"[...] at the same time this remains the Bohemian Crown" : King Vladislaus II of Hungary in conflict with the Bohemian estates over the crown affiliation of Silesia
Abstract
In the study, the author deals with the dispute between the Bohemian and Hungarian crowns about the land affiliation of Silesia. The cause of the dispute was the division of the Bohemian crown lands between two rulers, both of whom, based on the so-called Olomouc Agreements of 1477, used the title of King of Bohemia.
When the Hungarian (and Bohemian) King Matthias Corvinus died, Vladislaus of the Jagiellonian dynasty (the current Bohemian King) was elected to the Hungarian throne. The Hungarian land representation insisted on the affiliation of Mathias's part of the Bohemian crown lands to the Hungarian crown until it was paid for.
The Bohemian land representation, on the other hand, insisted on the integrity of the Bohemian crown lands. King Vladislaus ii postponed the resolution of the dispute, but he travelled to Silesia in 1511 to accept the oath of fealty from the Silesian land representation.
The Bohemian nobility insisted that he do so as the King of Bohemia. The Hungarian nobility insisted on the oath being sworn to the Hungarian King.
In the end, Vladislaus ii resigned from having the oath sworn at all so as not to provoke conflict with one or the other noble sides. Nevertheless, both sides prepared for war, although it ultimately did not happen.
The legal position declared by the Bohemian nobility points to shifts in its political thinking. The guarantor of the integrity of the Crown was no longer the King, but the Bohemian land community, which represents the Bohemian Kingdom as the central land of the crown lands.