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John's wedding to Elisabeth of Bohemia at Speyer. In 1310, his father arranged the marriage of 14-year-old John to Elizabeth of Bohemia. [4] The wedding took place in Speyer, after which the newlyweds made their way to Prague accompanied by a group led by the experienced diplomat and expert on Czech issues, Peter of Aspelt, Archbishop of Mainz.
John of Nepomuk (or John Nepomucene) (Czech: Jan Nepomucký; German: Johannes Nepomuk; Latin: Ioannes Nepomucenus [1]) (c. 1345 – 20 March 1393) [2] was a saint of Bohemia (Czech Republic) who was drowned in the Vltava river at the behest of King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia. Later accounts state that he was the confessor of the queen of Bohemia ...
Bonne of Luxemburg or Jutta of Luxemburg (20 May 1315 – 11 September 1349), was born Jutta (Judith), the second daughter of King John of Bohemia, [1] and his first wife, Elisabeth of Bohemia. [2] She was the first wife of King John II of France ; however, as she died a year prior to his accession, she was never a French queen.
Heiresses of Bohemia, they were the true inheritors of the power claimed by their husbands during the succession crisis. Of the three, Rudolf had the weakest claim, and also the lowest popularity. The conflict was settled when, in 1310, Elizabeth and John invaded Prague, and defeated their opponents, Anna and Henry. Henry of Carinthia [Note 1]
As was written already, Peter was displeased with Henry and his rule, and the chronicle reflects his opinion accordingly. The first book ends with the dethroning of Henry of Bohemia and with the early rule of his successor, John of Bohemia and his wife, Elizabeth of Bohemia with the year 1316. [1]
Duke of Bohemia r. 1002–1003: Boleslaus IV the Brave c. 967 –1025 Duke of Bohemia r. 1003–1004 also King of Poland: Emnilda of Lusatia c. 973 –1017: Matilda of Germany 979–1025: Otto Orseolo c. 992 –1032 Doge of Venice: Grimelda of Hungary: Saint Stephen I c. 975 –1038 Grand Prince of the Hungarians: Bretislaus I 1002–1055 Duke ...
On 10 February 1388 in Prague, John married Richardis Catherine (d. 1400), a daughter of Duke Albert III of Mecklenburg, who ruled as King of Sweden from 1364 to 1389. Their only child was a daughter, Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390-1451), Duchess of Luxembourg upon the death of Jobst of Moravia in 1411, who married firstly, in 1409, Duke Anthony of Brabant (1384-1415) and after his death, in 1418 ...
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown were the states in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods with feudal obligations to the Bohemian kings.The crown lands primarily consisted of the Kingdom of Bohemia, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire according to the Golden Bull of 1356, the Margraviate of Moravia, the Duchies of Silesia, and the two Lusatias, known as the Margraviate ...