Kings
| Kings of Bohemia | |||
| Přemyslid dynasty | |||
| Image | Name | Date | Notes |
| Ottokar I (Přemysl I. Otakar) |
1198–1230 | Hereditary royal title approved by King Philip of Germany, confirmed by the 1212 Golden Bull of Sicily | |
| Wenceslaus I (Václav I.) |
1230–1253 | Son of Ottokar I. | |
| Ottokar II (Přemysl II. Otakar) |
1253–1278 | Son of Wenceslaus I. Also Duke of Austria, Duke of Styria, Duke of Carinthia and Duke of Carniola. | |
| Wenceslaus II (Václav II.) |
1278–1305 | Son of Ottokar II. Also Duke of Kraków (from 1291) and King of Poland (1300–1305). | |
| Wenceslaus III (Václav III.) |
1305–1306 | Son of Wenceslaus II. Uncrowned (as Bohemian king). Also King of Hungary and King of Poland. | |
| Non-dynastic | |||
| Henry the Carinthian (Jindřich Korutanský) |
1306 | Meinhardiner. Son-in-law of Wenceslaus II. Non-crowned. | |
| Rudolph I (Rudolf I.) |
1306–1307 | Habsburg. Second husband of Elisabeth Richeza of Poland, widow of Wenceslaus II. Non-crowned. | |
| Henry the Carinthian | 1307–1310 | Second time | |
| Luxembourg dynasty | |||
| John the Blind (Jan Lucemburský) |
1310–1346 | Son-in-law of Wenceslaus II. | |
| Charles I (Karel I.) |
1346–1378 | Son John. Also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles IV and generally known as such. | |
| Wenceslaus IV (Václav IV.) |
1378–1419 | Son of Charles IV. Also King of the Romans until 1400. | |
| Sigismund (Zikmund) |
1419–1437 | Brother of Wenceslaus IV. Ruled effective 1436–1437 only (because of the Hussite Revolution). Also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary. | |
| Habsburg dynasty | |||
| Albert (Albrecht Habsburský) |
1437–1439 | Son-in-law of Sigismund. Also King of the Romans and of Hungary. | |
| interregnum | 1440–1453 | The succession of Albert's son was not recognized by the Czech nobility for the most of this era; the land was administered by the landfriedens (provincial & territorial). | |
| Ladislaus the Posthumous (Ladislav Pohrobek) |
1453–1457 | Son of Albert born after his father's death. Also King of Hungary. | |
| Non-dynastic | |||
| George of Podebrady (Jiří z Poděbrad) |
1457–1471 | Elected king from the Czech noble family House of Kunštát. Although he had descendants, the succession devolved to the prince from Polish kingdom. | |
| Matthias I Corvinus (Matyáš Korvín) |
1469–1490 | King of Hungary, elected by the insurgent Catholic Czech aristocrats as antiking in 1469, but never crowned. In 1479, he agreed to limit his rule to Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia, while retaining his title. | |
| Jagiellonian dynasty | |||
| Vladislaus II the Jagiellonian (Vladislav II. Jagellonský) |
1471–1516 | Nephew of Ladislaus the Posthumous; elected on request of his predecessor George. Also King of Hungary after 1490. | |
| Louis the Jagiellonian (Ludvík Jagellonský) |
1516–1526 | Son of Vladislaus II. Also King of Hungary. | |
| Habsburg dynasty | |||
| Ferdinand I | 1526–1564 | Brother-in-law of Louis; elected king. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor-elect from 1558. | |
| Maximilian (Maxmilián) |
1564–1576 | Son of Ferdinand I, grandson of Vladislaus II. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Rudolph II (Rudolf II.) |
1576–1611 | Son of Maximilian I. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Matthias (Matyáš II.) |
1611–1619 | Brother of Rudolph II. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Ferdinand II | 1619–1637 | Nephew of Matthias. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Frederick | 1619–1620 | Member of the House of Wittelsbach. Antiking, elected by the Crown's Estates at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War but after the lost Battle of White Mountain he fled the country. | |
| Ferdinand III | 1627–1657 | Son of Ferdinand II. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Ferdinand IV | 1646–1654 | Son of Ferdinand III. Junior co-monarch during his father's reign. Also King of Hungary and King of the Romans. | |
| Leopold I | 1657–1705 | Brother of Ferdinand IV. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Joseph I (Josef I.) |
1705–1711 | Son of Leopold I. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Charles II (Karel II.) |
1711–1740 | Brother of Joseph I. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VI. | |
| Charles Albert (Karel Albrecht) |
1741–1743 | Member of the House of Wittelsbach. Son-in-law of Joseph I. Antiking to Maria Theresa during the War of the Austrian Succession. Also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles VII. | |
| Maria Theresa (Marie Terezie) |
1740–1780 | Daughter of Charles II. Also Queen of Hungary. | |
| Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty | |||
| Joseph II (Josef II.) |
1780–1790 | Son of Maria Theresa. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Leopold II | 1790–1792 | Brother of Joseph II. Also King of Hungary and Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| Francis (František) |
1792–1835 | Son of Leopold II. Also King of Hungary, Holy Roman Emperor to 1806, Austrian Emperor from 1804. | |
| Ferdinand V | 1835–1848 | Son of Francis. Also Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary. Last crowned King of Bohemia. Lost power in the 1848 Revolution. | |
| Francis Joseph (František Josef I.) |
1848–1916 | Nephew of Ferdinand V. Also Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary. | |
| Charles III (Karel III.) | 1916–1918 | Grandnephew of Francis Joseph. Also Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary. Ruled briefly during First World War and abdicated. | |
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