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2 unusual facts about kingdom of Bohemia


Kingdom of Bohemia

Destroyed were more than one quarter of Prague and heavy damage suffered also the St. Vitus Cathedral.

Parliament of the Czech Republic

After proclamation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 its National Assembly undertook legislative duties both of the Imperial Council and State Diets (Bohemian, Moravian, Silesian).


Bohemia, New York

These migrants came from a mountainous village near Kadaň in the Central European Kingdom of Bohemia, which is the town's namesake (Kadaň is located in present day Czech Republic).

Count Kasimir Felix Badeni

Badeni courted controversy when, in an attempt to gain the support of the Young Czech faction in the Reichsrat, he addressed the language issue in Bohemia.

Czocha Castle

Its construction was ordered by Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, in the middle of 13th century (1241–1247).

George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont

He died of pneumonia in Marienbad, Bohemia and was succeeded by his eldest son Friedrich.

Hebdów

The history of the abbey dates back to the year 1146, when two knights of High Duke of Poland, Bolesław IV the Curly, invited here Premonstratensian monks from Strahov Monastery in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Heubach

Subsequent to the victory of Emperor Charles IV over Eberhard II, Count of Würtemberg, in 1360 Heubach and Rosenstein fell to the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Ippolito Maria Beccaria

On March 22, 1593, he began a visitation of the Dominican monasteries in Austria, Bohemia, and Poland.

Jakob Fugger

Despite having constant financial difficulties due to an extravagant lifestyle and many failed political projects his reign saw the kingdoms of Spain, Bohemia and Hungary gained for the House of Habsburg, not by waging war but through advantageous marriage arrangements which were funded with the help of Jakob Fugger.

Jan Nepomuk Kubíček

Jan Nepomuk Kubíček (1801, Kingdom of Bohemia – 1880, Brazil) (in Portuguese: Kubitschek) was one of the great-grandfathers of the former Brazilian president, Juscelino Kubitschek.

Johann Ritter von Oppolzer

Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (4 August 1808 – 16 April 1871) was an Austrian physician born in Nové Hrady, Bohemia.

John II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

John II was high steward of King Wenceslaus IV and this made him one of the most powerful men in the Kingdom of Bohemia.

Viscount Taaffe

With the money he acquired the castle of Ellischau (Nalžovy) in Bohemia; he had also inherited other property in the Habsburg dominions.

Zagórze Śląskie

Zagórze Śląskie arouse at the foot of Grodno Castle (Kynsburg) built in the late 13th century by Duke Bolko I the Strict as a fortress near the border with the Kingdom of Bohemia.


see also

Husinec

Husinec, Kingdom of Bohemia (now: Gęsiniec, Poland), town in Lower Silesia founded by religious followers of Jan Hus in 1750