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According to a longstanding legend, the Black Prince obtained the badge from the blind King John of Bohemia, against whom he fought at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. After the battle, the prince is said to have gone to the body of the dead king, and taken his helmet with its ostrich feather crest, afterwards incorporating the feathers into his arms, and adopting King John's motto, "Ich dien ...
Legend holds that the Black Prince took the motto as well as the ostrich feathers from John the Blind of Bohemia, who was killed fighting against the prince and his father at the Battle of Crécy in 1346. The motto is also a near homophone for Eich Dyn, "Your Man" in Welsh. [4] [13]
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Jang de Blannen; German: Johann der Blinde; Czech: Jan Lucemburský; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. [2]
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.
Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, National Portrait Gallery, London, thought to be a wedding portrait, her pearl and diamond necklace may represent the jewels given by the cities of Edinburgh and London Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate by Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, 1613 King James and Frederick went to Royston to talk things over, now that Elizabeth was nearer in succession to ...
John the Blind 1296–1346 King of Bohemia r. 1310–1346: Elizabeth of Bohemia 1292–1330: Wenceslaus III 1289–1306 King of Bohemia r. 1305–1306 also King of Hungary, Croatia, and Poland: Frederick I of Celje c. 1300 –1359: Anne of Bohemia 1290–1313: Henry c. 1265 –1335 King of Bohemia r. 1307–1310: Albert II of Austria 1298–1358
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]
In 1325, King John of Bohemia acknowledged the rights of the Chod people to use the woods of western Bohemia, provided that they also protected the borders along them. The Chods bred special dogs to help accomplish this goal – especially the Bohemian Shepherd (in Czech Chodský pes ) which some sources suggest is ancestral to the modern ...