Henry of Bohemia

Henry
16th-century portrait of Henry of Bohemia in the Spanish Hall of Ambras Castle, near Innsbruck
King of Bohemia
Reign3/4 July 1307 – 31 August 1310
PredecessorRudolf I
SuccessorJohn the Blind
Duke of Carinthia and Landgrave of Carniola
Reign1295 – 1335
PredecessorMeinhard
SuccessorOtto, Duke of Austria
Count of Tyrol
Reign1295 – 1335
PredecessorMeinhard, Duke of Carinthia
SuccessorMargaret, Countess of Tyrol
Landgrave on the Savinja
Reign1295 – 1308
PredecessorMeinhard, Duke of Carinthia
SuccessorFrederick the Fair
Bornc. 1265
Died2 April 1335 (aged 70)
Tirol Castle, Tyrol
Burial
Stams Abbey
SpouseAnne of Bohemia
Adelaide of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Beatrice of Savoy
IssueMargaret, Countess of Tyrol
HouseHouse of Gorizia
FatherMeinhard, Duke of Carinthia
MotherElisabeth of Wittelsbach

Henry of Gorizia (German: Heinrich, Czech: Jindřich; c. 1265 – 2 April 1335), a member of the House of Gorizia, was Duke of Carinthia and Landgrave of Carniola (as Henry VI) and Count of Tyrol from 1295 until his death, as well as King of Bohemia, Margrave of Moravia and titular King of Poland in 1306 and again from 1307 until 1310. After his death, the Habsburgs took over Carinthia and Carniola and held them almost without interruption until 1918.


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