Přemysl, the Ploughman
- This article is about an ancient Czech ruler. For other meanings, see Przemysl.
The Czechs name Přemysl, the Ploughman, (also spelled Premysl or Przemysl[nb 1]; in Czech Přemysl Oráč, Czech pronunciation: [pr̝ɛmɪsl oraːtʃ]) as the mythical ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty, containing the line of princes (dukes) and kings which ruled in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown from 873 or earlier until the murder of Wenceslaus III in 1306.
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According to a legend, Přemysl was a peasant of the village of Stadice who attracted the notice of Libuše, daughter of a certain Krok, who ruled over a large part of Bohemia. Přemysl married Libuše, the traditional foundress of Prague, and became prince of the Bohemian Czechs. Přemysl and Libuše had three sons: Nezamysl (heir), Radobyl and Lidomir.
The Přemyslid dynasty became extinct in the male line when Wenceslaus III died, but through females the title to Bohemia passed from the Přemyslids to the Luxembourgs and later to the houses of Jagiello, Habsburg and Habsburg-Lorraine.
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In addition to appearing in works named for Libuše, Přemysl is also a subject of the writings of Wenceslaus Hajek of Libočany published in 1541, a 1779 ballad by Johann Gottfried Herder, fairy tales by Johann Karl August Musäus, and Clemens Brentano's 1815 The Founding of Prague.[2]
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- ^ Franz Grillparzer uses the name "Primislaus" in his drama Libussa.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Peter Demetz. Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City. Hill and Wang, 1997. p.3. ISBN 978-0809016099
- ^ Peter Demetz. Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City. Hill and Wang, 1997. pp. 22-24. ISBN 978-0809016099
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[edit] Bibliography
- František Palacký: Geschichte von Böhmen Band 1 (Prague, 1844).
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
