Current Affairs Bohemian royal Premyslid dynasty died out 700 years ago

04-08-2006 16:18 | Pavla Horáková

Exactly 700 years have passed since the last male member of the Bohemian royal dynasty, the Premyslids, died. On August 4, 1306, king Wenceslas III. was murdered in the town of Olomouc at the age of just 16. The death of the young king marked the end of a 450-year Premyslid rule in Bohemia.

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