhile, at a convention of the Reichstag at Frankfurt in 1274, Rudolph decreed that all imperial lands seized since the death of Emperor Frederick II must be returned to the crown.
He found allies and collected a large army, but he was defeated by Rudolph and killed at the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen on the March on August 26, 1278.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ottokar II of Bohemia
Ottokar was originally educated for the role of an ecclesiastical administrator.
Ottokar II also led two expeditions against the pagan Prussians and founded Königsberg, which was named in his honour and later became the capital of Prussia.
Ottokar is seen outside the gates of Purgatory, in amiable companionship with his imperial rival Rudolph.
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 Czech history Premyslid dynasti 870 - 1306
Bohemian sovereign Premysl Otakar I took advantage of this situation obtaining the title of King in 1198, and ultimately in the year 1212 Roman and Sicilian King Frederick II yielded to him in a document named the Golden Bulla of Sicily.
Already in the 12th century, the systematic colonization of hitherto unsettled regions and the conversion of extensive forests and moor lands into arable land were launched under the pressure of necessity and at the initiative of the sovereign, the monasteries and convents, and the nobility.
The daughter of Premysl Otakar I, the devout Anežka Ceská (Agnes of Bohemia.
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 Bohemia - Gurupedia
Bohemia (Čechy in Czech, Böhmen in German) is an
Bohemia was granted freedom of religion on July 6, 1609, but this lasted for only a short time.
National tensions arose in Sudetenland where the population was mainly German, and this eventually led to the paralysis of Austria.
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 PRemysl: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
He was succeeded by Wenceslaus I, Ottocar II, Wenceslaus II (who was also king of Poland), and Wenceslaus III, with whom the dynasty died out in 1306.
PREMYSL p rzhem is l, earliest dynasty of Bohemia.
OTTOCAR II or Premysl Ottocar II, c.1230 1278, king of Bohemia (1253 78), son and successor of Wenceslaus I. Ottocar shrewdly exploited the disorders...
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bohemia
Böhmen, or formerly Böheim; Latin Bohemia or Bojohemum), a cisleithan (i.e.
Bohemia, the chief tributaries of the Elbe are the Iser and the Eger.
Bohemia was the starting point of the Thirty Years' War which brought such terrible disasters upon the whole of Germany.
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 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Talk:Gdansk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Bohemia means he was a part of the HRE Holy Roman Empire, because Bohemia was a part.
to Rudolf III Habsburg, king of Bohemia Rudolf III was the son of Albert I Habsburg, HRE acc.
Waclaw III or Wenzel III was the son of this Elizabeth, dec. of the emperor and her husband Wenzel II.
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 Przemysl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Premysl - founder of the Bohemian dukes and kings dynasty
Przemysl II of Poland - duke of Greater Poland, Cracow and Pomerania, king of Poland in 1295.
Premysl I Ottokar - duke of Bohemia (1192-1193)
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 Wikinfo | Bohemia
The central European region of Bohemia (Čechy in Czech, Böhmen in German) occupies the western and middle thirds of today's Czech Republic.
In the 15th century there was turmoil in Bohemia during the Hussite Wars; in fact, a crusade against heresy was declared by the Pope.
Bohemia was granted freedom of religion on July 6, 1609.
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 thePeerage.com - Ludmila of Bohemia and others
She married Premysl Ottokar I, King of Bohemia, son of Vladislav I, King of Bohemia and Judith von Thuringe, in 1187.
She was the daughter of Premysl Ottokar I, King of Bohemia and Constance Arpád.
     Premysl, Margrave of Moravia was born in 1209.
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 Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
Philip II died in 1223 and was succeeded by Louis VIII.
Sverker II, son of the Goth Charles, was king of Sweden from 1196 to 1210 according to a compact made between the Swedes and the Goths.
Hostility between Bohemia and Austria paused during the Mongol invasion as the Duke of Silesia was defeated by the Tartars at Liegnitz in 1241.
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 The Builder Magazine - September 1929
Ottokar is famed for his conquests, alliances and understandings with his neighbors.
Ottokar succumbed to the first Hapsburger that threw his shadow over Bohemia; the successors of Charles and George of Podiebrad could not stand against the forces of reaction.
But it should be noted that even Joseph II did not betray his medieval convictions; he did not recognize the equality of Protestant and Jews with the members of the Catholic Church.
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 Virtual Vienna Net: Austria's History
When, in 1246, the childless Duke Friedrich II was killed in the Battle of the Leitha against the Magyars, his lands became the object of his neighbors' power politics.
In 1526, after the death of the last Jagellonian king Ludwig II in the Battle of Mohács, Bohemia and Hungary were united with Austria.
Her son Joseph II abolished serfdom, issued the Toleration Edict and secularized monasteries and church property, thus paving the way for consistent centralism.
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 Women in power 1250-1300
In Akova she was the heiress of her uncle Gautier II de Rozières, baron of Akova (Matagrifon) but was unable to claim her inheritance within 2 years and 2 days due to her absence and Prince Guillaume therefore declared her inheritance forfeit.
Maria II was the daughter-daughter of King Almaric I of Jerusalem and pretender to the throne against Hugh III de Lusignan, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem.
Both King Ottokar of Bohemia and King Rudolf von Habsburg of Hungary forced her to resign her claims, but she continued her pressure and in the end she was given 6.000 Mark as compensation.
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 Vienna Historical background guide
In 1276, Rudolf I of Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor since 1273, mounted a campaign against Premysl Ottokar II, King of Bohemia, who had taken over the orphaned Babenberg lands, for "insubordination to the Empire." Ottokar was killed in battle in 1278.
Freed from the Turkish threat and the hub of an expanding empire, Vienna again grew under the reign of Karl VI; the Karlskirche, the Belvedere palaces and many other Baroque buildings were constructed and what was called "Vienna gloriosa" was born.
They abolished torture and serfdom, established tolerance for non-Catholic religious denominations, created a totally new administrative structure for the Empire, introduced compulsory elementary education for all, put the army on a new footing, founded Vienna's General Hospital and opened the Prater gardens and Augarten park to the general public.
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 thePeerage.com - Peter of Chambly and others
He married Agnes of Bohemia, daughter of Premysl II Ottokar, King of Bohemia and Kunigarde of Galicia, in 1289.
She was the daughter of Premysl II Ottokar, King of Bohemia and Kunigarde of Galicia.
She married Wenceslas II, King of Bohemia, son of Premysl II Ottokar, King of Bohemia and Kunigarde of Galicia, in 1285.
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 COA
Baron Vikart von Polna, became Burggraf of Brno and married Eliska one of the daughters of King Ottokar II Premyslid - the family line von Polna ended in 1318.
The Coat of Arms is among the oldest in existence in Bohemia.
Hron, son of Marik, was escort to King John of Bohemia and died with the king at the famous Battle of Crecy in France in 1346 fighting against The Black Prince, Edward of England.
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 ANTIQUANOVA MINT - M11 Bohemia, Premysl Ottokar II Bracteat (silver and aluminum coin replicas)
Premysl dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde, was related to the
1276 to sign a treaty by which he gave up Austria and the neighbouring duchies, retaining for himself only Bohemia and Moravia.
Two years later the Czech king tried to recover his lost lands, he found allies and collected a large army, but he was defeated by Rudolph and killed at the
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 Literary Encyclopedia: König Ottokars Glück und Ende   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
At the opening of the play the Bohemian king is in his prime, virile, energetic, and ambitious, a man who seems mismatched with his aging queen.
In his pursuit of Kunigunde Ottokar followed pragmatic considerations as well as his desire for sexual fulfilment and his hopes for an heir.
As was the case in Ottokar’s marriage with Margarethe, the younger partner casts off the older one and turns to a youthful lover.
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