 In 1269, Ottokar also effectively controlled the Duchy of Carinthia, with Carniola and the Windic March further in the south.He controlled, in all, a Central European realm stretching from the Polish border in the Sudetes towards the Adriatic coast in the south.When he failed to be elected King of the Romans in 1273, he contested the election of the successful candidate, the Swabian count Rudolf of Habsburg.