As per tradition the kingdoms of Austria and Bohemia are held in personal union. Bohemia's crown dates (officially) from 1212. Austria's a more recent 1898.
Austria[]
Austria was originally a march (margraviate) within Bavaria.
Leopold I | (976-994) | |
Henry I | (994-1018 | |
Adalbert | (1018-1055) | |
Ernest | (1055-1075) | |
Leopold II | (1075-1095) | |
Leopold III | (1095-1136) | |
Leopold IV | (1137-1141) | |
Henry II | (1141-1156) |
The 1156 Prviliegium Minus elevates the March to a Duchy, making it independent of Bavaria.
Henry II | (1156-1177) | |
Leopold V | (1177-1194) | |
Frederick I | (1195-1198) | |
Leopold VI | (1198-1230) | |
Frederick II | (1230-1246) |
After Frederick's death Austria is disputed between various claimants, the longest lasting being Ottokar II of Bohemia (1251-1278). He is eventually defeated by Emperor Rudolph I who would divide his lands between his sons.
Albert's three sons divide the duchy (the title of Archduke was a 1359 fabrication which was only confirmed in 1513 when Austria was reunited). The death of his cousins without heirs allows Sigismund, Duke of Inner Austria, to reunite the lands over the course of his rule.
Sigismund | (1513-1524) | |
Maximilian I | (1524-1543) | |
Maximilian II | (1543-1569) | |
Albert IV | (1569-1580) | |
Frederick III Emperor Frederick VI |
(1580-1606) | |
Charles I Emperor Charles VI |
(1606-1631) | |
Rudolph V Emperor Rudolph II |
(1631-1649) | |
Rudolph VI Emperor Rudolph III |
(1649-1687) | |
Charles II | (1687-1702) | |
Rupert Emperor Rupert |
(1702-1748) | |
Maximilian III | (1748-1750) | |
Frederick IV | (1750-1769) | |
Leopold III | (1769-1800) | |
Maximilian IV | (1800-1816) | |
Charles III | (1816-1842) | |
George Emperor George |
(1842-1864) | |
Leopold IV | (1864-1896) | |
Charles IV | (1896-1898) |
After much bartering in the Imperial Diet the title of King of Austria is finally bestowed on the Archdukes in 1898, though this came with the provision, occasionally contested, that they should not pursue an additional electorate for Austria.
Charles I | (1898-1905) | |
Leopold I | (1905-1908) | |
Leopold II | (1908-1920) | |
Charles II Emperor Charles VIII |
(1920-1955) | |
Leopold III | (1955-1987) | |
Leopold IV | (1987-2009) | |
Leopold V | (2009-) |
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Bohemia[]
The Kings of Bohemia are usually dated from 1212 when the title was confirmed by the Sicilian Bull, though an illustrious line of Dukes stretches back to the early 9th century. Previous dukes did claim the title of king however it was not a hereditary title.
Ottokar I | (1198-1230) | |
Wenceslaus I | (1230-1253) | |
Ottokar II | (1253-1278) | |
Wenceslaus II | (1278-1305) | |
Wenceslaus III | (1305-1306) |
Henry I | (1306, 1307-1310) |
Rudolph I | (1306-1307) |
John of Luxembourg marries Elizabeth, the last heir of Wenceslaus II.
John I | (1310-1346) | |
Charles I | (1346-1374) | |
Wenceslaus IV
Emperor Wenceslaus |
(1374-1400) | |
Charles II
Emperor Charles IV |
(1400-1426) | |
Sigismund I
Emperor Sigismund I |
(1426-1437) | |
Matthew
Emperor Matthew |
(1437-1444) | |
John II | (1444-1478) | |
Sigismund II
Emperor Sigismund II |
(1478-1502) | |
John III
Emperor John I |
(1502-1536) | |
Wenceslaus V | (1536-1540) | |
Henry of Prague Queen Joanna as regent |
(1540-1550) |
The death of Henry of Prague before he can reach his majority gives the Bohemian magnates an opportunity to break with Luxembourg rule. Maximilian II of Austria is elected.
Maximilian I | (1543-1569) | |
Albert I | (1569-1580) | |
Frederick I Emperor Frederick VI |
(1580-1606) | |
Charles III Emperor Charles VI |
(1606-1618) |
During the Bohemian Revolt which began the Fifty Years War the Protestant Bohemian nobles rejected the Austrian archduke and with Schmalkaldic support elected William-George, Prince of Oldenburg as the new Protestant King of Bohemia. His rule lasted only until the Catholic Empire marshals its forces and reconquers Bohemia. Both him and his daughter Catherine are recognised by the Protestant Bohemian lords as King and Queen in absentia.
William-George | (1618-1621) | |
Catherine | (1629-1668) |
Throughout the Fifty Years War the Austrian archdukes continue to use the title of 'King of Bohemia' though none are ever crowned in Prague and officially the throne is vacant. The Treaty of Copenhagen in 1668 returns Bohemia to Luxembourg rule, a sop to offset their loss of Brandenburg and a snub to Austria.
Henry III | (1668-1669) | |
John IV
Emperor John II |
(1669-1680) |
While John IV is on his apparent deathbed (he recovers) the Prague Diet decides they will not accept the reactionary and widely despised Prince Charles of Utrecht as his successor. The nobles reach out to various parties but running out of time and options invite Austria to retake the crown. Archduke (and Emperor) Rudolph VI is confirmed as king after the brief and indecisive War of Bohemian Succession.
Rudolph II Emperor Rudolph III |
(1680-1687) | |
Charles IV | (1687-1702) | |
Rupert Emperor Rupert |
(1702-1748) | |
Maximilian II | (1748-1750) | |
Frederick III | (1750-1769) | |
Leopold I | (1769-1800) | |
Maximilian III | (1800-1816) | |
Charles V | (1816-1842) | |
George Emperor George |
(1842-1864) | |
Leopold II | (1864-1896) | |
Charles VI | (1896-1898) | |
Leopold III | (1905-1908) | |
Leopold IV | (1908-1920) | |
Charles VII Emperor Charles VIII |
(1920-1955) | |
Leopold V | (1955-1987) | |
Leopold VI | (1987-2009) | |
Leopold VII | (2009-) |
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