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Succeeds as King of Bohemia
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Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Secures the title of King, formerly Duke
Emperor Frederick II grants Ottokar I the bishoprics of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
This record states: Elector of the Palatinate (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant Union), however, other Protestants support the stance taken by the Catholics and in 1617.
This record states: Ferdinand is duly elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias.
This record states: Some of the Protestant leaders of Bohemia feared they would be losing the religious rights granted to them by Emperor Rudolf II in his Letter of Majesty (1609) and prefer the Protestant Frederick V.
This record states: The next King of Bohemia.
This record states: Elector of the Palatinate (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant Union), however, other Protestants support the stance taken by the Catholics and in 1617.
This record states: Ferdinand is duly elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias.
This record states: Some of the Protestant leaders of Bohemia feared they would be losing the religious rights granted to them by Emperor Rudolf II in his Letter of Majesty (1609) and prefer the Protestant Frederick V.
This record states: The next King of Bohemia.
This record states: Elector of the Palatinate (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant Union), however, other Protestants support the stance taken by the Catholics and in 1617.
This record states: Ferdinand is duly elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias.
This record states: Some of the Protestant leaders of Bohemia feared they would be losing the religious rights granted to them by Emperor Rudolf II in his Letter of Majesty (1609) and prefer the Protestant Frederick V.
This record states: The next King of Bohemia.
Succeeds as King of Bohemia, 1st reign
This record states: Elector of the Palatinate (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant Union), however, other Protestants support the stance taken by the Catholics and in 1617.
This record states: Ferdinand is duly elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias.
This record states: Some of the Protestant leaders of Bohemia feared they would be losing the religious rights granted to them by Emperor Rudolf II in his Letter of Majesty (1609) and prefer the Protestant Frederick V.
This record states: The next King of Bohemia.
An uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburg dynasty caused by religious and power disputes culminating after several battles in the final Battle of White Mountain, where the estates suffer a decisive defeat and started re-catholisation of the Czech lands and starting the Thirty Years War
Protestants support the stance taken by the Catholics and in 1617, Ferdinand is duly elected by the Bohemian Estates to become the Crown Prince, and automatically upon the death of Matthias, the next King of Bohemia.
Some of the Protestant leaders of Bohemia feared they would be losing the religious rights granted to them by Emperor Rudolf II in his Letter of Majesty (1609) and prefer the Protestant Frederick V, elector of the Palatinate (successor of Frederick IV, the creator of the Protestant Union), however, other
The death of Emperor Matthias emboldens the rebellious Protestant leaders, who had been on the verge of a settlement and the weaknesses of both Ferdinand (now officially on the throne after the death of Emperor Matthias) and of the Bohemians themselves led to the spread of the war to western Germany and Ferdinand is compelled to call on his nephew, King Philip IV of Spain, for assistance.
The defenestration, known as the Second Defenestration of Prague, starts the Bohemian Revolt
The Bohemians, desperate for allies against the Emperor, apply to be admitted into the Protestant Union which was led by their original candidate for the Bohemian throne, the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector Palatine. Ferdinand wants to restore Catholicism to his lands making him highly unpopular in the primarily Hussite Bohemia & provoking the Thirty Years War
The Bohemians, desperate for allies against the Emperor, apply to be admitted into the Protestant Union which was led by their original candidate for the Bohemian throne, the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector Palatine
Ferdinand IIs devout Catholicism causes turmoil in his non-Catholic subjects, especially in Bohemia where he does not wish to uphold the religious liberties granted by the Letter of Majesty conceded, signed by the previous Emperor, Rudolph II, which had guaranteed the freedom of religion to the nobles and the inhabitants of the cities
The Bohemians, desperate for allies against the Emperor, apply to be admitted into the Protestant Union which was led by their original candidate for the Bohemian throne, the Calvinist Frederick V, Elector Palatine
The Estates of Bohemia, Lusatia, Moravia and Silesia declare Ferdinand deposed as their King
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia, 2nd reign
The Catholic Leagues army pacified Upper Austria, while Imperial forces under Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, pacified Lower Austria, the two armies united and moved north into Bohemia where Ferdinand II decisively defeated Frederick V at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague, on 8 November 1620 and in addition to becoming Catholic, Bohemia would remain in Habsburg hands for nearly three hundred years
The Catholic Leagues army pacified Upper Austria, while Imperial forces under Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, pacified Lower Austria, the two armies united and moved north into Bohemia where Ferdinand II decisively defeated Frederick V at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague, on 8 November 1620 and in addition to becoming Catholic, Bohemia would remain in Habsburg hands for nearly three hundred years
Restores Protestantism in Bohemia after victory at the Battle of Main
The Catholic Leagues army pacified Upper Austria, while Imperial forces under Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, pacified Lower Austria, the two armies united and moved north into Bohemia where Ferdinand II decisively defeated Frederick V at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague, on 8 November 1620 and in addition to becoming Catholic, Bohemia would remain in Habsburg hands for nearly three hundred years
Ferdinand II decisively defeats Frederick V at the Battle of White Mountain, near Prague, in addition to becoming Catholic, Bohemia would remain in Habsburg hands for nearly three hundred years
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
Succeeds as King of Bohemia
The newly formed Czech includes Bohemia
Hitler visits Prague and declares a German Protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia
Provenance
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