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Vladivoj (c. 981 – January 1003) was Duke of Bohemia from 1002 until his death. Life. He was probably a member of the Piast dynasty, maybe the second son of Doubravka, daughter of Duke Boleslaus I of Bohemia, and her husband Duke Mieszko I of Poland, or a distant relative.
In 1002-04, Bohemia was invaded twice by Poland. Bohemia was annexed to Poland (1002-04): May 1002 – February 1003: Vladivoj (Władywoj), son of Mieszko I of Poland; March 1003–1004: Bolesław I the Brave, King of Poland; Jaromír: c. 970 Second son of Boleslaus II and Adiva: 1004 – 12 April 1012 9 November 1034 – 1035 Duchy of Bohemia ...
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Vladivoj (died January 1003), known as The Drunk Guy, was duke of Bohemia from January 1002 to January 1003 (exactly 1 year and 1 day). He was possibly son of Miezsko I of Poland and Doubravka of Bohemia. This would make him Piast but not Premyslids, but that would not prevent him becoming duke...
- Early Life
- Accession and Consolidation
- Congress of Gniezno and Its Aftermath
- Expansion
- War in Kiev
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Bolesław was born in 966 or 967, the first child of Mieszko I of Poland and his wife, the Bohemian princess Dobrawa, known in Czech as Doubravka. His Epitaph, which was written in the middle of the 11th century, emphasised that Bolesław had been born to a "faithless" father and a "true-believing" mother, suggesting that he was born before his fathe...
Mieszko I died on 25 May 992. The contemporaneous Thietmar of Merseburg recorded that Mieszko left "his kingdom to be divided among many claimants", but Bolesław unified the country "with fox-like cunning" and expelled his stepmother and half-brothers from Poland. Two Polish lords Odilien and Przibiwoj, who had supported her and her sons, were blin...
Emperor Otto III held a synod in Rome where Adalbert was canonised on the emperor's request on 29 June 999. Before 2 December 999, Adalbert's brother, Radim Gaudentius, was consecrated "Saint Adalbert's archbishop". Otto III made a pilgrimage to Saint Adalbert's tomb in Gniezno, accompanied by Pope Sylvester II's legate, Robert, in early 1000. Thie...
Three candidates were competing with each other for the German crown after Otto III's death. One of them, Duke Henry IV of Bavaria, promised the Margraviate of Meissen to Bolesław in exchange for his assistance against Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen who was the most powerful contender. However, Eckard was murdered on 30 April 1002, which enabled Hen...
Bolesław organised his first expedition east, to support his son-in-law Sviatopolk I of Kiev, in 1013, but the decisive engagements were to take place in 1018 after the Peace of Bautzen was already signed. At the request of Sviatopolk I, in what became known as the Kiev Expedition of 1018, the Polish duke sent an expedition to Kievan Rus' with an a...
Historians dispute the exact date of Bolesław's coronation. The year 1025 is most widely accepted by scholars, though the year 1000 is also likely. According to an epitaph, the crowning took place when Otto bestowed upon Bolesław royal regalia at the Congress of Gniezno. However, independent German sources confirmed that after Henry II's death in 1...
According to Cosmas of Prague, Bolesław I died shortly after his coronation on 17 June 1025. Already in advanced age for the time, the true cause of death is unknown and remains a matter of speculation. Chronicler Jan Długosz (and followed by modern historians and archaeologists) writes that Bolesław was laid to rest at the Archcathedral Basilica o...
The contemporaneous Thietmar of Merseburg recorded Bolesław's marriages, also mentioning his children. Bolesław's first wife was a daughter of Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen. Historian Manteuffel says that the marriage was arranged in the early 980s by Mieszko I who wanted to strengthen his links with the Saxon lords and to enable his son to succeed R...
Portrait of Boleslaus I the Brave by Marcello Baciarelli, c. 1770Boleslaus I of Poland, a drawing by Jan Matejko, c. 1890Boleslaus I the Brave by Aleksander LesserBoleslaus on a postage stamp, 1938Vladivoj (– January 1003) was Duke of Bohemia from 1002 until his death. Life. He was probably a member of the Piast dynasty, maybe the second son of Doubravka, daughter of Duke Boleslaus I of Bohemia, and her husband Duke Mieszko I of Poland, or a distant relative.
May 3, 2019 · Vladivoj Prince of Bohemia was a member of the aristocracy in Europe. Biography. Vladivoj was duke of Bohemia from 1002 to 1003. His birth and parentage are uncertain. What is known is that he was installed as duke of Bohemia after the overthrow of Boleslav III and that he was from Poland.
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