A report on Přemyslid dynasty, Ottokar II of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia

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)

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

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

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

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

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.

Sitting of the Moravian Diet, 17th century

Burial crown of Ottokar II of Bohemia at Prague Castle

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
Vassals

Tomb of Ottokar II in St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague

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

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

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

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

Moravian and Austrian Silesian districts, 1897

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)

Judicial districts (Gerichtsbezirke) in Moravia

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

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.

- Ottokar II of Bohemia

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.

- Ottokar II 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

As heir apparent, the future King Ottokar II of Bohemia was appointed Moravian margave by his father Wenceslaus I in 1247.

- Margraviate of Moravia

King Přemysl Ottokar II, son of Wenceslas I, earned the nickname "Iron and Golden King" because of his military power and wealth.

- Přemyslid dynasty

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Kingdom of Bohemia

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Medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czech Republic.

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

Territories ruled by Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1273

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

Wenceslaus II as depicted in the Codex Manesse

Territories under the control of the Přemyslid dynasty around 1301

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

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 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.

Přemysl Ottokar II (1253–78) married a German princess, Margaret of Babenberg, and became duke of Austria.

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);

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

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.

His grandson Ottokar II (king from 1253 to 1278) conquered a short-lived empire that contained modern Austria and Slovenia.

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").