PARLER, Peter
(b. 1330, Schwabisch-Gmünd, d. 1399, Prague)

Tomb of Ottokar II

c. 1377
Marble
St Vitus Cathedral, Prague

Ottokar II (c. 1233-1278), called The Iron and Golden King, was the King of Bohemia from 1253 until 1278. He was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of the Pøemyslid dynasty, and through his mother, Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, was related to the Hohenstaufen family, being a grandson of Philip of Swabia.