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John of Bohemia

Type Figure Region Bohemia Time 1296–1346 Also known as Blind John

John of Bohemia (1296–1346), a member of the House of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1310, granted the County of Luxembourg in the 1320s and ex…

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  1. 1310–1330Prague · Czech landsIn 1310 he ascended the Bohemian throne with the support of electors and nobles, and in the 1320s consolidated control over Luxembourg, Moravia and elsewhere. During this period he participated in imperial politics, allying or contending with rulers such as Louis IV, and cultivated his heir Charles's political training at the Prague court.
  2. 1331–1346Crécy · PicardyDespite failing eyesight he fought as a knight, intervening repeatedly in the Franco-English conflict in the 1330s. In 1346, supporting King Philip VI of France, he charged into battle and was killed at Crécy, becoming a famous early case of the Hundred Years' War and a symbolic event of chivalric culture.

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