The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the

Kingdom of Bohemia The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...

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. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings beforehand, first gaining the title in 1085. From 1004 to 1806, Bohemia was part of the

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, and its ruler was an

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. During 1526–1804 the Kingdom of Bohemia, together with the other lands of the Bohemian Crown, was ruled under a

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as part of the Habsburg monarchy. From 1804 to 1918, Bohemia was part of the

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, which itself was part of the dual monarchy of

Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary, often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire,, the Dual Monarchy, or Austria, was a constitutional monarchy and great power in Central Europe between 1867 and 1918. It was formed with the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of ...

from

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to 1918. Following the dissolution of the monarchy, the Bohemian lands, now also referred to as

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, became part of

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, and they have formed today's

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since

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Legendary rulers of Bohemia

* praotec Čech (Pater Boemus) * Lech * Krok * Libuše, duchess *

Přemysl the Ploughman Přemysl the Ploughman ( ''Přemysl Oráč''; English: Premysl, Przemysl or Primislaus) was the legendary husband of Libuše, and ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty, containing the line of princes (dukes) and kings which ruled in the Lands of ...

, her husband * Nezamysl * Mnata * Vojen * Vnislav * Křesomysl * Neklan * Hostivít

Princes of Great Moravia

Mojmír I Mojmir I, Moimir I or Moymir I (Latin: ''Moimarus'', ''Moymarus'', Czech and Slovak: ''Mojmír I.'') was the first known ruler of the Moravian Slavs (820s/830s–846) and eponym of the House of Mojmir. In modern scholarship, the creation of t ...

(c. 830–846) * Rastislav (846–870) *

Svatopluk Svatopluk (in modern Czech) or Svätopluk (in modern Slovak) is a Slavic given name. It may refer to: People *Svatopluk I of Moravia (c. 840–894), prince of Great Moravia from 870/871 to 894 * Svätopluk II (died c. 906), a son of Svatopluk I, pr ...

(871) *

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and Engelschalk (871) *

Slavomír Slavomír is a Czech and a Slovak masculine given name. It may refer to: * Slavomir of Moravia, medieval duke * Slavomír Bališ, Slovak football player * Slavomír Bartoň, Czech ice hockey player * Slavomír Kňazovický, Slovak sprint canoeist * ...

(871) *

(871–894) * Mojmír II (894–906?)

Dukes of Bohemia (c. 870–1198)

Kings of Bohemia (1085–1092, 1158–1172, 1198–1918)

Legendary rulers of Bohemia

Princes of Great Moravia

Dukes of Bohemia (c. 870–1198)

Kings of Bohemia (1085–1092, 1158–1172, 1198–1918)

See also