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2 days ago · In an attempt to end the turmoil a group of Austrian nobles invited the king of Bohemia, Ottokar II Přemysl, Vladislaus' brother, to become Austria's ruler in 1251. His father had attempted to invade Austria in 1250.
5 days ago · In the 1690s he was one of the leading members of the Imperial court and led important negotiations with the Ottomans. Two other Kinskys held the highest judiciary office in the Kingdom of Bohemia: František Oldřich’s brother Václav Norbert (d. 1719), in 1705-1711, and the latter’s son, František Ferdinand (d. 1741), 1723-36.
3 days ago · Bohemian Rhapsody Trivia Quiz. A little Bohemian Rhapsody, gentlemen. Presented for you, a quiz all about one of the historical regions of Czech Republic (not exactly the magnum opus you might have been expecting). A multiple-choice quiz by geniusonwheels. Estimated time: 5 mins.
5 days ago · From the lower Czech clergy who popularized Hus’s doctrines, the masses learned that the German minority were intruders and foes of Bohemia and of the true religion. Lesser nobles who had lost their lands by mortgage or purchase to the prosperous German burghers of the cities were readily converted.
5 days ago · Austria - Maria Theresa, Congress of Vienna: In October 1740 the Holy Roman emperor Charles VI, the last male Habsburg ruler, died and was succeeded by his daughter Maria Theresa, the young wife of the grand duke of Tuscany, Francis Stephen of Lorraine.
4 days ago · Allying himself with the new king of Hungary, Charles I, Władysław withstood the enmity of Bohemia, the Teutonic Knights, rival Polish dukes, and the mainly German patriciate of Kraków. At one point the struggle assumed the character of a Polish-German national conflict.
3 days ago · Master of the Horse 1660–1837. The Master of the Horse is esteem'd the third great Officer at Court, giving Precedence only to the Lord Steward, and Lord Chamberlain of the Household.
