@krieger @Jan Olbracht

Queen Anna of Bohemia

Anna’s Folly

After the murder of Anne's brother, Wenceslaus, in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolph of Habsburg. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia out of reach from Rudolph

The quarrels of the Bohemian throne between Henry of Bohemia and Rudolph of Habsburg resulted in Rudolph taking Bohemia and marrying Queen Elizabeth Richeza, Rudolph would sire a son with Elizabeth Richeza a posthumous son named Henry. Elizabeth went to live in Prague Castle with her brother's widow, Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn. Anna and Henry would want Elizabeth to marry the Lord of Bergova (Otto of Löbdaburg) for political reasons. Elizabeth refused to marry Otto and on 1308 Anna would now make a marriage arrangement between Wladyslaw, the 10 year old heir of Wladyslaw Elbowhigh and Elizabeth of Bohemia and another a marriage between Margaret of Bohemia with Charles Robert of Hungary cancelling out her earlier betrothal with a Silesian duke in order to strengthen her rule in Bohemia against the Habsburg, in this time she is confident that she and her husband will have Kids and due to the lifting of the betrothal of Boleslaw III the Generous with Margaret, Boleslaw III the Generous would marry Elizabeth Richeza trying to gain some power.

Anna and Henry of Carinthia would win against the Imperial Habsburgs due to the backing of Hungarians and Poles and Anna would rule until 1330 and even outliving her husband.

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Is Anna of Bohemia really barren or can she have Kids ITTL...any one?
 

krieger

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@krieger @Jan Olbracht

Queen Anna of Bohemia

Anna’s Folly

After the murder of Anne's brother, Wenceslaus, in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolph of Habsburg. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia out of reach from Rudolph

The quarrels of the Bohemian throne between Henry of Bohemia and Rudolph of Habsburg resulted in Rudolph taking Bohemia and marrying Queen Elizabeth Richeza, Rudolph would sire a son with Elizabeth Richeza a posthumous son named Henry. Elizabeth went to live in Prague Castle with her brother's widow, Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn. Anna and Henry would want Elizabeth to marry the Lord of Bergova (Otto of Löbdaburg) for political reasons. Elizabeth refused to marry Otto and on 1308 Anna would now make a marriage arrangement between Wladyslaw, the 10 year old heir of Wladyslaw Elbowhigh and Elizabeth of Bohemia and another a marriage between Margaret of Bohemia with Charles Robert of Hungary cancelling out her earlier betrothal with a Silesian duke in order to strengthen her rule in Bohemia against the Habsburg, in this time she is confident that she and her husband will have Kids and due to the lifting of the betrothal of Boleslaw III the Generous with Margaret, Boleslaw III the Generous would marry Elizabeth Richeza trying to gain some power.

Anna and Henry of Carinthia would win against the Imperial Habsburgs due to the backing of Hungarians and Poles and Anna would rule until 1330 and even outliving her husband.

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Is Anna of Bohemia really barren or can she have Kids ITTL...any one?

The son of the Elizabeth Richeza and Rudolph wouldn't be named Henry, that name didn't exist in the House of Habsburg back then and he isn't related to any powerful Henry after whom he might be named. Charles Robert at that time was fighting with Hungarian magnates and he wasn't even an ally of Elbow-high. Hungarian help for Elbow-high at that time wasn't help from King himself, but from oligarch Amadeus Aba (whose relationship with newly-established Anjou dynasty was....complicated). And Elizabeth Richeza had more authority among Bohemian nobility than Anna and IMHO she would keep the throne for her son, named either Albert (after paternal grandfather and HRE) or Premysl (after maternal grandfather and King Premysl Ottokar II). And she wouldn't marry Boleslaus the Generous, because after the death of her second husband, she fell in love with Henry of Lipa, powerful Czech noble. Who could ITTL help her in keeping the throne for Albert/Premysl.
 
The son of the Elizabeth Richeza and Rudolph wouldn't be named Henry, that name didn't exist in the House of Habsburg back then and he isn't related to any powerful Henry after whom he might be named. Charles Robert at that time was fighting with Hungarian magnates and he wasn't even an ally of Elbow-high. Hungarian help for Elbow-high at that time wasn't help from King himself, but from oligarch Amadeus Aba (whose relationship with newly-established Anjou dynasty was....complicated). And Elizabeth Richeza had more authority among Bohemian nobility than Anna and IMHO she would keep the throne for her son, named either Albert (after paternal grandfather and HRE) or Premysl (after maternal grandfather and King Premysl Ottokar II). And she wouldn't marry Boleslaus the Generous, because after the death of her second husband, she fell in love with Henry of Lipa, powerful Czech noble. Who could ITTL help her in keeping the throne for Albert/Premysl.
But there would be civil war and I think an alliance between Anna and Poland and a German Magnate would be useful for her, Elizabeth for Wladyslaw and Margaret for the OTL John of Bohemia.
 

krieger

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But there would be civil war and I think an alliance between Anna and Poland and a German Magnate would be useful for her, Elizabeth for Wladyslaw and Margaret for the OTL John of Bohemia.

Not really. Rudolph was crowned king of Bohemia and received Imperial recognize, Henry of Carinthia has no claim to Bohemia (IOTL he returned because Rudolph died childless) ITTL and Anna was really unpopular among Czech nobility. Henry of Lipa ousted Carinthian IOTL, so ITTL he'd able to prevent him from taking Bohemian throne back. Elbow-high didn't even finish reunification at that stage and wasn't crowned a King, Al jr/Premysl III has better rights to Poland than him, his support isn't going to decide about Bohemian future. And why are you so sure that Henry would still win election? If Rudolph has a son than Elizabeth Richeza is a regent and she can send envoy to vote in election in the name of her son. As a result, Charles of Valois might even become HRE instead of Henry of Luxembourg.
 
Not really. Rudolph was crowned king of Bohemia and received Imperial recognize, Henry of Carinthia has no claim to Bohemia (IOTL he returned because Rudolph died childless) ITTL and Anna was really unpopular among Czech nobility. Henry of Lipa ousted Carinthian IOTL, so ITTL he'd able to prevent him from taking Bohemian throne back. Elbow-high didn't even finish reunification at that stage and wasn't crowned a King, Al jr/Premysl III has better rights to Poland than him, his support isn't going to decide about Bohemian future. And why are you so sure that Henry would still win election? If Rudolph has a son than Elizabeth Richeza is a regent and she can send envoy to vote in election in the name of her son. As a result, Charles of Valois might even become HRE instead of Henry of Luxembourg.
Elizabeth Richeza is more popular in Greater Poland as well than Wladko and her having no male heirs ruined her chances.
 

krieger

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Elizabeth Richeza is more popular in Greater Poland as well than Wladko and her having no male heirs ruined her chances.

I think that the mayor Albert (from Cracow) and John Muskata, bishop of Cracow will also support young Al/Przemysl III against Elbow-high. So he has a decent shot in getting also Polish throne for himself.
 
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