Bohemian

The Bohemian group comprises the Czechs, Moravians, Silesians and the Sorbs of Lusatia. The Přemyslids made Bohemia a kingdom in the twelfth century; in 1337 the Luxembourg king John ruled it. His son Charles IV bound the crown lands together in 1348, and the Golden Bull of 1356 made the king an imperial elector.

The Hussite Wars began after the burning of Jan Hus in 1415, and the Habsburgs inherited the crown in 1526. After White Mountain in 1620 the Czech nobility lost its place; Prussia took most of Silesia in 1742.