Boleslav I Ukrutný, duke of the Bohemians

Also known as Boleslaus I the Cruel.

Events

Date of Birth: about 908 - 910.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 15 July, probably 967.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Ludat gives 972.

Relationships

Father: Vratislav I, duke of the Bohemians.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:285), by Ludat, and by Turek.

Mother: Drahomira ze Stodor.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:285), by Ludat, and by Turek.

(possible) Spouse: Biagota.

This relationship is given by Turek and by Ludat. The evidence for her existence is limited to a few coins.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)

Boleslav II Pobožný (about 927/928 - 7 February 999), duke of the Bohemians, married Hemma.

Strahkvas (Took the name Christian when he became a monk.) (28 September 929 - 996).

Dobrawa (died 977) married Mieszko I, prince of Poland.

Mlada (Was known as Maria when she was an abbess.)

References

Cawley, Charles. “BOLESLAV I "der Grausame" Duke of the Bohemian” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Ludat, Herbert. Genealogical tables at the end of An Elbe und Oder: Skizzen zur Politik des Ottonenreiches und der slavischen Mächte in Mitteleuropa (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1971).

Ottův slovník naučný, Volume 4 (Prague:1891).

Turek, R. "Boleslav I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 2 (Stuttgart: 1983).

Žemlička, J. Přemysliden, I, genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.