Otakars

The Otakars were a dynasty ruling Styria from 1056 to 1192. The dynasty began with Ottokar I, who was Count of Steyr in the Traungau in what is today Upper Austria. Styria (German Steiermark) took its name of their original seat in Steyr. Originally, the territory, then subject to the Duchy of Carinthia was known as the Karantanian March. The reign of the Ottakars ended when the dynasty went extinct with the death of Ottokar IV, who agreed that his lands should pass to the Babenberg Duke of Austria, Leopold V, in the Georgenberg Pact of 1186.

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Styria: Styria ( , Prekmurian: ?tájersko) is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area it is the second largest of the nine Austrian federal-states, covering 16,388 km². It borders Slovenia as well as the other Austrian states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Burgen...

Ottokar I: Ottokar I can refer to:...

Steyr: Steyr is a town (population 39,495 as of 2001) in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, located on the Enns river....