Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

PAEMYSL

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 279 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

PAEMYSL , the reputed ancestor of the See also:

line of See also:dukes and See also:kings which ruled in Bohemia from 873 or earlier until the See also:murder of See also:Wenceslaus III. in 1306, and which was known as the Pfemyslide See also:dynasty. According to See also:legend Pfemysl was a See also:peasant of Staditz who attracted the See also:notice of Libussa, daughter of a certain Krok, who ruled over a large See also:part of Bohemia, and is said to have been descended from Samo. Pfemysl married Libussa, the traditional•foundress of See also:Prague,vand during the 8th See also:century became See also:prince of the Bohemian Cechs. His See also:family became See also:extinct when Wenceslaus III. died, but through See also:females the See also:title to Bohemia passed from the Pfemyslides to the See also:house of See also:Luxemburg and later to the house of See also:Habsburg. See F. Palacky, Geschichte von Bohmen, Bd. I. (Prague, 1844).

End of Article: PAEMYSL

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
PAELIGNI 		[next]
PAEONIA

Site © 2006 - Net Industries