Golden Bull of Sicily
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| Golden Bull of Sicily | |
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| Created | 26 September 1212 Basel |
| Location | National Archives of the Czech Republic at Prague |
| Signatories | Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor King of Sicily |
| Purpose | Confirmation of the hereditary royal title held by Ottokar I of Bohemia |
The Golden Bull of Sicily (
kings of Bohemia.[1][2] The kingship signified the exceptional status of Bohemia within the Holy Roman Empire
.
Ottokar's
Vladislaus II achieved kingship again, bestowed by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, whom he had accompanied on his Italian campaign against Milan, but failed to secure the succession of his eldest son Frederick
.
In September 1198 Frederick's younger half-brother Ottokar I made use of the rivalry among
king of Sicily, left for his coronation in Germany, reaching Basel
in September 1212. Here he issued the Golden Bull that confirmed the kingship of Ottokar I and his heirs in Bohemia.
According to the Golden Bull of Sicily, the estates of Bohemia and
Reichstag diets close to the Bohemian border. Although a subject of the Holy Roman Empire, the Bohemian king was to be the premier prince-elector
(Kurfürst) of the Empire and to furnish all subsequent emperors with a bodyguard of 300 knights when they went to Rome for their coronation. By this act Frederick II also declared that he and the Empire will give the investiture for Bohemia only to a ruler approved by the people of the country.
When in 1346 King
Imperial States
.
As part of the 800th anniversary of the document's signature, the document was put on public display at the National Archive for four days in September 2012.[5]
See also
- Golden Bull of 1356
- History of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Middle Ages)
References
- ^ Merinsky & Meznik 1998, p. 51.
- ^ "Guide to the Chamber of Deputies: The Golden Bull of Sicily". Parliament of the Czech Republic. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ a b Pleszczynski 2011, p. 296.
- ^ Pleszczynski 2011, p. 297.
- ^ "Golden Bull of Sicily goes on display at National Archive". Czech News Agency. 25 September 2012. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
Sources
- Merinsky, Zdenek; Meznik, Jaroslav (1998). "The making of the Czech state: Bohemia and Moravia from the tenth to the fourteenth centuries". In Teich, Mikulas (ed.). Bohemia in History. Cambridge University Press.
- Pleszczynski, Andrzej (2011). The Birth of a Stereotype: Polish Rulers and their Country in German Writings c. 1000 A.D. Brill.
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