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Przemysł II (Polish: [ˈpʂɛmɨsw] ⓘ also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus or in Polish as Przemysław; 14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań from 1257 –1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of ...
Przemysł II (ur. 14 października 1257 w Poznaniu, zm. 8 lutego 1296 w Rogoźnie) – władca z dynastii Piastów (ostatni męski przedstawiciel linii wielkopolskiej ), książę poznański w latach 1257 [a] –1279, książę wielkopolski w latach 1279–1296, książę krakowski w latach 1290–1291 [b], –1296, król Polski w latach 1295 ...
- 26 czerwca 1295
- Władysław Łokietek
- od 1279, do 1296
- Bolesław Pobożny
- Rise to Power
- Building An Empire
- The Path to The Final Battle
- Marriage and Children
- Legacy
- Sources
- Further Reading
When his brother Vladislaus died in 1247, Ottokar suddenly became the heir to the Bohemian throne. According to popular oral tradition, he was profoundly shocked by his brother's death and did not involve himself in politics, becoming focused on hunting and drinking. His father appointed the new heir as Margrave of Moravia, and Ottokar took up resi...
Feeling threatened by Ottokar's growing regional power beyond the Leitha River, his cousin King Béla IV of Hungary challenged the young king. Béla formed a loose alliance with the Wittelsbach duke Otto II of Bavaria and tried to install his own son Stephen as Duke of Styria, which since 1192 had been ruled in personal union with Austria under the t...
After Richard of Cornwall died in April 1272 and Pope Gregory X rejected the claims raised by Alfonso of Castile, a new election for the Imperial German throne took place in 1273. However, the Bohemian king again failed to win the Imperial crown, as the electors voted for the "little count" Rudolf of Habsburg, Ottokar's last and finally victorious ...
On 11 February 1252, Přemysl Ottokar II married Margaret of Austria. Margaret was 26 years older than he, and the couple's childless marriage ended with an annulment. On 25 October 1261, Ottokar married Kunigunda of Slavonia.They probably had four children: 1. Henry (1262–1263) 2. Kunigunde (January 1265 – 27 November 1321), married Boleslaus II of...
Přemysl Ottokar is considered one of the greatest kings of Bohemia, along with Charles IV. He was a founder of many new towns (about 30 — not only in Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, but also in Austria and Styria) and incorporated many existing settlements through civic charters, giving them new privileges. He was a strong proponent of trade, law and...
Engel, Pál (2005). Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary. I.B. Tauris.Gladysz, Mikolaj (2012). The Forgotten Crusaders: Poland and the Crusader Movement in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Century. Brill.Kuthan, Jiří (1996). Přemysl Ottokar II(in German). Translated by Cemus, Petronilla; Reinerova, Lenka; Sedmidubska, Ursel. Bohlau Verlag Wien.Ochab, Jeremi K.; Škvrňák, Jan; Škvrňák, Michael (2022). "Detecting Ottokar II's 1248–1249 uprising and its instigators in co-witnessing networks". Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and...- 23 December 1253 – 26 August 1278
- Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen
Przemysł II (also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus, Polish: Przemysł or less properly Przemysław) (14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerania, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Przemysł II ( Polish: [ ˈpʂɛmɨsw] ⓘ also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus or in Polish as Przemysław; 14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań from 1257 –1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to ...
Opavian (1255-1521) The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemysl ( Czech: Přemyslovci, German: Premysliden, Polish: Przemyślidzi) was a Bohemian royal dynasty that reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia (9th century–1306), as well as in parts of Poland (including Silesia ), Hungary and Austria .
