Boleslav II Pobožný, duke of the Bohemians

Events

Date of Birth: about 927 or 928.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 7 February 999.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Boleslav I Ukrutný, duke of the Bohemians.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:286), by Ludat, and by Trawkowski.

(possible) Mother: Biagota.

This (possible) relationship is given by Ludat.

Spouse: Hemma.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:286), by Ludat, and by Trawkowski. There are competing conjectures about Hemma’s parentage.

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.)

Václav (died young).

Boleslav III (died 1037), duke of the Bohemians.

Jaromir (died 4 November 1038 or 1039), duke of the Bohemians.

Oldřich (died 9 November 1042), duke of the Bohemians.

References

Biermann. “Boleslaw II.” in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Band 3 (1876) S. 98.

Cawley, Charles. “BOLESLAV” 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).

Trawkowski, S. "Boleslav II." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 2 (Stuttgart: 1983).