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The beginnings of the Czech nobility can be seen in the time of the first Přemyslid princes and kings, i.e. in the 9th century. As a legally defined state of nobility in the Czech lands, it arose in the course of the 13th century, when members of noble families began to own newly built stone castles.
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They also bought landed property and had acquired almost one-fifth of the estates of between 1.15–5.75 km 2 (280–1,420 acres) by 1913. [345] The most prominent Jewish burghers were awarded with nobility [note 20] and there were 26 aristocratic families and 320 noble families of Jewish origin in 1918. [347]
Elected king from the Czech noble family House of Kunštát. Although he had descendants, the succession devolved to the prince from Polish kingdom. 46 Matthias Corvinus (Matyáš Korvín) 1469–1490 King of Hungary, elected by the insurgent Catholic Czech aristocrats as anti-king in 1469, but never crowned.
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Desertion among the Czech conscripts was commonplace and Czechoslovak Legions were formed to fight for the side of Entente Powers. [40] In the Cleveland Agreement of 1915 , the Czech and Slovak representatives declared their goal of creating a common state, based on the right of a people to self-determination .
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 total fertility rate (TFR) in 2020 was estimated at 1.71 children per woman, which is below the replacement rate of 2.1. [190] The Czech Republic's population has an average age of 43.3 years. [191] The life expectancy in 2021 was estimated to be 79.5 years (76.55 years male, 82.61 years female). [192]