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Encyclopedia > Frederick of Bohemia

Frederick (Czech: Bedřich) (died 25 March 1189) was the duke of Olomouc from 1164 and then duke of Bohemia from 1172 to 1173 and again from 1178 to his death. He was the son of King Ladislaus II, who abdicated in 1172 in his favour. However, he could not hold on to his principality, because he was approved of neither the national diet nor the emperor, and was deposed in September the year following by the emperor at the Diet of Hermsdorf. The Emperor Frederick I, godfather and namesake of Frederick, nominated Oldrich, son of Sobeslav I, but he renounced the throne in favour of Sobeslav II, friend of peasants, but enemy of both nobles and emperor. March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Events January 21 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade September 3- Richard I of England is crowned as king of England. ... town hall with astronomical clock Olomouc (German Olmütz, Polish OÅ‚omuniec, Latin Eburum or Olomucium) is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. ... Events Count Henry I of Champagne marries Marie de Champagne. ... The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Czech Země koruny české, Latin Corona regni Bohemiae) (e. ... Events Duke Richard of Aquitaine becomes Duke of Poitiers. ... Events Canonization of Saint Thomas à Becket, buried at Canterbury August 9th - Construction starts on the Leaning tower of Pisa Castle at Abergavenny was seized by the Welsh. ... Events June 18 - Five Canterbury monks see what was possibly the Giordano Bruno crater being formed The Sung Document written detailing the discovery of Mu-Lan-Pi (suggested by some to be California) by Muslim sailors The Chronicle of Gervase of Canterbury written The Leaning Tower of Pisa begins to... Vladislav II (c. ... Hermsdorf may refer to a number of current and former locations in Germany, including, among others: Hermsdorf (Silesia), possibly annexed to Poland after World War II; Hermsdorf (Thuringia), located in the Saale-Holzland district of Thuringia, population 8,745 as of 2003; Hermsdorf (Berlin), a part of the borough Reinickendorf... Frederick in a 13th century Chronicle Frederick I Hohenstaufen (1122 – June 10, 1190), also known as Frederick Barbarossa (Frederick Redbeard) was elected king of Germany on March 4, 1152 and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on June 18, 1155. ... SobÄ›slav I was one on Bohemias best leaders (1125 - 1140). ...


Frederick allied with the emperor and defeated Sobeslav at the battles of Lodenice and Prague. The emperor recognised Frederick as an imperial prince, but he also raised the bishop of Prague, Henry Bretislaus, to princely status, making him a direct vassal of the emperor. He also appointed Conrad Otto margrave over Moravia and thus divided the duchy into three parts dependent on him. When Frederick, who was pracitcally a puppet of the emperor, died, he was succeeded by Conrad Otto. Nickname: City of a Hundred Spires Motto: Praga Caput Rei publicae Location within the Czech Republic Coordinates: Country Czech Republic Region Capital City of Prague Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Pavel Bém Area  - City 496 km²  (191. ... Henry Bretislaus (Czech: JindÅ™ich BÅ™etislav) was the Duke of Bohemia from 1193 to 1197. ... Conrad II Otto (Czech: Konrád Ota) (died 9 September 1191) was a member of PÅ™emyslid dynasty, son of Duke Conrad II of Znojmo. ... Margrave is the English and French form (recorded since 1551) of the German title Markgraf (from Mark march and Graf count) and certain equivalent nobiliary (princely) titles in other languages. ... Flag of Moravia Moravia (Czech and Slovak: Morava; German: ; Hungarian: ; Polish: ) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic. ...


By his marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of Geza II of Hungary, he had the following issue: Géza II (Hungarian: , Slovak: Gejza) was king of Hungary from 1141 until his death in 1161. ...

Preceded by
Ladislaus II
Duke of Bohemia
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Succeeded by
Sobeslav II
Preceded by
Sobeslav II
Duke of Bohemia
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Succeeded by
Conrad II
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