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[4] Many members of the Czech nobility participated in the creation of the National Museum in Prague (founded in 1818) From the 17th century, only the Catholic Czech nobility significantly participated in the functioning of the Habsburg Monarchy. Newly arrived families gradually identified with the Czech lands and often also with the Czech ...
[37] [38] These aristocrats were descended either from native (that is, Magyar, Kabar, Pecheneg or Slavic) chiefs, or from foreign knights who had migrated to the country in the 11th and 12th centuries. [39] [40] The foreign knights had been trained in the Western European art of war, which contributed to the development of heavy cavalry in ...
Czech noble families (4 C, 1 P) Nobility from Prague (28 P) M. ... Pages in category "Czech nobility" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The family stems from the Lords of Seinsheim, who had established themselves in Franconia during the Middle Ages. [1] A branch of the Seinsheim family (the non-Schwarzenberg portion died out in 1958) was created when Erkinger of Seinsheim acquired the Franconian territory of Schwarzenberg and the castle of Schwarzenberg in Scheinfeld during the early part of the 15th century.
The Duke of Bavaria, Charles Albert, was proclaimed king by the Czech nobility. Although Maria-Theresa regained most of the Bohemian Kingdom and was crowned queen in Prague in 1743, all of the highly industrialized territory of Silesia except for Tesin , Opava , and Krnov was ceded to Prussia in the 1742 Treaty of Breslau .
Pages in category "Czech noble families" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. House of Schwarzenberg
Ruled Brno and Znojmo, [8] which split after his resign: Znojmo returned to its heir, Conrad II; Brno was absorbed by Olomouc, the other Moravian feud. 12 April 1125 – 14 February 1140 Bohemia Otto II the Black (Ota II. Černý) 1085 Third son of Otto I and Euphemia of Hungary: 21 September 1109 – 18 February 1126 18 February 1126 aged 40/1 ...
The year of 623 marks the formation of the first known state in the Czech lands, [3] when Samo united the local Slavic tribes, defended their lands from the Avars to the east and – few years later – won the battle of Wogastisburg against the Franks invading the Czech lands from the west. [4] The next state appearing in the Czech lands after ...