На терезах кохання й політики: доля королеви Кунігунди на тлі кризових явищ у Чеській державі другої половини ХІІІ ст.

Abstract

The article highlights the main milestones of the life of Queen Kunigunda, who was the second wife of the Czech monarch Přemysl Otakar II. The Czech state appeared in serious danger after the death in 1728 of Přemysl Otakar II in the battle with the troops of the German ruler Rudolf I Habsburg. The country was in a crisis situation, since the only heir to the throne, Vaclav II, was still a child, and Czech gentry were not sufficiently consolidated. Great hopes were relied on the Queen-widow Kunigunda, who at the beginning actively defended the interests of her and Přemysl Otakar’s II common son Vaclav II. However shortly Kunigunda had removed from active participation in the political life of the country, as she fell in love with the simple nobleman Zavish of Falcenstein, who had been the mortal enemy of her late husband.