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The Kingdom of Bohemia (Czech: České království), [a] sometimes referenced in English literature as the Czech Kingdom, [8] [9] [a] was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe. It was the predecessor state of the modern Czech Republic. The Kingdom of Bohemia was an Imperial State in the Holy Roman Empire.
His reign brought Bohemia to its peak both politically and in total area, resulting in his being the first king of Bohemia to be elected Holy Roman Emperor. Under his rule, the Bohemian crown controlled such diverse lands as Moravia , Silesia , Upper Lusatia and Lower Lusatia , Brandenburg, an area around Nuremberg called New Bohemia ...
In 1002–04, Bohemia was invaded twice by Poland. Bohemia was annexed to Poland (1002-04): May 1002 – February 1003: Vladivoj (Władywoj), son of Mieszko I of Poland; March 1003 – 1004: Bolesław I the Brave, King of Poland; Jaromír: c. 970 Second son of Boleslaus II and Adiva: 1004 – 12 April 1012 9 November 1034 – 1035 Duchy of ...
State history of the Duchy of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Bohemia. Note: for local history of places in the geographical region of Bohemia, see: Category:Historical geography of the Czech Republic . Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Bohemia .
The reigns of Maria Theresa (1740–1780) and her son Joseph II (1780–1790), Holy Roman Emperor and coregent from 1765, were characterized by enlightened rule.Influenced by the ideas of eighteenth-century Enlightenment philosophers, Maria-Theresa and Joseph worked toward rational and efficient administration of the Bohemian Kingdom.
Although the Kingdom of Bohemia, both of the Lusatias, the Margraviate of Moravia, and Silesia were all under Habsburg rule, they followed different paths of development. . Moravians and Silesians had accepted the hereditary right of the Austrian Habsburgs to rule and thus escaped the intense struggle between native estates and the Habsburg monarchy that was to characterize Bohemian history
King of Bohemia r. 1916–1918 also King of Hungary and Croatia and Emperor of Austria in pretence r. 1918–1922: Bohemia became part of the Republic of Czechoslovakia: Otto von Habsburg 1912–2011 [1] King of Bohemia in pretence r. 1922–2011: Regina of Saxe-Meiningen 1925–2010: Karl von Habsburg "Charles IV" b. 1961 King of Bohemia in ...
The Duchy of Bohemia, also later referred to in English as the Czech Duchy, [1] [2] (Old Czech: Češské kniežěstvie) was a monarchy and a principality of the Holy Roman Empire in Central Europe during the Early and High Middle Ages.