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Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe comprising the western and central thirds of the Czech Republic. It has an area of 52,750 km² and comprises 6 million of the country's 10 million inhabitants. It is flanked by Germany, Poland, the Czech historical region of Moravia, and Austria, and its border is formed by four mountain ranges.
Jan 19, 2020 · Print. John of Bohemia was a king of Bohemia who lived between the 13th and 14th centuries. He was known also as John of Luxembourg, as well as John the Blind. The former indicates that John belonged to the Limburg-Luxembourg dynasty (also known as the House of Luxembourg), while the latter refers to the fact that he was blind for the last 10 ...
On 6 February 1228, Wenceslaus was crowned as co-ruler of the Kingdom of Bohemia with his father. On 15 December 1230, Ottokar died and Wenceslaus succeeded him as the senior King of Bohemia. His early reign was preoccupied by the threat to Bohemia posed by Frederick II, Duke of Austria.
Ferdinand II (born July 9, 1578, Graz, Styria [now in Austria]—died February 15, 1637, Vienna) was the Holy Roman emperor (1619–37), archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia (1617–19, 1620–27), and king of Hungary (1618–25). He was the leading champion of the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation and of absolutist rule during the Thirty ...
Guglielma. Guglielma or Wilhelmina of Bohemia ( Italian: Guglielma Boema; Czech: Vilemína or Blažena; 1210 – 24 October 1281) was an Italian noblewoman, possibly of Czech /Bohemian origin, according to her own assertions the daughter of king Ottokar I of Bohemia. She practiced and preached an alternative, feminized version of Christianity ...
Dec 25, 2008 · Now the sole ruler of Bohemia, the young prince ended the persecution of Christians, promoted education among his people, and united Bohemia and Moravia into one kingdom.
The Habsburg policy of centralization began with its first ruler, King Ferdinand (1526–64). [1] His efforts to eliminate the influence of the Bohemian estates were met with resistance. [1] But the Bohemian estates were themselves divided, primarily on religious lines. [1] By several adroit political maneuvers, Ferdinand was able to establish ...
