Vratislav I, duke of the Bohemians

Events

Date of Birth: 888.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 13 February 921.

Place of Death: unknown (killed in battle).

The date is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Bořivoj I (about 852 - about 900), duke of the Bohemians.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:388; 26:998), by Ludat, and by Žemlička.

Mother: Ludmila (860 - 15 September 921), daughter of Slavibor ze Pšova.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (4:388; 15:1046; 26:998), by Ludat, and by Žemlička. Ludmila is venerated in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches as Saint Ludmila.

Spouse: Drahomira ze Stobor.

This relationship is given by the Ottův slovník naučný (26:998), by Ludat, and by Žemlička.

Children:

Wenzel I (about 907 - 28 September 935), duke of the Bohemians, said to have been murdered by his brother, Boleslav. Commemorated in the carol “Good King Wenceslas”.

Boleslav I Ukrutný, duke of the Bohemians.

References

Cawley, Charles. “ VRATISLAV” 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).

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