{"slug": "ottokar-ii-of-bohemia", "label": "Ottokar II of Bohemia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottokar_II_of_Bohemia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q150320", "qid": "Q150320", "description": "King of Bohemia (1253-1278)", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1251, 1278], "span_label": ["1251 CE", "1278 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-bohemia", "label": "Kingdom of Bohemia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "house-of-habsburg", "label": "House of Habsburg", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rudolf-i-of-germany", "label": "Rudolf I of Germany", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "duchy-of-carinthia", "label": "Duchy of Carinthia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "duchy-of-styria", "label": "Duchy of Styria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "austria", "label": "Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "world-war-i", "label": "World War I", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vienna", "label": "Vienna", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-austria", "label": "Duchy of Austria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prussia", "label": "Prussia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "teutonic-order", "label": "Teutonic Order", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1251, "year_label": "1251 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Ottokar II of Bohemia, later to become King of Bohemia, is elected Duke of Austria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362481176#Europe", "title": "1251", "revid": 1362481176, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1255, "year_label": "1255 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Teutonic Knights in Prussia found Königsberg (modern-day Kaliningrad) and name it in honour of King Ottokar II of Bohemia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315790496#Europe", "title": "1255", "revid": 1315790496, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1260, "year_label": "1260 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – Battle of Kressenbrunn: King Ottokar II of Bohemia captures Styria from King Béla IV of Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366894029#Europe", "title": "1260", "revid": 1366894029, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1269, "year_label": "1269 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Ottokar II of Bohemia inherits Carinthia and part of Carniola, making him the most powerful German prince within the Holy Roman Empire; the empire lacking an emperor during the ongoing “Great Interregnum”.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343645386#Europe", "title": "1269", "revid": 1343645386, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1271, "year_label": "1271 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Peace of Pressburg: Kings Ottokar II and Stephen V sign a peace agreement at Pressburg, settling territorial claims, following the failed invasion of Hungary by Ottokar in April. In the agreement, Stephen promises not to support Ottokar's opponents in Carinthia, and Ottokar renounces the castles he and his partisans occupy in Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320596#Europe", "title": "1271", "revid": 1351320596, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1273, "year_label": "1273 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Rudolf I is elected King of Germany over the rival candidate Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, ending the Great Interregnum. He is the first of many Habsburgs to hold the throne and is crowned in Aachen Cathedral, on October 24. Ottokar refuses to acknowledge Rudolf as the new ruler and is placed under the imperial ban, leading to the outbreak of war in 1276.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364847849#Europe", "title": "1273", "revid": 1364847849, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1276, "year_label": "1276 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June", "text": "June – King Rudolf I of Germany declares war on his rival Ottokar II of Bohemia. After 6 months of campaigning, Ottokar surrenders all his lands (including Austria and Styria) except Bohemia and Moravia. Rudolf makes Vienna his capital, marking the beginning of the House of Habsburg, which will last until 1918.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1344445633#Europe", "title": "1276", "revid": 1344445633, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1278, "year_label": "1278 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – Battle on the Marchfeld: German-Hungarian forces (some 9,000 men) led by Kings Rudolf I of Germany in alliance with Ladislaus IV of Hungary (\"the Cuman\"), defeat and kill Ottokar II, ruler of Bohemia. The battle ends the power struggle between Rudolf and Ottokar over the fate of Central Europe. Rudolf's House of Habsburg will continue to rule Austria and other captured territories until the end of World War I in 1918.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1334774897#Europe", "title": "1278", "revid": 1334774897, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}