Bretislaus II of Bohemia
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Vratislaus II of Bohemia
-Literature:*Vratislav Vaníček: Vratislav II. . První český král. Vyšehrad 2004, ISBN 80-7021-655-7*Hans Patze: Die Pegauer Annalen, die Königserhebung Wratislaws v. Böhmen und die Anfänge der Stadt Pegau. JGMODtl 12, 1963, 1-62...
and Adelaide, daughter of Andrew I of Hungary. He was a major enemy of paganism
Paganism
Paganism is a blanket term, typically used to refer to non-Abrahamic, indigenous polytheistic religious traditions....
.
He succeeded his uncle, Conrad I
Conrad I of Bohemia
Conrad I of Brno was the duke of Bohemia for eight months in 1092. He was the brother and successor of Vratislaus II . He was the third son of Bretislaus I and Judith of Schweinfurt...
. He worked for the destruction of the old Slavic culture. In 1097, he expelled the Slavonic monks of Sazava
Sázava
Sázava is a name of several locations in the Czech Republic:* Sázava River* Sázava , a town in the Central Bohemian Region...
, founded in 1033 by Procopius. Bretislaus also wished to kill the elective principle of succession and replace it with a type of seniorate as conceptualised by Bretislaus I
Bretislaus I of Bohemia
Bretislaus I , known as Bohemian Achilles, of the house of the Přemyslids, was the duke of Bohemia from 1035 till death.-Youth:...
: the eldest prince of the reigning family would hold Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
as sovereign over the entire state while the younger scions of the dynasty ruled as territorial dukes over the regions of Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
. This was to the benefit of his half-brother Borivoj II
Borivoj II of Bohemia
Borivoj II was the duke of Bohemia from 25 December 1100 until May 1107 and from December 1117 until 16 August 1120. He was the younger half-brother and successor of Bretislaus II....
. He invested Borivoj as duke of Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
in 1097, thus removing the sons of Conrad I from the succession. Bretislaus also succeeded in receiving a long-desired imperial investiture at the Diet of Regensburg
Regensburg
Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...
on April 19, 1099. Bretislaus was assassinated by his adversaries at the hunting lodge of Zbecno
Zbečno
Zbečno is a village and municipality in Rakovník District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. -References:*This article was initially translated from the Czech Wikipedia....
in western Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
on December 22, 1100.
Bretislaus had married, in 1094, Luitgard of Windberg, with whom he had one son:
- Bretislaus, rebelled against Sobeslav ISobeslav I of BohemiaSobeslaus I was Duke of Bohemia from 1125 until his death. He was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, the youngest son of Vratislaus II , the first Bohemian duke to also rule as king, with his third wife Svatava of Poland.-Life:...
and was killed on 8 March 1130