A report on Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia and Přemyslid dynasty

Last three Přemyslid kings according to illumination from the Chronicon Aulae regiae: Přemysl Ottokar II (one crown – Bohemia), Wenceslaus II (two crowns – Bohemia and Poland) and Wenceslaus III (three crowns – Hungary, Bohemia and Poland)

The Kingdom of Bohemia and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire (1618)

The Margraviate of Moravia and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown within the Holy Roman Empire (1618)

Bohemian king Wenceslaus II as the King of Poland, a romantic drawing by Jan Matejko (1892)

Territories ruled by Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1273

Sitting of the Moravian Diet, 17th century

Maximum extent of the kingdom under Ottokar II, c. 1276

The oldest depiction of coat of arms of Bohemia, castle Gozzoburg in Krems

The former Moravian Diet building. It now houses the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic.

Territory under the control of the Přemyslids, c. 1301:
Kingdom of Bohemia
Kingdom of Poland
Probable extent of territory under control of Wenceslaus III in Hungary
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Wenceslaus II as depicted in the Codex Manesse

The unadopted coat of arms as a heraldic artwork made by Hugo Gerard Ströhl

Territories under the control of the Přemyslid dynasty around 1301

Moravian and Austrian Silesian districts, 1897

Prague Castle, the ancient seat of Bohemian dukes and kings, Roman kings and emperors, and after 1918 the office of the Czechoslovak and Czech presidents

Judicial districts (Gerichtsbezirke) in Moravia

Kutná Hora, a medieval silver-mining centre, was once the second most important town of the kingdom.

Coat of arms of the Austrian province of Bohemia by Hugo Gerard Ströhl

Ströhl's unofficial artwork of the Coat of arms of the kingdom (with the Crown of Saint Wenceslas, Bohemian Crown Jewels part)

Bohemia and Lands of the Bohemian Crown in 1618

Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1712

Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1847

Administrative divisions of Bohemia in 1893

The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemyslid (Přemyslovci, Premysliden, Przemyślidzi) was a Bohemian royal dynasty which reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia (9th century–1306), as well as in parts of Poland (including Silesia), Hungary, and Austria.

- Přemyslid dynasty

It was variously a de facto independent state, and also subject to the Duchy, later the Kingdom of Bohemia.

- Margraviate of Moravia

The kingdom was established by the Přemyslid dynasty in the 12th century from the Duchy of Bohemia, later ruled by the House of Luxembourg, the Jagiellonian dynasty, and from 1526 the House of Habsburg and its successor, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

- Kingdom of Bohemia

Temporarily ruled by King Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland from 999 until 1019, Moravia was re-conquered by Duke Oldřich of Bohemia and ultimately became a land of the Crown of Saint Wenceslas held by the Přemyslid dynasty.

- Margraviate of Moravia

the Margraviate of Moravia (Markrabství moravské), acquired by Přemyslid and Slavník Bohemian rulers after the 955 Battle of Lechfeld, lost in 999 to Poland and reconquered by Duke Bretislaus I in 1019/1029 (uncertain dating);

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Bohemia

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Westernmost and largest historical region of the Czech Republic.

An 1892 map showing Bohemia proper outlined in pink, Moravia in yellow, and Austrian Silesia in orange

The coat of arms of the Přemyslid dynasty (until 1253–1262)

The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia

The radical Hussites became known as Taborites, after the town of Tábor that became their center

Bohemia as the heart of Europa regina; Sebastian Münster, Basel, 1570

Bohemia (westernmost area) in Czechoslovakia 1918–1938

Linguistic map of interwar Czechoslovakia (c. 1930)

A panorama of Kłodzko, the capital city of Kłodzko Land, which is referred to as "Little Prague"

Lands of the Bohemian Crown (until 1635), map by Josef Pekař, 1921

Bohemia was a duchy of Great Moravia, later an independent principality, a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire, and subsequently a part of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austrian Empire.

A native monarchy arose to the throne, and Bohemia came under the rule of the Přemyslid dynasty, which would rule the Czech lands for the next several hundred years.

The renewal of the old Bohemian Crown (Kingdom of Bohemia, Margraviate of Moravia, and Duchy of Upper and Lower Silesia) became the official political program of both Czech liberal politicians and the majority of Bohemian aristocracy ("state rights program"), while parties representing the German minority and small part of the aristocracy proclaimed their loyalty to the centralist Constitution (so-called "Verfassungstreue").

Ottokar II of Bohemia

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At the peak of his power, Ottokar II's realm stretched from the Sudetes to the Adriatic Sea.

In the painting, Přemysl Otakar II: The Union of Slavic Dynasties (1924), part of Alphonse Mucha's 20-canvas work The Slav Epic, Ottokar is depicted at his niece's wedding celebration, forging alliances with other Slavic rulers in attendance.

Burial crown of Ottokar II of Bohemia at Prague Castle

Tomb of Ottokar II in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague

Ottokar II Přemysl in a miniature from the Gelnhausen Codex

Ottokar is accepted as Duke of Austria in 1251. A painting by Jan Goth, 1936

Depiction in the Zbraslav Chronicle by Peter of Zittau, 14th century

Otacarvs II. rex, statue by Ludwig von Schwanthaler (1847) placed at the National Museum in Prague (symbol of keep at his right foot is reminiscent of the many castles and towns, which he founded)

Ottokar II (Přemysl Otakar II.; c. 1233, in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his death in 1278.

He also held the titles of Margrave of Moravia from 1247, Duke of Austria from 1251, and Duke of Styria from 1260, as well as Duke of Carinthia and landgrave of Carniola from 1269.

Named after his grandfather King Přemysl Ottokar I, he was originally educated for the role of an ecclesiastical administrator, while his elder brother Vladislaus was designated heir of the Bohemian kingdom.

Charles IV in the Votive Panel of Jan Očko of Vlašim

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

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The first King of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor.

Coat of arms of the House of Luxembourg–Bohemia

Arms of Charles IV as Holy Roman Emperor

Lands of the Bohemian Crown ruled by Charles IV

Bust of Charles IV in St. Vitus Cathedral, 1370s

Charles's possessions at the signing of the Golden Bull of 1356.

Meeting with Charles V of France in Paris in 1378, from a fifteenth-century manuscript in the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal

Statue of Charles IV near Charles Bridge (1848), Prague, by Ernst Julius Hähnel

He was a member of the House of Luxembourg from his father's side and the Bohemian House of Přemyslid from his mother's side; he emphasized the latter due to his lifelong affinity for the Bohemian side of his inheritance, and also because his direct ancestors in the Přemyslid line included two saints.

Having played a tremendous part in the political and cultural history of the Kingdom of Bohemia, he remains a very popular figure in the Czech Republic.

In 1334, Charles was named Margrave of Moravia, the traditional title for heirs to the throne.