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Premysl Otakar II

Ottokar II
King of Bohemia,
Duke of Austria, Styria and Carinthia,
Margrave of Carniola
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Ottokar's royal seal
King of Bohemia
Reign 1253–1278
Coronation 1261, Prague
Predecessor Wenceslaus I
Successor Wenceslaus II
Born c. 1233
Městec Králové, Bohemia
Died 26 August 1278 (aged c. 44–45)
Dürnkrut, Austria
Burial Saint Vitus Cathedral
Wives
Issue Kunigunde of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
House Přemyslid dynasty
Father Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Mother Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen

Ottokar II (Czech: Přemysl Otakar II; c. 1233 – 26 August 1278), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278. He also held the titles of a Margrave of Moravia from 1247, Duke of Austria from 1251, Duke of Styria from 1260, as well as Duke of Carinthia and Margrave of Carniola from 1269.

With Ottokar's rule, the Přemyslids reached the peak of their power in the Holy Roman Empire. His expectations of imperial crown, however, were never fulfilled.

Ottokar was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia. Through his mother, Kunigunde, daughter of Philip of Swabia, he was related to the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors, which became extinct in the male line upon the execution of King Conradin of Sicily in 1268.

Named after his grandfather King Přemysl Ottokar I, he was originally educated for the role of an ecclesiastical administrator, while his elder brother Vladislaus was designated heir of the Bohemian kingdom. He was possibly educated by the Bohemian chancellor Philip of Spanheim, who would later become a rival for the rule in the Duchy of Carinthia.

When his brother Vladislaus died in 1247, Ottokar suddenly became the heir to the Bohemian throne. According to popular oral tradition, he was profoundly shocked by his brother's death and did not involve himself in politics, becoming focused on hunting and drinking. As new heir, his father appointed him Margrave of Moravia and Ottokar took his residence in Brno, where he was occupied with the reconstruction of the Moravian lands devastated by Mongol raids.


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