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Boleslaus Vévoda český II
- Preferred Name: Boleslaus Vévoda český II[1] [2]
- Alternate Name: Duke of Bohemia
- Gender: M
- LdsSealingToParents: 9 OCT 1946 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 927 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N0.0868 LONG: E4.4206 with note: Czechoslovakia itself had been formed at the end of World War I, following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Prior to the war the region consisted of Bohemia and Moravia, often called the Czech Lands, in the west, and Slovakia, a part of Hungary, in the east.
- Reino: BET 967 AND 999 in Bohemia, Czechia at LATI: N0 LONG: E5 with note: GEDCOM data
- Burial: in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N0.0868 LONG: E4.4206
- LdsEndowment: 25 JAN 1934 with note: GEDCOM data
- Death: 7 FEB 999 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N0.0868 LONG: E4.4206
- Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Přemyslid
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Bohemia
- LdsBaptism: 13 JAN 1934 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: LYZH-4RG
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Boleslaus II the Pious (Czech: Boleslav II. Pobožný; c.?930-7 February 999), a member of the Premyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 972 until his death.
«b»Life and reign«/b»
Boleslaus was an elder son of Duke Boleslaus I the Cruel and brother of the three other children of his father who survived to adulthood: Strachkvas, Dobrawa (the wife of Duke Mieszko I of Poland) and the abbess Mlada. His mother may have been Biagota, a mysterious figure known only from her coins. According to some historians, she was the wife of Boleslaus I.
«b»Alliances«/b»
Boleslaus II took over the rule of the Duchy of Bohemia as kníže (a title that may be translated either as duke or prince) on his father's death in 972. Like his father, Boleslaus II initially quarrelled with the Ottonian kings of Germany. In 974 he and Duke Mieszko I of Poland supported the rebellious Duke Henry II of Bavaria in his civil war against the rule of Emperor Otto II. In 976, Henry was defeated and fled to Boleslaus' court at Prague Castle, whereafter Otto's forces campaigned the Bohemian lands. Finally in 978, Boleslaus solemnly pledged allegiance to the emperor at the Easter festivities in Quedlinburg.
In turn, the relations with Poland deteriorated from about 980 onwards. When Emperor Otto II died in 983 and was succeeded by his minor son Otto III, the alliance was overturned, as Boleslaus again allied with the insurgent Bavarian Duke Henry, while Mieszko I took the side of the young king. Moreover, when Boleslaus occupied the Saxon Margravate of Meissen, he thwarted the plans of Mieszko's son Boleslaw, who had married a daughter of Margrave Ricdag. In 987 Boleslav had to retire from Meissen; from about 990, he sparked a long-lasting conflict with Poland around the lands of Silesia and Lesser Poland. In 992 he approached King Otto III and participated in an unsuccessful campaign against the Lutici tribes in the wake of the 983 Great Slav Rising.
«b»Unification of the Bohemian lands«/b»
Boleslaus's reign is most notable for the foundation of the Diocese of Prague in 973, earning him the epithet "The Pious" by the medieval chronicler Cosmas of Prague. Nevertheless, the Bohemian diocese was placed at that time within the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Mainz and Emperor Otto II enforced the appointment of the Saxon monk Thietmar (Detmar) as first bishop.
Meanwhile, the struggle with the rivalling Slavník dynasty flared up again from 981 onwards, when Prince Sobeslav striving for independence began to forge alliances with the Polish and Saxon rulers. Upon Bishop Detmar's death in 982, Sobeslav's brother Adalbert (later known as Saint Adalbert of Prague) was appointed his successor until he abandoned his primacy to lead a mission to the Old Prussians in 994. On 28 September 995, Boleslaus' forces and the confederate Vršovci clan stormed Libice Castle in southern Bohemia and massacred the members of the Slavník dynasty that were found there. Boleslaus's brutal triumph ensured the unity of Bohemia under a single ruler.
«b»Marriages and issue«/b»
Boleslaus's first wife Adiva may have been a daughter of the English king Edward the Elder (Ælfgifu who married "a prince near the Alps"), though the evidence for this is weak. His second wife was Emma of Melník. It is certain the Boleslaus's oldest son was born by Adiva, but the mother of the others cannot be established with certainty:
1.) Boleslaus III (c. 965-1037), his eldest son and successor
2.) Wenceslaus, died as an infant
3) Jaromír (c. 975-1035), became Duke of Bohemia in 1003
4.) Oldrich (c.? 975-1034), became Duke of Bohemia in 1012
Soon after his father's death, Boleslaus III entered into conflict with his brothers and was deposed in 1002. The internal struggles of the Premyslid dynasty shook the Bohemian duchy, until Duke Oldrich's efforts stabilised the country.
Boleslav II de Bohême
Boleslav II le Pieux, duc de Bohême de la dynastie des Přemyslides qui régna de 967 à 999
Afin de poursuivre la politique religieuse de son père Boleslav Ier de Bohême, le nouveau duc sollicite du Sa
=== #Générale# de 1012 à 1034 Duc de Bohême ===
#Générale# de 1012 à 1034 Duc de Bohême.
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== Ancestral File Number: 8BG3-9C ===
Ancestral File Number: 8BG3-9C
=== --Other Fields ®64 ===
--Other Fields ®64
=== AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor f ===
AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000285 Aka: Oldrich, Duke of Bohemia Birth: About 966; Of,Praha,Praha,Czechoslovakia Marriage: Bozena, Duchess of Bohemia
=== 8 on 526 ===
8 on 526
=== Duke of Bohemia ===
Duke of Bohemia
=== #Générale# de 1012 à 1034 Duc de Bohême. ===
#Générale# de 1012 à 1034 Duc de Bohême.
=== My PAF Notes ===
from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia1
M, #150031, d. 1034
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia|d. 1034|p15004.htm#i150031|Borislav II 'the Pious', Duke of Bohemia|d. 999|p15003.htm#i150028||||Borislav I 'the Cruel', Duke of Bohemia|d. bt 967 - 972|p10132.htm#i101315||||||||||
Last Edited=8 Jul 2005
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia was the son of Borislav II 'the Pious', Duke of Bohemia .1 He died in 1034.1
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia was a member of the House of Premysl.1 He succeeded to the title of Duke of Bohemia in 1012.1 He was deposed as Duke of Bohemia in 1033.1
Child of Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia
Bretislav I, Duke of Bohemia + d. 10551
Citations
[S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 155. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
=== Birth ===
I don't see the date quoted anywhere.
=== Please let me know if this was helpful f ===
Please let me know if this was helpful for you. contact me either via email <bernard.schulmann@lillonet.org> or phone at +1-250-256-0137 If you have anything to correct or add, please let me know. Also, there is an email list dealing with many of these same ancestors - Deu-Baltische-l@rootsweb.com !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 8415 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
=== Direct Descendant ===
Direct Descendant
=== Sources: Kraentzler 1581; RC 362 and AF. ===
Sources: Kraentzler 1581; RC 362 and AF. Duke of Bohemia.
=== of Udalricus ===
of Udalricus
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ ===
Ольдржих был третьим сыном князя Болеслава II и его супруги, Эммы Чешской. После конфликта со своим братом Болеславом III, Олдржих вместе с матерью и с братом Яромиром в 1001 году бежит из Чехии в Регенсбург. В 1004 он вместе с Яромиром возвращается на родину. 12 мая 1012 года Ольдржих, при поддержке императора Священной Римской империи Генриха II свергает своего брата и провозглашает себя князем Чехии, при этом признавая верховную власть Священной Римской империи. Впрочем, за годы своего правления Олдржих неоднократно пытался освободиться от этой зависимости. Чехия, пережившая в последнее время ряд неспокойных лет, была без труда объединена и замирена новым князем. В 1014 Ольдржих одолел оппозицию его правлению среди части аристократии. Казнены были преимущественно представители рода Вршовцев, главных конкурентов Пржемыслидов в обладании княжеским престолом. В 1019 году была отвоёвана захваченная Польшей Моравия. Правление возвращёнными областями было поручено сыну Ольдржиха, Бржетиславу I. Дед Ольдржиха, Болеслав I, проводивший завоевательную политику, присоединил к Чехии значительные территории на севере и востоке, затем утраченные. Однако подобный воинственный курс для Чехии начала XI столетия, ввиду появления на её границах сильных соседей — Польши и Венгрии — оказался невозможным, и Ольдржих отправил оказавшихся «лишними» воинов и чиновников во вновь приобретённую Моравию. Начиная с этого времени и до настоящего Чехия и Моравия неразрывно связаны друг с другом и составляют основную часть Чешского государства.
Ольдржих был женат, однако имя его жены остаётся неизвестным. Детей в этом браке не было. Для продолжения династии Ольдржих взял себе вторую жену, Божену, ставшую матерью Бржетислава I. Согласно хронике Козьмы Пражского, Божена была крестьянской дочерью, которую князь увидел, возвращаясь с охоты, стирающей бельё. Взяв Божену, Ольдржих в то же время не развёлся со своей первой женой.
В 1033 году Олдржих был вызван в Мерзебург на императорское собрание, однако туда не поехал. В ответ на это сын императора Конрада III Генрих (будущий император Генрих III), приказал схватить Ольдржиха, и сместил его с княжения, утвердив новым князем Чехии Яромира. Однако вскоре Ольдржих был помилован, вернулся в Чехию, захватил Яромира в плен и ослепил. Ольдржих также изгнал из Моравии своего сына Бржетислава I, которому эту страну пожаловал в лен император. Вскоре, однако, Ольдржих скончался.
http://www.american-pictures.com/genealogy/persons/per07445.htm#0
http://www.geni.com/people/Oldrich-of-Bohemia/6000000003645765375
По этим материалам Олдржих был сыном Эльгивы
=== !SOURCE: LDS Ancestor File AFN: 8BG3-9C ===
!SOURCE: LDS Ancestor File AFN: 8BG3-9C
=== !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral ===
!GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 8415 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998
=== Line 140 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
Line 140 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Vladiboj, Prince Of /BOHEMIA/ GIVN Vladiboj, Prince Of Line 141 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Vladiboj, Prince Of /BOHEMIA/ SURN BOHEMIA Line 144 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
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=== Ancestral File Number: 8BG3-BJ ===
Ancestral File Number: 8BG3-BJ
=== --Other Fields ===
--Other Fields
=== #150031
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia was a m ===
#150031
Ulrich, Duke of Bohemia was a member of the House of Premysl.1 He succeeded to the title of Duke of Bohemia in 1012.1 He was deposed as Duke of Bohemia in 1033
Citations
1. [S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 155. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
=== Hg. v. Böhmen 1012-1033 ===
Hg. v. Böhmen 1012-1033
=== ! !BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT, SEAL PARENTS: IG ===
! !BAPTISM, ENDOWMENT, SEAL PARENTS: IGI 1994 T990285 114 film 1260943
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== Line 126 from GEDCOM File not recognizab ===
Line 126 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Oldrich, Duke Of /BOHEMIA/ GIVN Oldrich, Duke Of Line 127 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Oldrich, Duke Of /BOHEMIA/ SURN BOHEMIA Line 130 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@ Line 39 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Oldrich, Duke Of /BOHEMIA/ GIVN Oldrich, Duke Of Line 40 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Oldrich, Duke Of /BOHEMIA/ SURN BOHEMIA Line 43 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
=== !GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral ===
!GENERAL:Ancestral File (R), Ancestral File (R), The Churc h of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Copyright (c) 1987 , June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998
=== THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.55, 57; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.17; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 424;
=== "the Good" (D. of Bohemia) ===
"the Good" (D. of Bohemia)
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Original individual @I14379@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@) merged with @I17043@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@)
Original individual @I14379@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@) merged with @I14372@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@)
Preferred Parents:
Father: Boleslaus Duke of Bohemia I, b. 909 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. AFT 15 JUL 967 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Mother: Bozena Biagota, b. 915 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. 15 JUL 967 in Stará, Kraslice, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Family 1: Hemma de Mělník Vévodkyně bohémů., b. ABT 930 in Praha, Lučenec, Central Slovak Region, Czechoslovakia d. 1006 in Mělník, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia
- m. ABT 966 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
- Oldrich Vévoda český, b. ABT 976 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. 9 NOV 1034
Family 2: Adiva ,
Sources:
- Title: Wikipedia: Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
Author: References ^ "Bohemia". ^ "The Přemyslids". www.arekkp.pl. Retrieved 15 September 2012. ^ Sobiesiak, p. 16. ^ Sobiesiak, p. 236-237. ^ Krofta 1957, p. 432. ^ "Boleslaus II the Pious". www.kralovskacesta.cz. Retrieved 15 September 2012. Bibliography Krofta, Kamil (1957). "Bohemia to the Extinction of the Premyslids". In Tanner, J.R.; Previte-Orton, C.W.; Brooke, Z.N. (eds.). Cambridge Medieval History:Victory of the Papacy. Vol. VI. Cambridge University Press. Joanna A. Sobiesiak: Bolesław II Przemyślida (†999): Dynasta i jego państwo. Kraków: Avalon, 2006
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boleslaus_II,_Duke_of_Bohemia;
Note: Boleslaus II the Pious (Czech: Boleslav II. Pobožný Polish: Bolesław II. Pobożny; c. 927/928[1] – 7 February 999), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty,[2] was Duke of Bohemia from 972 until his death.
Life and reign
Boleslaus was an elder son of Duke Boleslaus I the Cruel and brother of the three other children of his father who survived to adulthood: Strachkvas, Doubravka (the wife of Duke Mieszko I of Poland) and the abbess Mlada.[3] His mother may have been Biagota, a mysterious figure known only from her coins. According to some historians, she was the wife of Boleslaus I.[4]
Alliances
Boleslaus II took over the rule of the Duchy of Bohemia as kníže (a title that may be translated either as duke or prince) on his father's death in 972. Like his father, Boleslaus II initially quarrelled with the Ottonian kings of Germany. In 974, he and Duke Mieszko I of Poland supported the rebellious Duke Henry II of Bavaria in his civil war against the rule of Emperor Otto II. In 976, Henry was defeated and fled to Boleslaus' court at Prague Castle, after which Otto's forces campaigned in the Bohemian lands. Finally in 978, Boleslaus solemnly pledged allegiance to the emperor at the Easter festivities in Quedlinburg.
In turn, relations with Poland deteriorated from about 980 onwards. When Emperor Otto II died in 983 and was succeeded by his minor son Otto III, the Bohemian alliance with Poland was discarded, as Boleslaus again allied with the insurgent Bavarian Duke Henry, while Mieszko I took the side of the young king. Moreover, when Boleslaus occupied the Saxon Margravate of Meissen, he thwarted the plans of Mieszko's son Bolesław, who had married a daughter of Margrave Ricdag. In 987, Boleslaus had to retire from Meissen, and from about 990, he sparked a long-lasting conflict with Poland around the lands of Silesia and Lesser Poland (the Polish-Bohemian War). In 992, he approached King Otto III and participated in an unsuccessful campaign against the Lutici tribes in the wake of the Great Slav Rising of 983.
Unification of the Bohemian lands
Bohemian lands during the reign of Boleslaus I and Boleslaus II
Boleslaus's reign is most notable for the foundation of the Diocese of Prague in 973,[5] which earned him the epithet "The Pious" by the medieval chronicler Cosmas of Prague. Nevertheless, the Bohemian diocese was placed at that time within the jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Mainz, and Emperor Otto II enforced the appointment of the Saxon monk Thietmar (Dětmar) as first bishop.
Meanwhile, the struggle with the rival Slavník dynasty flared up again from 981 onwards, when Prince Soběslav of the Slavník dynasty began to forge alliances with the Polish and Saxons. Upon Bishop Dětmar's death in 982, Soběslav's brother Adalbert (later known as Saint Adalbert of Prague) was appointed his successor until he abandoned his primacy to lead a mission to the Old Prussians in 994. On 28 September 995, Boleslaus' forces and the confederate Vršovci clan stormed Libice Castle in southern Bohemia and massacred the members of the Slavník dynasty that were found there.[6] Boleslaus's brutal triumph ensured the unity of Bohemia under a single ruler.
Marriages and issue
St Adalbert of Prague pleads with Boleslaus II for the release of Christian slaves, Gniezno Cathedral door - detail
Boleslaus's first wife Adiva may have been a daughter of the English king Edward the Elder (the daughter known to English historians as "Ælfgifu" who married a prince "near the Alps"), though the evidence for this is weak.
His second wife was Emma of Mělník. It is certain that Boleslaus's oldest son was born by Adiva, but the mother of the others cannot be established with certainty:
Boleslaus III (c. 965 – 1037), his eldest son and successor
Wenceslaus, died as an infant
Jaromír (c. 975 - 1035), became Duke of Bohemia in 1003
Oldřich (c. 975 – 1034), became Duke of Bohemia in 1012.
Soon after his father's death, Boleslaus III entered into conflict with his brothers and was deposed in 1002. The internal struggles of the Přemyslid dynasty shook the Bohemian duchy until Duke Oldřich's efforts stabilised the country.
- Title: Wikipedia - List of Bohemian Monarchs
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