Polity Duchy of Bohemia (Frankish)

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Bohemia emerged as a duchy around 870 AD, the first form of the modern-day Czech State. It was a vassal of the Frankish Empire until 962 when East Francia became the Holy Roman Empire, of which Bohemia initially was not part of.

Establishment

  • January 871: The Duchy of Bohemia was established c. 870.

Chronology

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1. Hungarian invasions of Europe

The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 896: The newly unified Hungarians, led by Árpád, settled in the Carpathian Basin starting in 895.
  • January 903: In 902, the Magyars led a campaign against northern Moravia.
  • February 903: In 902, the Magyars led a campaign against northern Moravia.The territories were left after the raid.
  • January 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south.
  • February 938: In 937, the Hungarians raided France as far west as Reims, Lotharingia, Swabia, Franconia, the Duchy of Burgundy and Italy as far as Otranto in the south. After the ride they left these territories.

2. Frankish Partitions

The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.

2.1. Incoronation of Otto I

East Frankish King Otto I was crowned first Holy Roman Emperor.

  • January 963: The Duchy of Bohemia became a State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Disestablishment

  • January 963: The Duchy of Bohemia became a State of the Holy Roman Empire.

Selected Sources

  • Kristó, G. (1993): A Kárpát-medence és a magyarság régmultja (1301-ig), Szeged (Hungary), p. 299
  • Leyser, K. (1982): Medieval Germany and its neighbours, 900-1250, London (UK), p. 50
  • Reuter, T. (1995): The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024, Cambridge (UK), p. 543