Henry I of Bohemia

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Henry VI of Carinthia (Czech: Jindřich Korutanský, circa 1265 – 2 April 1335) was Count of Tyrol and Duke of Carinthia and Carniola from 1295 until 1335.

He was the son of Meinhard II of Gorizia-Tyrol and Elisabeth of Bavaria, a daughter of Duke Otto II Wittelsbach. After the death of his father he ruled jointly with his brothers Otto and Louis, but outlived them.

In 1306 Henry married Anna Přemyslovna, daughter of King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. After the murder of the last Přemyslid ruler Wenceslaus III his brother-in-law Henry was elected (1306) and actual King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland (1307-1310). Nevertheless in 1310 John the Blind of the Luxemburg dynasty married Wenceslaus' younger sister Elisabeth Přemyslovna and - then backed by the Bohemian nobility and his father Emperor Henry VII - campaigned Bohemia and deposed Henry as king. He and Anna retired to Carinthia.

Since he was the last male heir of the Meinhardiner dynasty, he attempted to maintain their possessions, in which he ultimately failed. Even though he had supported Louis the Bavarian in his dispute about the imperial crown against the Habsburg Frederick the Fair, and Louis had assured him in 1330 that his daughters could succeed him, Louis reneged on his promise in a secret treaty with the House of Habsburg in the same year. After Henry's death in 1335, Albert II of Habsburg and his brother Otto IV the Merry managed to take control over Carinthia and Carniola. Henry's daughter Margarete Maultasch succeeded him in Tyrol, but in 1363 had to bequeath her land to Albert's son Rudolf IV of Habsburg as well.

[edit] Family and children

Henry was married three times:

First in 1306, to Anna Přemyslovna (1290-1313). This marriage produced no children.

Second in 1313, to Adelaide of Brunswick (1285-1320), daughter of Henry I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. This marriage produced two daughters.

1. Adelaide (1317–25 May 1325).
2. Margarete Maultasch (1318–3 October 1369, Vienna), Countess of Tyrol from 1335 to 1363.

Third in 1327, to Beatrice of Savoy (1310-1331), daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy. This marriage produced no children.

Preceded by Meinhard II	Duke of Carinthia Duke of Carniola 1295–1335 jointly with Otto III and Louis	Succeeded by Albert II and Otto IV
	Count of Tyrol 1295–1335 jointly with Otto and Louis	Succeeded by Margarete Maultasch
Preceded by Wenceslaus III	King of Bohemia 1306	Succeeded by Rudolf I
Preceded by Rudolf I	King of Bohemia 1307–1310	Succeeded by John