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Duchy of Bohemia

870 – 1198
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Early medieval Přemyslid duchy centered on Prague Castle, formed c.870 out of the disintegrating Great Moravian realm after Duke Spytihněv swore fealty to the East Frankish king Arnulf in 895. A principality of the Holy Roman Empire through the 10th century.

Continued under Přemyslid rule until raised to a hereditary kingdom, formally confirmed by the Golden Bull of Sicily in 1212 (the ducal-to-royal transition is usually dated from Duke Ottokar I's 1198 elevation).

Borders in 1025 · drawn from 4 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 4 border frames for Duchy of Bohemia — the shape you scrub through changes in 870 · 908 · 963 · 1025.

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