A piece of Bohemia held by a Bavarian house.
When Count Albert III of Bogen married Ludmila, daughter of Duke Frederick of Bohemia, about 1184, her dowry was the market of Sušice on the gold-bearing Otava and the Künisches Gebirge, the 'king's forest' (Královský hvozd) on the Bohemian slope of the Bohemian Forest, where free forest peasants hold their land of the ruler. Albert died on 20 December 1197; on 1 January 1200 the land is his widow's and their young sons'. It stays with the Bogen and their Wittelsbach heirs until Ottokar II takes it in 1257 and the treaty of 1273.
Who he is
- Name
- Ludmila of Bohemia, widow of Count Albert III of Bogen (died 20 December 1197), with her young sons Berthold, Albert IV and Liutpold
- Title
- Countess of Bogen, widow, for her sons; the land is her Bohemian dowry
- Since
- Her marriage about 1184
- Born
- Not pinned
- Family
- Daughter of Duke Frederick (Bedřich) of Bohemia (died 1189), Ottokar I's half-brother, so Ottokar's niece. She marries Duke Louis I of Bavaria in October 1204; her Wittelsbach son Otto II inherits the Bogen lands in 1242.
- Confidence
- medium
bav's record (de.wikipedia, Grafen von Bogen): the dowry was the Künisches Gebirge and Schüttenhofen. de.wikipedia (Sušice): the place belonged to the Bavarian counts of Bogen when first named in 1233, was occupied by Ottokar II in 1257 and ceded to Bohemia by treaty in 1273; the same page has Vladislaus II giving Sušice to the Bogen house abbey of Windberg in 1142. Possession on 1 January 1200 is inferred from the dowry, not attested that year.
Overlord
The king of Bohemia for the ground; the counts are Bavarian lords (bav writes their Bavarian lands, Bogen)
What it holds
- Sušice (Schüttenhofen) on the Otava, with the gold washing of the river and the Golden Trail (Goldener Steig) traffic (first named 1233)
- The Künisches Gebirge (Královský hvozd): forest villages of free peasants on the Bohemian slope between Nýrsko and Kašperské Hory (extent not pinned)
How it was acquired
Ludmila's dowry on her marriage about 1184 (perhaps building on a gift of 1142 to the Bogen abbey of Windberg).
Allies and rivals
Kin of the Přemyslids; at feud with Count Henry I of Ortenburg in 1199 (bav). Their side in the throne war is not attested.
How things stand that morning
Held by Ludmila for her sons, as far as can be inferred; Bohemian ground under a Bavarian house.
Wealth
Gold washing on the Otava; the road over the forest; the forest peasants' dues.
Threats
- A Bohemian king wanting the dowry land back (realised by Ottokar II in 1257-1273)
Places of note
- Sušice: Market on the Otava, Bogen dowry
- Kašperské Hory: In the Künisches Gebirge
Where the sources disagree
- bav's record calls Ludmila a cousin of Ottokar I; as a daughter of his half-brother Frederick she is his niece.
Evidence: The dowry is reported in the Bogen genealogy; the place is first named in 1233.
On the map: Approximate.
Primary sources for Kingdom of Bohemia (Ottokar I)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
- Charters and letters of the kingdom of Bohemia, volume 2, 1198 to 1230 (documents of 1198 to 1230, edited 1912). The critical edition of every Bohemian and Moravian charter and letter from Ottokar I's accession to 1230.
- Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.