Ottokar II of Bohemia

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Ottokar II
Ottokar's royal seal
King of Bohemia
Reign	23 December 1253 – 26 August 1278
Coronation	1261, Prague
Predecessor	Wenceslaus I
Successor	Wenceslaus II
Born	c. 1233 Městec Králové, Bohemia
Died	26 August 1278 (aged c. 44–45) Dürnkrut, Austria
Burial	Saint Vitus Cathedral
Spouses	Margaret of Austria ​ ​ (m. 1252; ann. 1260)​ Kunigunda of Slavonia ​ ​ (m. 1261)​
Issue more...	Kunigunde of Bohemia Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (illeg.) Nicholas I of Troppau
Dynasty	Přemyslid
Father	Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Mother	Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen

Ottokar II (Czech: Přemysl Otakar II.; c. 1233, in Městec Králové, Bohemia – 26 August 1278, in Dürnkrut, Lower Austria), the Iron and Golden King, was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty who reigned as King of Bohemia from 1253 until his death in 1278. He also held the titles of Margrave of Moravia from 1247, Duke of Austria from 1251, and Duke of Styria from 1260, as well as Duke of Carinthia and landgrave of Carniola from 1269.

With Ottokar's rule, the Přemyslids reached the peak of their power in the Holy Roman Empire. His expectations of the imperial crown, however, were never fulfilled.

Ottokar was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (reigned 1230–1253). Through his mother, Kunigunde, daughter of Philip of Swabia, he was related to the Holy Roman Emperors of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, which became extinct in the male line upon the execution of King Conradin of Sicily in 1268.

Named after his grandfather King Přemysl Ottokar I, he was originally educated for the role of an ecclesiastical administrator, while his elder brother Vladislaus was designated heir of the Bohemian kingdom. He was possibly educated by the Bohemian chancellor Philip of Spanheim, who would later become a rival for the rule of the Duchy of Carinthia.