Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)

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Elizabeth of Bohemia was a princess of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty who became Queen of Bohemia as the first wife of King John the Blind. She was the mother of Emperor Charles IV, King of Bohemia, and a daughter of Judith of Habsburg, member of the House of Habsburg.

Wedding of John of Luxembourg and Elizabeth in Speyer in 1310

Elisabeth (centre) with her mother-in-law Margaret (left) and daughter-in-law Anna (right)

Přemyslid dynasty

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The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemysl was a Bohemian royal dynasty that reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia, as well as in parts of Poland, Hungary and Austria.

Last three Přemyslid kings according to illumination from the Chronicon Aulae regiae: Přemysl Ottokar II (one crown – Bohemia), Wenceslaus II (two crowns – Bohemia and Poland) and Wenceslaus III (three crowns – Hungary, Bohemia and Poland)

Bohemian king Wenceslaus II as the King of Poland, a romantic drawing by Jan Matejko (1892)

Maximum extent of the kingdom under Ottokar II, c. 1276

Premyslid Dynasty Family Tree