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Marble; bronze. It’s a privilege to live and work here – the Abbey really is the heart of the country and its history. Richard was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 16th July 1377 aged 10. He married Anne of Bohemia in January 1382 and both are buried in the Abbey. His portrait hangs in the nave.
Henry of Gorizia ( German: Heinrich, Czech: Jindřich; c. 1265 – 2 April 1335), a member of the House of Gorizia, was Duke of Carinthia and Landgrave of Carniola (as Henry VI) and Count of Tyrol from 1295 until his death, as well as King of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia and titular King of Poland in 1306 and again from 1307 until 1310. After ...
Bohemia, historical country of central Europe that was a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire and subsequently a province in the Habsburgs’ Austrian Empire. From 1918 to 1939 and from 1945 to 1992, it was part of Czechoslovakia, and since 1993 it has formed much of the Czech Republic.
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Mar 24, 2021 · When the powerful ruler of Moravia, Svatopluk died, the Czechs in Bohemia quickly worked to get rid of the supremacy of the Moravian ruling dynasty. This shift was key to their rise in influence and power. And here is where the history of the Kingdom of Bohemia sees its very first rise to stardom, on the ashes of Great Moravia.
Elizabeth Stuart (born August 19, 1596, Falkland Palace, Fifeshire, Scotland—died February 13, 1662, Westminster, London, England) was a British princess who from 1619 was the titular queen of Bohemia. The daughter of James VI of Scotland (later James I of Great Britain) and Anne of Denmark, Elizabeth in 1606 came to the British royal court ...
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Anne of Bohemia (11 May 1366 – 7 June 1394), also known as Anne of Luxembourg, was Queen of England as the first wife of King Richard II. A member of the House of Luxembourg, she was the eldest daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, and Elizabeth of Pomerania. [1] Her death at the age of 28 was believed to have been ...
