Elisabeth of Bohemia was the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart and Frederick V, Elector Palatine – the Winter King and Queen of Bohemia. She was the third of thirteen children and their eldest daughter. Elisabeth initially stayed with her grandmother Louise Juliana of Orange-Nassau in Heidelberg when her parents were exiled from their Bohemian kingdom. She [read more]
The Cistercian Abbey of Zbraslav near Prague was a very significant monastery in the Kingdom of Bohemia. It was founded in 1292 by King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and several members of the Přemyslid dynasty are buried. The abbey was abolished in 1789 by Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor. It was briefly used as an [read more]
The Kingdom of Bohemia was founded in 1198 from the Duchy of Bohemia by Ottokar I of Bohemia. It was officially recognised in 1212 by the Golden Bull of Sicily. Ottokar was married to Adelheid of Meissen. They had four daughters and divorced in 1199. Adelheid was thus the first Queen consort of Bohemia but did [read more]
Elisabeth of Bohemia was born on 20 January 1292, the fifth of ten children of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Judith of Habsburg. Out of the ten, only Elisabeth, a brother Wenceslaus, and two sisters, Anne and Margaret survived childhood. When Elisabeth was five, her mother died in childbirth. Her father remarried to Elisabeth-Richeza of [read more]
In the history of royals, sibling rivalry is a very common subject. We probably all can think of an example when a younger brother coveted his elder brother’s crown or plotted his fall from power. But it was not always brother versus brother. When there were no brothers alive, the disputed succession could be sister [read more]
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