Břetislav I

Duke of the Bohemians

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 10 January 1055.

Place of Death: Chrudim.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Prague St Veit.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Oldřich, duke of the Bohemians.

This relationship is given by Ottův slovník naučný (4:644), by Biermann, by Ludat, and by Žemlička.

Mother: Božena.

This relationship is given by Ottův slovník naučný (4:644) and by Žemlička.

Spouse: Judith von Schweinfurt.

This relationship is given by Biermann, by Ludat, and by Žemlička.

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.)

Spytihněv II (1031 - 28 January 1061), duke of the Bohemians, married Hidda von Eilenburg.

Vratislav II (about 1032 - 14 January 1093), duke of the Bohemians, married (1) unknown; married (2) Adelaida of Hungary; married (3) Świętosława Swatawa.

Konrad II (died 6 September 1093), duke of the Bohemians, married Wirpirk.

Jaromir Gebhard (died 26 June 1090), chancellor of Emperor Heinrich IV.

Ota I Olomoucký (died 9 July 1087), duke of Moravia, married Ludmilla of Hungary.

References

Biermann. “Bretislaw I.” in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Band 3 (1876) S. 317-318.

Cawley, Charles. “BŘETISLAV Duke of the Bohemians” 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.