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.