State · 1198 – 1918
Kingdom of Bohemia
A state of 1198 – 1918 — 720 years in Europe. It replaced Duchy of Bohemia. It was replaced by Czechoslovakia and First Czechoslovak Republic and followed by Austrian Empire. The atlas records 42 things within it — wars and battles 19 · people 23. Its line of rulers holds 34 people. Its own article says it was dissolved.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 720 years
- 1198 – 1918
- Rulers
- 34
- the King of Bohemia
- Most ground
- 170,000 km²
- in 1375
- Within it
- 42
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 6
- on record, with years
1202 · first mapped · 70,600 km²
1375 · at its largest · 170,000 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Duchy of Bohemia · replaces · 870 – 1198
After it
- Austrian Empire · followed by · 1804 – 1867
- First Czechoslovak Republic · replaced by · 1918 – 1938
- Czechoslovakia · replaced by · 1918 – 1992
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Following the defeat of the Central Powers in World War I, both the Kingdom and Empire were dissolved.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of King of Bohemia - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ottokar I of Bohemia | 1198 – 1230 | 32 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Wenceslaus I of Bohemia | 1230 – 1253 | 23 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Ottokar II of Bohemia | 1253 – 1278 | 25 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Wenceslaus II of Bohemia | 1278 – 1305 | 27 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Wenceslaus III of Bohemia | 1305 – 1306 | 1 year | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Henry of Bohemia | 1306 – 1306 | under a year | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Rudolf I of Bohemia | 1306 – 1307 | 1 year | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | nephew or niece |
| John of Bohemia | 1310 – 1346 | 36 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Charles IV | 1346 – 1378 | 32 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia | 1378 – 1419 | 41 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Sigismund | 1419 – 1437 | 18 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Albert II of Germany | 1438 – 1439 | 1 year | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | in-law |
| Ladislaus the Posthumous | 1453 – 1457 | 4 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| George of Poděbrady | 1458 – 1471 | 13 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Vladislaus II of Hungary | 1471 – 1516 | 45 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Matthias Corvinus | 1478 – 1490 | 12 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Louis II of Hungary | 1516 – 1526 | 10 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor | 1526 – 1564 | 38 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | in-law |
| Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1564 – 1576 | 12 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1576 – 1611 | 35 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor | 1611 – 1619 | 8 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Frederick V of the Palatinate | 1619 – 1620 | 1 year | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1619 – 1637 | 18 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor | 1637 – 1657 | 20 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor | 1657 – 1705 | 48 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor | 1705 – 1711 | 6 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | 1711 – 1740 | 29 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Maria Theresa | 1740 – 1780 | 40 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1780 – 1790 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1790 – 1792 | 2 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
| Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor | 1792 – 1835 | 43 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ferdinand I of Austria | 1835 – 1848 | 13 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Franz Joseph I | 1848 – 1916 | 68 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | nephew or niece |
| Charles I of Austria | 1916 – 1918 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone |
34 rulers, 34 with terms dated as terms, covering 1198 – 1918. Median reign 18 years. 5 of 33 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
70,600 km² in 1223, 128,200 km² in 1523; at its largest 150,600 km² in 1273. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the Kingdom of Bohemia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Redraw: Samhanin Historical original works: Hugo Gerhard Ströhl 
flag, undatedFlag of Bohemia · Public domain .svg/120px-Royal_banner_of_the_Kingdom_of_Bohemia_(colorful).svg.png)
flag, undatedRoyal banner of the Kingdom of Bohemia (colorful) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Samhanin & Havsjö (change the color of the 'Royal banner of the Kingdom of Bohemia.svg') 
coat of arms, undatedZnak českého království · Public domain 
flag, undatedRoyal banner of the Kingdom of Bohemia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the House of Luxembourg-Bohemia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · FDRMRZUSA
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1200 – 12998 rows
- John of Bohemia · ruler · 1296 – 1346
- Ottokar II of Bohemia · ruler · 1233 – 1278
- Wenceslaus II of Bohemia · ruler · 1271 – 1305
- Wenceslaus III of Bohemia · ruler · 1289 – 1306
- Wenceslaus I of Bohemia · ruler · 1205 – 1253
- Rudolf I of Bohemia · ruler · 1281 – 1307
- Elizabeth of Bohemia · philosopher · 1292 – 1330
- Henry of Bohemia · ruler · 1265 – 1335
1300 – 13999 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Jan Hus · philosopher · 1369 – 1415
- Jan Žižka · commander · 1360 – 1424
- Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia · ruler · 1361 – 1419
- Anne of Bohemia · politician · 1366 – 1394
- Prokop the Great · commander · 1380 – 1434
- Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg · politician · 1337 – 1383
- Petr Chelčický · philosopher · 1390 – 1460
- John Henry · person · 1322 – 1375
and 1 more in the atlas.
1400 – 149913 rows · 11 wars and battles
- Vladislaus II of Hungary · ruler · 1456 – 1516
- George of Poděbrady · ruler · 1420 – 1471
- Battle of Lipany · battle · 1434
- Battle of Vítkov Hill · battle · 1420
- Battle of Sudoměř · battle · 1420
- Battle of Aussig · battle · 1426
- Battle of Domažlice · battle · 1431
- Battle of Nekmíř · battle · 1419
and 5 more in the atlas.
1500 – 15992 rows
- Albrecht von Wallenstein · commander · 1583 – 1634
- Louis II of Hungary · ruler · 1506 – 1526
1600 – 16991 row · 1 wars and battles
- Battle of White Mountain · battle · 1620
1700 – 17993 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Christoph Willibald Gluck · artist · 1714 – 1787
- Battle of Reichenberg · battle · 1757
- Siege of Olomouc · battle · 1758
1800 – 18996 rows · 4 wars and battles
- Antonín Dvořák · artist · 1841 – 1904
- Ernst Mach · scientist · 1838 – 1916
- Battle of Gitschin · battle · 1866
- Battle of Hühnerwasser · battle · 1866
- Battle of Podol · battle · 1866
- Battle of Münchengrätz · battle · 1866
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood720 years
stood longer than 93% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held170,000 km²
held more ground at its peak than 55% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century0.1
had more wars on record per century than 89% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median18 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 56% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record34
has more rulers on record than 96% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 15 causes the record names and 5 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1126 – 1990, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1375, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q42585 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.