Prague Times31 Dec 2020

THEN - Long Live the King (Again) (1172-1230)

Yet more musical chairs around the throne of Bohemia, but it all comes out in the end as yet another king secures long term power. Third time's a charm!

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SECTIONS

00:53 - Vladislav II Abdicates Without Permission

01:19 - Frederick (Bedřich) Round One, then Oldřich, then Soběslav II Gets in Trouble

03:16 - Frederick (Bedřich) Round Two, Konrád (Otto) and Soběslav Scheme, Moravia Becomes a Margraviate, the Přemyslids Gear Up for a Family Civil War, the Third Crusade is Called and Frederick (Bedřich) Dies

06:44 - Konrád (Otto), Nobles Force the Statutes of Konrad, Konrád Dies of Plague in Naples

07:24 - Václav II Becomes Duke...for Three Months, Ottokar I Takes Control (Round One)

08:06 - Family Squabbles Continue, Jindřich Břetislav Goes for a Walk and Gets Kidnapped and then the HRE Makes Him Duke, then Falls Ill Preparing for the German Crusade, Ottokar Takes Control but the Nobles Elect his Brother Vladislav Jindřich Instead (Who Steps Down)

11:11 - Ottokar I Is Back in the Saddle, Becomes KING, Gets Permission to Divorce, the Fourth Crusade and Albigensian (Cathar) Crusades, Ottokar Secures Power with the Golden Bull of Sicily of 1212 (Same Year as the Children's Crusade)

13:40 - Fifth and Sixth Crusades, Bohemia Now Has Kings Forever and Quite a Bit of Status and Autonomy

Music by Fanette Ronjat

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