The double-tailed lion in the coat of arms of Ottokar II of Bohemia

Abstract

Reduplication of the lion's tail perhaps springs from complicated relationships between Premysl Otakar II and his father Vaclav I. This new coat-of-arms will be used by Premysls successors and consequently will become to be the coat-of-arms of Bohemian kingdom.

Keywords

• the Bohemian Coat of Arms
• Ottokar II of Bohemia
• arts
• double tails lion
• heraldry