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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 language.
Owners of land or property formed the nobility, historically divided into higher nobility (lords) and lower. Since the demise of the 12th century records, [clarification needed] the Czech aristocracy was part of the chivalric culture flourishing in Western Europe, which had been introduced to the Czech lands through neighbouring German regions ...
Pages in category "Czech nobility" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Official names: Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1989–1990), Czech and Slovak Federative Republic (1990–1992) 76 Václav Havel: 1936–2011 Czech: 1989 1990 1992 (failed) 29 December 1989 20 July 1992 OF — Jan Stráský: 1940–2019 Czech: Acting 20 July 1992 31 December 1992
The Czech language (called the Bohemian language in English usage until the 19th century) [10] was the main language of the Diet and the nobility until 1627 (after the Bohemian Revolt was suppressed). German was then formally made equal with Czech and eventually prevailed as the language of the Diet until the Czech National Revival in
Pages in category "Czech noble families" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. S. House of Schwarzenberg
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 .
The Ronovci (also Hronovci or Ronovici) were one of the oldest and most important Czech noble families. The first reports of their existence date from the end of the 12th century and are associated with Tuhány, central Bohemia and later with Bautzen, Zittau and northern Bohemia, especially Česká Lípa region.