The Bohemian forces were led by King Ottokar II Přemysl , while the Hungarians were led by King Béla IV .

As they pulled Self_motion back , Béla 's son Stephen started Process_start an attack Attack , went Motion over the Morava and reached Arriving the retiring Bohemian cavalry at the village of Kressenbrunn .

The returning Arriving Bohemian forces routed Béla 's troops , many of which on the run Escaping drowned Death in the river .

After Ottokar 's victory Earnings_and_losses King Béla renounced Surrendering the Duchy of Styria and in 1261 even arranged Arranging the marriage Forming_relationships of his granddaughter Kunigunda of Slavonia with the Bohemian king .

However his successors continued Motion to challenge Confronting_problem the Bohemian kingdom .

The Empire soon crushed Destroying the perceived Know Protestant rebellion in the Battle of White Mountain , executing leading Bohemian aristocrats shortly after .

The Hussite Wars , also called Request the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution Change_of_leadership , were fought Hostile_encounter between the Christian Hussites and the combined Cause_to_amalgamate Christian Catholic forces Hostile_encounter of Sigismund , Holy Roman Emperor , the Papacy and various European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church , as well as among various Hussite factions themselves .

Religious And Political Underpinnings of the Thirty Years War – The Bohemian Revolt .

The Thirty Years War arose Coming_to_be out of a regional dispute Quarreling between Bohemian Protestants and their Habsburg monarchs .

Seeing weakness and discord in the ranks of their German overlords , his Bohemian subjects revolted Change_of_leadership .

In 1609 , Rudolf granted Giving them concessions with the Letter of Majesty which included Cause_to_be_included religious tolerance and a church for the Bohemian Estate controlled Control by the Protestant nobility .

However , Matthias seized Hold his brother at the request Request of the Protestant Bohemians , only releasing Releasing him once he abdicated Change_of_leadership his Bohemian crown to Matthias .

They were related through their paternal grandfather Ferdinand I. Ferdinand of Styria , or Ferdinand II as he was to become Becoming known , was an ardent follower of Catholicism and the counter-reformation and not likely to be as willing to compromise as his two cousins and predecessors on the Bohemian throne were or had been forced Hostile_encounter to do by circumstance .

Ferdinand had not received Receiving his Bohemian throne in a weak position , as Mathias or Rudolf had .

Matthias had acceded Agree_or_refuse_to_act to the Protestants ' demands to allow Preventing_or_letting Protestant religious facilities to be constructed Building on Bohemian crown lands .

Ferdinand was to reverse Change the construction of many of these facilities on his ascension to the Bohemian crown , and when the Bohemian estates protested Agree_or_refuse_to_act , he dissolved Destroying the Bohemian assembly .

Ferdinand was to reverse Change the construction of many of these facilities on his ascension to the Bohemian crown , and when the Bohemian estates protested Agree_or_refuse_to_act , he dissolved Destroying the Bohemian assembly .

Ferdinand was to reverse Change the construction of many of these facilities on his ascension to the Bohemian crown , and when the Bohemian estates protested Agree_or_refuse_to_act , he dissolved Destroying the Bohemian assembly .

In May 1618 , the three estates of the dissolved Bohemian assembly gathered Come_together in Prague , the capital of the Bohemian kingdom .

In May 1618 , the three estates of the dissolved Bohemian assembly gathered Come_together in Prague , the capital of the Bohemian kingdom .

The noblemen held Defending a trial on the spot , found Know the Imperial officials guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty , and threw Self_motion them out of a third-floor window of the Bohemian Chancellery .

The Elector of Saxony 's refusal Agree_or_refuse_to_act of the Bohemian crown made Manufacturing the Elector Palatine the most senior Protestant available to the Bohemians .

However the act of unseating Ferdinand – the legitimately chosen Choosing monarch of Bohemia- put the Bohemian revolt Change_of_leadership in a difficult position with the other political powers of Germany and Europe .

The Dutch Republic , Charles Emmanuel of Savoy and even the Republic of Venice – a traditional enemy of the Pope – sent Sending letters to Frederick informing Reporting him that they would not offer Supply him assistance if he accepted Receiving the Bohemian crown – but nonetheless , he did .