bodyguard of 300 knights when they went to Rome for their coronation. Ottokar's reign was also notable for the start of German immigration into Bohemia and the growth of towns in what had until that point been forest lands. In 1226, Ottokar went to war against Duke Leopold VI of Austria after the latter wrecked a deal that would have seen Ottokar's daughter (Saint Agnes of Bohemia) married to Frederick II's son Henry II of Sicily. Ottokar then planned for the same daughter to marry Henry III of England, but this was vetoed by the emperor, who knew Henry to be an opponent of the Hohenstaufen dynasty. The widowed emperor himself wanted to marry Agnes, but by then she did not want to play a role in an arranged marriage. With the help of the pope, she entered a convent. Family Ottokar was married first in 1178 to Adelheid of Meissen (after 1160 - 2 February 1211), who gave birth to the following children: Vratislav of Bohemia (d. bef. 1225). Dagmar of Bohemia (d. 24 May 1212), married to King Valdemar II of Denmark. Božislava of Bohemia (d. 6 Feb bef. 1238), married to Count Henry I of Ortenberg. Hedvika of Bohemia, became a nun in Gernrode. In 1199, he married secondly to Constance of Hungary (1181 – 6 December 1240), who gave birth to the following children: Vratislav of Bohemia (c. 1200 – bef. 1209). Judith of Bohemia (Judita) (- 2 June 1230), married to Bernhard von Spanheim, Duke of Carinthia. Anne of Bohemia (Anna Lehnická) (1204 - 23 June 1265), married to Henry II the Pious, High Duke of Poland. Anežka of Bohemia, died young. Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (Václav I.) (c. 1205 - 23 September 1253), became King of Bohemia. Vladislaus of Bohemia (Vladislav) (1207 - 18 February 1227), Margrave of Moravia. Přemyslid (Přemysl) of Bohemia (1209 - 16 October 1239), Margrave of Moravia, married to Margaret of Merania, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania. Wilhelmina of Bohemia (Vilemína Česká, Guglielmina Boema) (1210 - 24 October 1281) Saint Agnes of Bohemia (Anežka Česká) (20 January 1211 – 6 March 1282) References Sources External links |- 1230 deaths Medieval kings of Bohemia Dukes of Bohemia Burials at St. Vitus Cathedral Czech military leaders