King of Bohemia - Definition and Overview

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.870-1085, 1092-1158 and 1172-1198) and kings (1085-1092, 1158-1172 and 1198-1918).

Premyslid dynasty

• Borivoj I (c. 870-888/889)
• Spytihnev I (894/895-915)
• Vratislav I (915-921)
• Duke Wenceslaus I (921-935)
• Boleslaus I the Cruel (935-972)
• Boleslaus II the Pious (972-999)
• Boleslaus III (999-1002)
• Vladivoj (1002-1003)
• Boleslaus III (1003)
• Jaromir (1003)
• Boleslaus III (1003)

Non-dynastic

• Boleslaus I of Poland (1003-1004, duke of Poland), Piast

Premyslid dynasty

• Jaromir (1004-1012)
• Oldrich (1012-1033)
• Jaromir (1033-1034)
• Oldrich (1034)
• Bretislav I (1035-1055)
• Spytihnev II (1055-1061)
• Vratislav II (1061-1092, king from 1085)
• Konrad I (1092)
• Bretislav II (1092-1100)
• Borivoj II (1101-1107)
• Svatopluk (1107-1109)
• Vladislav I (1109-1117)
• Borivoj II (1117-1120)
• Vladislav I (1120-1125)
• Sobeslav I (1125-1140)
• Vladislav II (1140-1172, king from 1158)
• Bedrich (1172-1173)
• Sobeslav II (1173-1178)
• Bedrich (1178-1189)
• Konrad II Ota (1189-1191)
• Duke Wenceslaus II (1191-1192)
• Otakar I (1192-1193)
• Jindrich Bretislav (1193-1197)
• Vladislav Jindrich (1197)
• Otakar I (1197-1230, king from 1198)
• King Wenceslaus I (1230-1253)
• Otakar II (1253-1278)
• King Wenceslaus II (1278-1305)
• King Wenceslaus III (1305-1306)

Non-dynastic

• Henry of Carinthia (1306)
• Rudolph I of Habsburg (1306-1307), Habsburg
• Henry of Carinthia (1307-1310)

Luxembourg dynasty

• John of Luxembourg (1310-1346)
• Charles I (1346-1378)
• Wenceslaus IV (1378-1419)
• Sigismund (1419-1420)
  • interregnum (Hussite Wars) (1420-1436)
• Sigismund (1436-1437)

Habsburg dynasty

• Albert of Habsburg (1437-1439), Habsburg
• Ladislaus I Posthumus (1453-1457), Habsburg

Non-dynastic

• George of Podebrady (1458-1471)
  • in Moravia, Silesia and Lusatia: Matthias Corvinus (1469-1490) ruled as antiking, was crowned "King of Bohemia"

Jagiellon dynasty

• Ladislaus II (1471-1516)
• Louis (1516-1526)

Habsburg dynasty

• Ferdinand I (1526-1564)
• Maximilian (1564-1576)
• Rudolph II (1576-1611)
• Matthias (1611-1619)
• Ferdinand II (1619)

Non-dynastic

• Frederick, Elector Palatine (1619-1620), Wittelsbach

Habsburg dynasty

• Ferdinand II (1620-1637)
• Ferdinand III (1627-1657)
• Ferdinand IV (1646-1654)
• Leopold I (1656-1705)
• Joseph I (1705-1711)
• Charles II (1711-1740)
• Maria Theresa (1740-1780)

Habsburg-Lothringen dynasty

• Joseph II (1780-1790)
• Leopold II (1790-1792)
• Francis (1792-1835)
• Ferdinand V (1835-1848)
• Francis Joseph (1848-1916)
• Charles III (1916-1918)

Modern times

The chronology continues on with non-monarchs:

• Presidents of Czechoslovakia
• Presidents of the Czech Republic

See also: History of the Czech Republic