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Premysl Ottokar II - definition of Premysl Ottokar II in Encyclopedia (537 words) |
 | He was a son of King Wenceslaus I of the Premysl dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde, was related to the Hohenstaufen family, being a grandson of the German king, Philip of Swabia. |
| Placing Ottokar under the ban of the empire, Rudolph besieged Vienna and compelled Ottakar in November 1276 to sign a treaty by which he gave up Austria and the neighbouring duchies, retaining for himself only Bohemia and Moravia. |
| Ottokar was a founder of towns and a friend of law and order, while he assisted trade and welcomed German immigrants. |
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