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Božena Křesinová
- Preferred Name: Božena Křesinová[1]
- Gender: F
- LdsBaptism: 21 JUL 1938 with note: GEDCOM data
- Birth: 983 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire at LATI: N0.0868 LONG: E4.4206
- Burial: in Tschechien at LATI: N9.75 LONG: E5 with note: GEDCOM data
Consort To The Prince
- Death: 1052 in Bohemia, Czechia at LATI: N0 LONG: E5 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: G8WY-FX8
- LdsEndowment: 27 APR 1939 with note: GEDCOM data
- LdsEndowment: 27 APR 1939
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Wikipedia
Božena (Kresinová) (died after 1052) was the second wife (and probably earlier the mistress) of Duke Oldrich of Bohemia and mother of Bretislaus I of Bohemia.
Meeting of Oldrich and Božena
The historian Cosmas of Prague recorded the legend of Oldrich and Božena, in his Chronica Boëmorum ("Chronicle of the Bohemians"). According to the legend, the young (and married) Oldrich set out on a hunt and travelled to Peruc. There, he spied a beautiful peasant girl, Božena, by a well known today as Božena's Spring and was immediately entranced by her.
Oldrich abandoned his hunt and took Božena back to Prague, where she eventually gave birth to his illegitimate son Bretislaus. In the legend, Oldrich's first meeting with Božena took place in sight of the Oldrich Oak.
Božena was indeed the savior of the Czech House of Premysl. Oldrich had two brothers, but one of them, Jaromír, was castrated by the eldest sibling, Boleslaus III. Boleslaus himself was imprisoned in Poland, possibly having only a daughter. Thus Oldrich was the one Premyslid able to have a son and heir. His first wife is thought to have borne no children.
Božena's low birth is alluded to in the chronicle of Cosmas, which states that Oldrich first met her "riding through the village". The illegitimate birth of her son Bretislaus to a low-born mother is believed to have made it necessary for him to resort to abduction when he later sought to marry a noble bride (Judith of Schweinfurt). At any rate, she was held to be a peasant woman already by the author of the early 14th-century Chronicle of Dalimil.
=== chil. known ===
chil. known
=== Konkubine, Frau oder Tochter des Bauern ===
Konkubine, Frau oder Tochter des Bauern Kresina
=== Line 70 from GEDCOM File not recognizabl ===
Line 70 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Bozena, Duchess Of /BOHEMIA/ GIVN Bozena, Duchess Of Line 71 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: NAME Bozena, Duchess Of /BOHEMIA/ SURN BOHEMIA Line 74 from GEDCOM File not recognizable or too long: SOUR @S01@
=== Ancestral File Number: 8BG4-60 ===
Ancestral File Number: 8BG4-60
=== _P_CCINFO 1-14417
Original individual @ ===
_P_CCINFO 1-14417
Original individual @I8BG4-60@ (@MS_MAINTEST1_1753GM2@) merged with @I8BG4-60@ (@MS_MERGE1GMG_2583GM2@)
Original individual @I167GM@ (@MS_MERGE1GMG_2583GM2@) merged with @I167GM@ (@MS_MAINTEST1_1753GM2@)
Original individual @I14365@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@) merged with @I17050@ (@MS_WTG.GED0@)
=== a concubine ===
a concubine
=== 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.
=== AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor f ===
AKA-BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH: LDS Ancestor file - Doc. AFN000285 Aka: Bozena, Duchess of Bohemia Birth: About 977; Of,Praha,Praha,Czechoslovakia Marriage: Oldrich, Duke of Bohemia Death: 1052
=== --Other Fields ===
--Other Fields
=== Source: RC 362; AF. A concubine. ===
Source: RC 362; AF. A concubine.
=== !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
=== 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
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
=== !SOURCE: LDS Ancestor File AFN: 8BG4-60 ===
!SOURCE: LDS Ancestor File AFN: 8BG4-60
=== 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;
=== From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 J ===
From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.
=== --Other Fields ®64 ===
--Other Fields ®64
Preferred Parents:
Father: Wladvren KRESINA, b. 950 in Bohemia, Czech Republic d. 1007 in Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Mother: Damarade Kresina, b. 950 in Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. in Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire
Family 1: Oldrich Vévoda český, b. ABT 976 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. 9 NOV 1034
- Brzetislaus I Brzetislaus, b. JAN 1005 in Prague, Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire d. 10 JAN 1055 in Chrudim, Pardubice, Czechia
Sources:
- Title: Wikipedia - Božena Křesinová
Author: References Klaus, Ivo & Alena Klaus. "Peruc". Welcome to Peruc. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-08-02. Further reading Labuda Gerard: Bożena. In: Słownik Starożytności Słowiańskich. Vol. 1. 1961, p. 156.
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%C5%BEena_(K%C5%99esinov%C3%A1);
Note: Božena (Křesinová) (died after 1052) was the second wife (and probably earlier the mistress) of Duke Oldřich of Bohemia and mother of Bretislaus I of Bohemia.
Meeting of Oldřich and Božena
The historian Cosmas of Prague recorded the legend of Oldřich and Božena, in his Chronica Boëmorum ("Chronicle of the Bohemians"). According to the legend, the young (and married) Oldřich set out on a hunt and travelled to Peruc. There, he spied a beautiful peasant girl, Božena, by a well known today as Božena's Spring[1] and was immediately entranced by her.
Oldřich abandoned his hunt and took Božena back to Prague, where she eventually gave birth to his illegitimate son Bretislaus. In the legend, Oldřich's first meeting with Božena took place in sight of the Oldřich Oak.
Božena was indeed the savior of the Czech House of Přemysl. Oldřich had two brothers, but one of them, Jaromír, had been castrated by the eldest sibling, Boleslaus III. Boleslaus III himself was imprisoned in Poland, possibly having only a daughter. Thus Oldřich was the one Přemyslid able to have a son and heir. His first wife is thought to have borne no children.
Božena's low birth is alluded to in the chronicle of Cosmas, which states that Oldřich first met her "riding through the village". The illegitimate birth of her son Bretislaus to a low-born mother is believed to have made it necessary for him to resort to abduction when he later sought to marry a noble bride (Judith of Schweinfurt). At any rate, she was held to be a peasant woman already by the author of the early 14th-century Chronicle of Dalimil.
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