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Kunigunda of Slavonia
Queen consort of Bohemia
Tenure1261–1278
Coronation1261
Burial
Prague
SpouseOtakar II of Bohemia
Zavish, Lord of Falkenstejn
IssueWenceslaus II of Bohemia
Kunigunde of Bohemia
Agnes, Duchess of Austria
HouseRurik Dynasty (by birth)
House of Přemyslid (by first marriage)
FatherRostislav Mihailovich
MotherAnna of Hungary

Kunigunda Rostislavna (1245 – 9 September 1285) [Czech: Kunhuta Haličská] was Queen consort of Bohemia and its regent from 1278 until her death. She was a member of the House of Chernigov, and a daughter of the ruler of Slavonia.

Early life

She was presumably born in Ruthenia, in the domains of her paternal grandfather Michael of Chernigov, Grand Prince of Kiev, to Rostislav Mihailovich, future ruler of Belgrade and Slavonia, and his wife Anna of Hungary. After the death of her father's father, Kunigunda's family relocated to Hungary, where her mother's father, Bela IV of Hungary, made her father governor of certain Serbian-speaking regions in the Danube Valley. Her father proclaimed himself Emperor of Bulgaria in 1256 but did not stay there to defend his title.

Kunigunda was married - as a token of alliance from her maternal grandfather Bela - to King Přemysl Otakar II of Bohemia (ca. 1233 – 1278) in Bratislava on 25 October 1261, following his divorce from Margaret, Duchess of Austria (ca. 1204 – 1266) who was elderly and barren, and unable to provide heirs for the King.

Marriage: Queen of Bohemia

Kunigunda, 41 years Margaret's junior, bore Otakar several children including:

However, the peace between Bohemia and Hungary ended up after 10 years, when Kunigunda's uncle Stephen came to power as the King of Hungary.

In 1278, King Otakar tried to recover his lands lost to Rudolph I of Germany in 1276. He made allies and collected a large army, but he was defeated by Rudolph and killed at the Battle of Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen on the March on 26 August 1278.

Moravia was subdued and its government entrusted to Rudolph's representatives, leaving Kunigunda, now Queen Regent of Bohemia in control of only the province surrounding Prague, while the young Wenceslaus was betrothed and married to one of Rudolph's daughters, Judith.

Later life

Kunigunda married secondly a Bohemian magnate Záviš, Lord of Falkenštejn, in Prague in 1285. However, she died only few months later. Záviš survived her and married again to the Hungarian Princess Elisabeth. He was executed on behalf of the King on 24 August 1290.

Kunigunda's son Wenceslaus II kept the Kingdom of Bohemia, and also succeeded in obtaining Poland and Hungary although not very sustainably. Ultimately, she is one of the pivotal ancestresses of the Houses of Luxembourg and Habsburg.

Ancestors

Literature

  • CHARVÁTOVÁ, Kateřina. Václav II. Král český a polský. Praha : Vyšehrad, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7021-841-9.
  • ŠAROCHOVÁ, Gabriela V. Radostný úděl vdovský. Královny-vdovy přemyslovských Čech. Praha : Dokořán, 2004. ISBN 80-86569-24-1.
Kunigunda of Halych
Born: 1245 Died: 9 September 1285
Preceded by Queen of Bohemia
1261–1278
Succeeded by