English Translation

h1 The position of Bohemia as a kingdom Until the year Lo85, Bohemia was duchy, whose dukes were in a protective and dependent relationship to the German Empire. Wratislaw II (106l - 1092) was one of the few princes who maintained faithfulness to German Emperor Henry IV in the investiture dispute. He participated in the fight against the insurgent Saxons, waged a campaign against the enemy Leo pold v. Austria himself and sent in 1882 300 armed with the imperial army against Italy. Wratisluw received for this loyalty to the emperor II. lo85 as a special award the right for his person (ad personam) to have a royal headband (diadema) on certain occasions First coronation: lo86 took place in the St. Veits Church in Prague the solemn coronations of Wratislav and his wife by Archbishop Egilbert v. Trier. Wladislav II (1140 - 1173) received the title of hereditary king of Bohemia on the Reichstag in Regensburg by Frie- drich Rotbart. The occasion for the elevation was the faithful assistance of the Bohemian Duke on the Italian trains of the emperor. Second coronation: The crowning with the forehead mature took place on the Reichstag in Regensburg by the emperor himself. Under Frederick 1173), the son and successor of King Vladislav II, the hereditary king's dignity is lost, since Frederick had followed him during his father's lifetime without the emperor's permission. Only under Primisl 0ttokar I (1192 - 1193, 1197 - 1230) will Bohemia become a permanent kingship, since Primisll at the time