After this city's alliance with Arnulf the Bad crumbled, Henry the Fowler attacked it, precipitating a fratricide that prompted the murderer to name his son Strachkvas, or "Dread Feast.
After this city's alliance with Arnulf the Bad crumbled, Henry the Fowler attacked it, precipitating a fratricide that prompted the murderer to name his son Strachkvas, or "Dread Feast." This non-Polish city was ruled by Boleslav the Cruel and later by the House of Luxembourg, whose founder John II led a fatal charge at Crecy despite having been blind for a decade. This seat of power for the Premyslid dynasty was ruled by James I's son-in-law, Frederick V, known as the "Winter King" for a short reign that ended after the Battle of White Mountain. That clash was instigated after three representatives of Ferdinand II's counter-reformation were thrown out of window in this city. For 10 points, name this capital of medieval Bohemia and the modern Czech Republic.
After this city's alliance with Arnulf the Bad crumbled, Henry the Fowler attacked it, precipitating a fratricide that prompted the murderer to name his son Strachkvas, or "Dread Feast.
Prague