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Nicholas II of Opava (also: Nicholas II of Troppau, Nicholas II of Ratibór; Czech: Mikuláš II. Opavský ; 1288 – 8 December 1365) was Duke of Opava ( German : Troppau ) from 1318 to 1365 and Duke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave of Kladsko ( German : Glatz ) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia .
Opava was initially established as a Moravian province under the rule of King Ottokar's son Nicholas I, who first appeared as a "Lord of Opava" (Latin: Dominus Oppaviae) in 1269 and became the progenitor of the Opava branch of the Přemyslid dynasty.
Mar 13, 2017 · Russian Revolution. The Abdication of Nicholas II Left Russia Without a Czar for the First Time in 300 Years. Events in Saint Petersburg 100 years ago brought the end to the Romanov dynasty....
1281 Opava becomes the seat of the principality; King Ottokar II passes the Principality of Opava on to his son Nicholas I in 1269 as a compensation for his exclusion from the succession to the Bohemian throne; after his release from the Hungarian captivity Nicholas I is appointed Duke of Opava
May 14, 2024 · Nicholas II, the last Russian emperor (1894–1917), whose autocratic but indecisive rule and disastrous military ventures led to the Russian Revolutions of 1905 and 1917. He abdicated in 1917 but was killed, along with his wife, Alexandra, and their children, by the Bolsheviks the following year.
- John L.H. Keep
His parents were Duke Nicholas II of Opava and his third wife, Jutta (died: c. 1365 ), daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Opole-Falkenberg. Nicholas died shortly after Přemek was born, and so Přemek stood under the regency and guardianship of his oldest half-brother John, who was the sole heir of the Duchy of Racibórz .
Nicholas II of Opava (also: Nicholas II of Troppau, Nicholas II of Ratibór; Mikuláš II. Opavský; 1288 – 8 December 1365) was Duke of Opava (German: Troppau) from 1318 to 1365 and Duke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave of Kladsko (German: Glatz) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Life
