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Wenceslaus Henry of Olomouc. House. Přemyslid dynasty. Father. Otto I of Olomouc. Mother. Euphemia of Hungary. Svatopluk the Lion ( Czech: Svatopluk Olomoucký; died 21 September 1109) was Duke of Bohemia from 1107 until his assassination in 1109. His rule was overshadowed by the fierce conflict around the Bohemian throne in the 12th century.
Boleslaus II took over the rule of the Duchy of Bohemia as kníže (a title that may be translated either as duke or prince) on his father's death in 972. Like his father, Boleslaus II initially quarrelled with the Ottonian kings of Germany. In 974, he and Duke Mieszko I of Poland supported the rebellious Duke Henry II of Bavaria in his civil ...
Oldřich was the fourth (third surviving) son of Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia (d. 999). Like all his father's children, his mother was Adiva. Upon the death of his father, his eldest brother Boleslaus III succeeded as duke, however, he soon entered into a fierce conflict with his younger brothers Oldřich and Jaromír.
Beatrice, Margravine of Brandenburg. Dynasty. Přemyslid. Father. Ottokar I of Bohemia. Mother. Constance of Hungary. Wenceslaus I ( Czech: Václav I.; c. 1205 – 23 September 1253), called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was a son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary.
Apr 15, 2024 · Wenceslas I (born 1205—died Sept. 23, 1253) was the king of Bohemia from 1230 who brought Austria under his dynasty while using the influence of German colonists and craftsmen to keep Bohemia strong, prosperous, and culturally progressive. Succeeding his father, Přemysl Otakar I, in 1230, Wenceslas prevented Mongol armies from attacking ...
Bolesław I the Brave [a] ( c. 967 – 17 June 1025), less often known as Bolesław the Great, [b] was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025, and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia between 1003 and 1004 as Boleslaus IV. A member of the Piast dynasty, Bolesław was a capable monarch and a strong mediator in Central European ...
Wenceslaus maintained his ducal authority by submitting to King Henry in 929, whereafter he was murdered by his brother Boleslaus. Duchy of Bohemia under Boleslaus I. and Boleslaus II. Assuming the Bohemian throne in 935, Duke Boleslaus conquered the adjacent lands of Moravia and Silesia, and expanded farther to Kraków in the east.
