Talk:Rudolf II

I'm confused reading this. So Mathias was defeated by Rudolf and Rudolf's allies--but then Mathias succeeded Rudolf instead of Rudolf's son?? Zahir 06:09, 18 November 2005 (PST)

Yes, Rudolf had chosen to have his quiet sand-box, ie. Bohemian kingdom, and left ambitious Mathias to play on a big scene. Rudolf was just enough of bickering with Mathias; Rudolf knew that his bro will not stop to push until either been killed or given what he wanted. Rudolf was a calm man, he was not enthusiastic to have his brother's blood on his hands, so Rudolf sacrified his emperor title and rule over Austria and Dalmia in exchange for peace. There is an old Czech proverb: The wiser one rather retreats.

This scenario was developed by me in the very begging of my stay in IB to solve the QSS situation that Bohemia is currently 1) kingdom, 2) contains Bohemia+Moravia+Silesia+Lusatia, 3) it was QSSed that during Rudolf's reign Bohemia left Austro-Dalmatian Empire + 4) I was strongly opposing the Cassel-Felstein thesis of succession stated by John Cowan and Pavel Adamek ;) See messages No.5720+ on conculture.

Oh, holy rascall, and thanx for correcting my Czenglish ;) -- Jan II.