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Frederick (Czech: Bedřich) (c. 1142 – 25 March 1189), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1172 to 1173 and again from 1178 to his death.
- 1172 – 1173
- Gertrude of Babenberg
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After his elder brother Rudolf III had been enfeoffed with the crown of Bohemia following the extinction of the Bohemian royal Přemyslid dynasty in 1306, the way was clear for the younger son to take over the rulership of Austria and Styria. When Rudolf died shortly afterwards in 1307, Albrecht.
Frederick’s weakened position in his ancestral lands had an effect on his standing within the Empire: alongside the emperor, whose scope for action was severely limited, the princes of the Empire wanted to set up a more active (anti-)king who would one day assume the succession.
The Catholic Bohemian nobility refused to swear fealty to him, especially after he had been excommunicated by the pope in 1465. Frederick exploited the situation, placing himself on the side of Poděbrady’s adversaries, who included Matthias Corvinus.
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