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bohemia_n anno_fw-la 1608._o who_o successor_n take_v thus_o out_o of_o bertholdus_n and_o dubravius_n the_o king_n and_o duke_n of_o bohemia_n a._n ch._n 1086_o 1_o vratislaus_n the_o brother_n of_o spitignaeus_n duke_n of_o bohemia_n be_v by_o henry_n the_o 4._o at_o metz_n create_v king_n 2_o conrade_n brother_n to_o vratislaus_n notwithstanding_o that_o his_o brother_n have_v 3_o son_n be_v elect_v duke_n of_o bohemia_n 3_o brecislaus_n son_n to_o vratislaus_n the_o two_o son_n of_o conrade_n be_v reject_v be_v by_o the_o bohemian_n choose_a duke_n 1100_o 4_o borivorius_n the_o 4._o son_n of_o brecislaus_n be_v choose_v by_o the_o bohemian_n his_o elder_a brother_n than_o all_o live_n 1109_o 5_o sutopulcus_fw-la cousin_n german_a to_o borivorius_n by_o the_o consent_n and_o favour_n of_o the_o people_n depose_v borivorius_n and_o cause_v himself_o to_o be_v elect_v in_o his_o place_n 6_o vladislaus_n ii_o brother_n to_o borivorius_n prefer_v by_o the_o people_n to_o the_o throne_n 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grandchild_n to_o otho_n the_o brother_n of_o sutopulcus_fw-la elect_v by_o the_o bohemiam_fw-la in_o place_n of_o frederick_n between_o which_o two_o prince_n there_o be_v continual_a war_n 12_o wenceslaus_n uncle_n unto_o conrade_n and_o son_n of_o otho_n aforesaid_a be_v prefer_v before_o many_o near_a the_o succession_n he_o primislaus_n expel_v but_o fear_v his_o return_n quit_v prague_n 13_o henry_n bishop_n of_o prague_n a_o stranger_n to_o the_o blood_n be_v by_o a_o general_a consent_n elect_v duke_n 14_o vladislaus_n iu_o brother_n to_o primislaus_n the_o son_n of_o wenceslaus_n be_v put_v by_o succeed_v henry_n and_o soon_o after_o resign_v 1199_o 15_o primislaus_n elect_v by_o the_o bohemian_n and_o by_o the_o emperor_n philip_n crown_v the_o 3._o king_n of_o bohemia_n at_o mentz_n be_v brother_n to_o vladiâ—laus_n the_o 4._o 1248_o 16_o ottocarus_n notwithstanding_o that_o winceslaus_fw-la his_o elder_a brother_n have_v be_v crown_v in_o his_o father_n life_n time_n be_v 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