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Czech Rulers 830-1997

The Great Moravian rulers

Name Dates Comment
Mojmir I 830-846 ?
Rastislav 846-869
Svatopluk 869-894
Mojmir II 894-906

Czech Przemyslid rulers

Name Dates Comment
Borivoj ? - ?
Spytihnev ? -905
Vratislav I ? - ?
Wenceslas the Saint ? - ?
Boleslav I ? - ?
Boleslav II ? - ?
Boleslav III 999-1002
Vladivoj 1002-1003
Boleslav III 1003
Jaromir 1003
Boleslav the Bold 1003-1004
Jaromir 1004-1012
Oldrich 1012-1033
Jaromir 1033-1034
Oldrich 1034
Bretislav I 1034-1055
Spytihnev II 1055-1061
Vratislav II 1061-1092 became non-hereditary king in 1085
Konrad I Brunensis 1092
Bretislav II 1092-1100
Borivoj II 1101-1107
Svatopluk 1107-1109
Vladislav I 1109-1117
Borivoj II 1117-1120
Vladislav I 1120-1125
Sobeslav I 1125-1140
Vladislav II 1140-1173 became non-hereditary king in 1158
Bedrich 1172-1173
Sobeslav II 1173-1178
Bedrich 1178-1189
Konrad II Ota 1189-1191
Wenceslas II 1191
Przemysl I 1192-1193
Jindrich Bretislav 1193-1197
Vladislav Jindrich 1197


Czech kings

Name Dates Comment
Przemysl I Otakar 1197-1230 became the first hereditary king in 1212
Wenceslas I 1230-1253
Przemysl II Otakar 1253-1278
Wenceslas II 1278-1305
Wenceslas III 1305-1306 the last Przemyslid ruler
Henry of Carinthia 1306
Rudolph I Habsburg 1306-1307 the first Habsburg on the Czech throne
Henry of Carinthia 1307-1310


Luxembourg Dynasty

Name Dates Comment
John of Luxembourg 1310-1346
Charles IV 1346-1378
Wenceslas IV 1378-1419
Sigismund of Luxembourg 1420-1437
Albrecht II Habsburg 1438-1439 Sigismunds' son-in-law
Ladislav Posthumous 1453-1457
George of Podebrady 1458-1471 Czech noble elected by the Czech Estates


Jagellon Dynasty

Vladislav II Jagellon 1471-1516
Ludwig Jagellon the Child 1516-1526


Habsburg Dynasty

Ferdinand I Habsburg 1526-1546
Maxmilian II 1546-1576
Rudolph II 1576-1611
Mattias 1611-1619
Ferdinand II 1619
Frederick V of Faltz 1619-1620 elected by the Czech Estates
Ferdinand II 1620-1637
Ferdinand III 1637-1646
Ferdinand IV 1646-1654
Ferdinand III 1654-1657
Leopold I 1657-1705
Joseph I 1705-1711
Charles VI 1711-1740
Maria Theresa 1740-1780
Joseph II 1780-1790
Leopold II 1790-1792
Frank II 1792-1835
Ferdinand V the Benign 1835-1848
Frank Joseph I 1848-1918
Charles I 1916-1918


Czechoslavak Presidents

Tomas Garrigue Masaryk 1918-1935
Edvard Benes 1935-1938


"Presidents" During World War Two:

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia Emil Hacha 1939-1945
Slovakia, an "independent" state allied with the Nazis Joseph Tiso 1939-1945


After World War II:

Edvard Benes 1945-1948
Klement Gottwald 1948-1953 the first communist ruler
Antonin Zapotocky 1953-1957
Antonin Novotny 1957-1968
Ludvik Svoboda 1968-1975
Gustav Husak 1975-1989 the last communist ruler
Vaclav Havel 1989-1992
Jan Strasky 1992-1993 the last federal Premier, he was acting President after Vaclav Havel's resigned in xxxyear to protest the breakup of Czechoslovakia


Czech Presidents

Vaclav Havel 1993-Present

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