A report on 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)
Bohemian king Wenceslaus II as the King of Poland, a romantic drawing by Jan Matejko (1892)
Maximum extent of the kingdom under Ottokar II, c. 1276
Premyslid Dynasty Family Tree
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

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
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)

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Duke Spytihněv with mitre and lance, contemporary depiction in the Svatovítská apokalypsa (Apocalypse of Saint Vitus) manuscript

Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia

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Duke Spytihněv with mitre and lance, contemporary depiction in the Svatovítská apokalypsa (Apocalypse of Saint Vitus) manuscript

Spytihněv II (also Spitignew, Spitihnew or Spytihnev; Spitigneus; 1031 – 28 January 1061), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1055 until his death.

Holy Roman Empire under Charles IV

House of Luxembourg

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Royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as kings of Germany and Holy Roman emperors as well as kings of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia.

Royal family of the Holy Roman Empire in the Late Middle Ages, whose members between 1308 and 1437 ruled as kings of Germany and Holy Roman emperors as well as kings of Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia.

Holy Roman Empire under Charles IV
Emperor Charles IV
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Henry arranged the marriage of his son John with the Přemyslid heiress Elisabeth of Bohemia in 1310, through whom the House of Luxembourg acquired the Kingdom of Bohemia, enabling that family to compete more effectively for power with the Habsburg and Wittelsbach dynasties.

Przemysł's effigy on a 1296 seal

Przemysł II

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The Duke of Poznań from 1257 –1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.

The Duke of Poznań from 1257 –1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.

Przemysł's effigy on a 1296 seal
Henry IV Probus, Duke of Wrocław. Codex Manesse, ca. 1305
Przemysł II allows to locate cities Gostyń and Brzezie on Magdeburg rights, a document from 1278.
Memorial stone in the city of Kępno commemorating the treaty between Przemysł II and Mestwin II
Jakub Świnka, Archbishop of Gniezno, from a book illumination, before 1535
Poland at the time of Przemysł II (1295)
Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań, the burial place of Przemysł II
Epitaph of Przemysł II in the Royal Chapel of Poznań Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul
The Death of King Przemysł II by Jan Matejko, 1875
Assassination of King Przemysł II by Wojciech Gerson, 1881
Przemysł II's seal, naming him Premisl II Dei Gracia Regis Poloniae Domini Pomeraniae

Unexpectedly, in 1290, under the will of Henryk IV Probus, he managed to obtain the Duchy of Kraków and with this the title of High Duke of Poland; however, not having sufficient support from the local nobility (who supported another member of the Piast dynasty, Władysław I the Elbow-high) and faced with the increasing threats of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, Przemysł II finally decided to retreat from Lesser Poland, which was then under the rule of Přemyslid dynasty.

Bust at St. Vitus Cathedral

John Henry, Margrave of Moravia

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Count of Tyrol from 1335 to 1341 and Margrave of Moravia from 1349 until his death.

Count of Tyrol from 1335 to 1341 and Margrave of Moravia from 1349 until his death.

Bust at St. Vitus Cathedral

Henry was born at Mělník, the third surviving son of King John of Bohemia (1296–1346) and his wife, the Přemyslid princess Elizabeth (1292–1330).

King Lothar III at the Battle of Chlumec by an unknown artist (c. 1450)

Battle of Chlumec

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The culmination of a 12th-century war of succession in the Duchy of Bohemia.

The culmination of a 12th-century war of succession in the Duchy of Bohemia.

King Lothar III at the Battle of Chlumec by an unknown artist (c. 1450)

Since Duke Bretislaus I of Bohemia had implemented the inheritance principle of agnatic seniority in the 11th century, the order of succession in Bohemia, many rivalling scions of the ramified Přemyslid dynasty waged war against each other.

Neklan

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Neklan was the sixth of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Přemyslid dynasty Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince Bořivoj.

Coat-of-arms of Racibórz (Ratibor)

John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

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Coat-of-arms of Racibórz (Ratibor)

John I of Opava-Ratibor (Johann I. von Troppau-Ratibor; c. 1322 – c. 1380-1382) was the founder the Opava branch of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, which lasted until 1521.

Deeds of the Princes of the Poles

Piast dynasty

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The first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.

The first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.

Deeds of the Princes of the Poles
Lands held by the Piast dynasty (992–1025), with a shaded area corresponding to the territory of present-day Poland
Denar Princes Polonie, 11th century (in the times of Bolesław I the Brave), one of the most recognizable coins in the history of Polish coinage.
Silesian Piasts Coat of Arms

The Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, the Hungarian Arpads and their Anjou successors, the Kievan Rus', later also the State of the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were mighty neighbours.

Wnyslaw

Vnislav

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Wnyslaw

Vnislav was the fourth of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Přemyslid dynasty Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince Bořivoj.

Wogen

Vojen

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Wogen

Vojen was the third of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Přemyslid dynasty Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince Bořivoj.