Editing Lusatia (section)

=== Bohemian rule ===
[[File:Bautzen-nach1620-Merian.jpg|thumb|The siege and capture of [[Bautzen]] by [[John George I, Elector of Saxony]], in September 1620]]
As Margrave [[Egbert II, Margrave of Meissen|Egbert II of Meissen]] supported [[anti-king]] [[Rudolf of Rheinfelden]] during the [[Investiture Controversy]], King [[Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Henry IV of Germany]] in 1076 awarded the Milceni lands of Upper Lusatia as a fief to the [[Bohemia]]n duke [[Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Vratislav II]]. After Emperor [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]] had elevated Duke [[Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia|Vladislaus II]] to the rank of a King of Bohemia in 1158, the Upper Lusatian lands around Bautzen evolved into a [[Lands of the Bohemian Crown|Bohemian crown land]]. Around 1200, large numbers of German settlers came to Lusatia in the course of the ''[[Ostsiedlung]]'', settling in the forested areas yet not inhabited by the Slavs. For centuries, from as early as the Middle Ages, trade flourished, and several important trade routes ran through Lusatia, connecting German states in the west, Poland in the east and Bohemia in the south.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pieradzka|first=Krystyna|year=1949|title=Związki handlowe Łużyc ze Śląskiem w dawnych wiekach|journal=Sobótka|language=pl|location=Wrocław|volume=IV|issue=4|pages=89–91}}</ref> In 1319, the region was divided between the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]] and the [[Duchy of Jawor]], the southwesternmost duchy of fragmented [[Piast dynasty|Piast]]-ruled Poland, while northernmost parts also passed to the [[Margraviate of Brandenburg]] in the following years.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bogusławski|first=Wilhelm|title=Rys dziejów serbo-łużyckich|year=1861|location=Petersburg|page=142|language=pl}}</ref> From 1368, it was entirely part of the Bohemian Crown.

In 1346 six Upper Lusatian cities formed the [[Lusatian League]] to resist the constant attacks conducted by [[Robber baron (feudalism)|robber baron]]s. The association supported King [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] in the [[Hussite Wars]] leading to armed attacks and devastation. The cities were represented in the (Upper) Lusatian ''[[Landtag]]'' assembly, where they met with the fierce opposition of the noble [[state country|state countries]]. In 1469 the region passed to [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], and in 1490 it returned to the Bohemian Crown, then under the rule of Polish Prince [[Vladislaus II of Hungary|Vladislaus II]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Köhler|first=Gustav|title=Der Bund der Sechsstädte in der Ober-Lausitz: Eine Jubelschrift|year=1846|publisher=G. Heinze & Comp.|location=Görlitz|page=30|language=de}}</ref>

Following the [[Lutheran]] Reformation, the greater part of Lusatia became [[Protestantism|Protestant]] except for the area between Bautzen, Kamenz and Hoyerswerda. The Lusatias remained under Bohemian rule – from 1526 onwards under the rule of the [[House of Habsburg]] – until the [[Thirty Years' War]].