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Bohemia

Kingdom of Bohemia


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Kingdom of Bohemia

 

Lands of the Bohemian Crown

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Bohemia

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March of Moravia

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Duchy of Silesia

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Duchy of Teschen

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County of Upper Lusatia

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County of Lower Lusatia

Dukes of Bohemia


Premyslid Dynasty
(c.870–1085, 1092–1158, and 1172–1198)

  • Borivoj I, (c.852–c.889), Duke of Bohemia (870–889) and founder of the Premyslid dynasty.
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Dukes of Bohemia


Kings of Bohemia


Premyslid Dynasty
(1085–1092, 1158–1172, and 1198–1306).

  • Ottokar I, (c. 1155-1230), King of Bohemia (1198–1230)
  • Wenceslaus II Premyslid, (1271- 1305), King of Bohemia (1278-1305), Duke of Cracow (1291-1305) and King of Poland (1300 - 1305).
  • Wenceslaus III Premyslid, (1289-1306), King of Hungary (1301-1305), King of Bohemia (1305-1306) and King of Poland (1305-1306). The last of the male Premyslid rulers of Bohemia.


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Early Kings of Bohemia

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Kings of Bohemia after 1192

Non-dynastic (1306-1310)

  • Henry VI of Carinthia, (Jindrich Korutanský), (1265-1335), Count of Tyrol and Duke of Carinthia and Carniola from 1295 until 1335 and King of Bohemia in 1306 and again from 1307 until 1310.
  • Rudolf I of Habsburg, (Rudolf I. Habsburský) (1218-1307), King of Bohemia (1306–1307), (as Rudolph III), and titular King of Poland 1306–1307.


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Henry VI of Carinthia

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Rudolf I of Habsburg


Luxemburg Dynasty

(1310-1437)

  • John the Blind, (Jan Lucemburský) ( 1296-1346),Count of Luxembourg from 1309 and King of Bohemia from 1310.
  • Charles IV, (Karel IV) (1316-1378), King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Wenceslaus IV, (Václav IV) (1361-1419), King of the Romans from 1376, King of Bohemia.
  • Sigismund, ( Zikmund) (1368-1437), Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until 1437, King of Hungary from 1387 to 1437. King of Bohemia from 1419, of Lombardia from 1431, and of Germany from 1411.


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John the Blind, Charles IV and Wenceslaus IV

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Sigismund

Habsburg Dynasty
(1437–1439, 1453–1457)

  • Albert II of Habsburg, (Albrecht Habsburský) (1397-1439), King of Germany from 1438. King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, as Albrecht, Duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, Archduke of Austria from 1404.
  • Ladislas V, (Ladislav Pohrobek) (Ladislaus the Posthumous) (1440-1457), King of Bohemia from 1453 and King of Hungary and Croatia as Ladislaus IV.
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Albert II of Habsburg and Ladislas V

Non-dynastic
(1458-1490)

  • George of Kunštát and Podebrady, (Jirí z Podebrad) (1420-1471), King of Bohemia from 1458.
  • Matthias I, (Matyáš Korvín) (1443-1490), King of Hungary from 1458 and King of Bohemia from 1471.
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George of Kunštát and Podebrady

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Matthias I

Jagiellonian Dynasty
(1471[1490]-1526)

  • Vladislas II, (Vladislav Jagellonský) (1456-1516), King of Bohemia from 1471 (although not crowned until 1490) and King of Hungary from 1490.
  • Louis II, ( Ludvík (I.) Jagellonský) ( 1506- 1526), King of Hungary and King of Bohemia from 1516.
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Vladislas II

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Louis II


Habsburg Dynasty
(1526-1780)

  • Ferdinand I, (1503-1564), Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, King of Bohemia and Hungary from 1526.
  • Maximilian II,(Maximilián) (1527-1576), King of Bohemia from 1562, King of Hungary from 1563, Holy Roman Emperor from 1564.
  • Rudolf II, (1552-1612), Holy Roman Emperor as Rudolf II (1576-1612), King of Hungary as Rudolf (1572-1608), King of Bohemia as Rudolf II (1575-1608/1611) and Archduke of Austria as Rudolf V (1576-1608).
  • Matthias,( Matyáš) (1557- 1619), Holy Roman Emperor (1612-1619), King of Hungary (1608-1619) (as Matthias II), King of Bohemia (1611-1619).
  • Ferdinand II, (1578-1637), Holy Roman Emperor (1619-1637), King of Bohemia (1617-1619, 1620-1637), King of Hungary (1618-1625).
  • *Frederick V, (Fridrich Falcký) (1596-1632), Elector Palatine from1610 to 1623, and, as Frederick I, King of Bohemia from 1619 to 1620, for his short reign here often nicknamed the Winter King (Zimní král).
  • Ferdinand III, (1608-1657), Holy Roman Emperor (1637–1657). King of Hungary, King of Bohemia, Archduke of Austria, King of the Romans.
  • Ferdinand IV, (1633- 1654), King of the Romans (1653-1654), King of Hungary (1647-1654), and King of Bohemia (1646-1654).
  • Leopold I, (1640-1705), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, King of Bohemia (1657-1705).
  • Joseph I, ( Josef I) (1678-1711), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary.
  • Charles VI, (Karel VI) 1685-1740), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary.
  • *Charles VII Albert, (Karel Albrecht Bavorský) (1697-1745), Prince-elector of Bavaria from 1726 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1742. Antiking to Maria Theresa from 1741 to1743.
  • Maria Theresa, ( Marie Terezie),(1717-1780), Queen of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Lodomeria and Galicia.

Also see House of Habsburg for further arms.
* Anti-Kings

Habsburg-Lorraine Dynasty
(1780-1918)

  • Joseph II, (Josef II) (1741-1790), Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 and King of Bohemia, King of Hungary from 1780.
  • Leopold II, (1747-1792), Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of from 1790.
  • Francis II, (František II) (1768-1835), the last Holy Roman Emperor from 1792 to 1806 and the first Emperor of Austria from 1804 to 1835.
  • Ferdinand I, (1793-1875), Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary from 1835 to 1848.
  • Franz Joseph I, (František Josef I) (1830-1916), Emperor of Austria and King of Bohemia from 1848 to 1916 and King of Hungary from 1867 to 1916.
  • Charles I,(Karel I) ( 1887- 1922), The last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary and Bohemia.

See House of Habsburg-Lorraine for personal arms.

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Kingdom of Bohemia from mid 18th Century

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Kingdom of Bohemia from 1867

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