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List of rulers of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (147 words) |
 | The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Czech Země koruny české, Latin Corona regni Bohemiae) (e.g. |
 | Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia), were ruled by dukes (c. |
 | Matthias Corvinus (1469–1490), King of Hungary, was crowned as rival "King of Bohemia" in 1469. |
| Bohemia - LoveToKnow 1911 (17994 words) |
 | The mountain-ranges of the interior of Bohemia are the Brdywald (2798 ft.) in the middle; the Tepler Gebirge (2657 ft.), the Karsbader Gebirge (3057 ft.) and the Kaiserwald (3238 ft.), in the north-west part; while the northern corner is occupied by the Mittelgebirge (2739 ft.), a volcanic massif, stretching on both sides of the Elbe. |
 | Bohemia belongs to the watershed of the Elbe, which rises within the territory and receives on the right the Iser and the Polzen, and on the left the Adler; the Eger with its affluent the Tepl; the Biela and the Moldau. |
 | Albert, king of the Romans, declared that Bohemia was a vacant fief of the Empire, and, mainly by intimidation, induced the Bohemians to elect his son Rudolph as their sovereign; but Rudolph died after a reign of only one year. |