Přemyslid dynasty
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The Přemyslids (Czech: Přemyslovci, German: Premysliden, Polish: Przemyślidzi), were a Czech royal dynasty which reigned in Bohemia and Moravia (9th century–1306), and partly also in Hungary, Silesia, Austria and Poland.
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[edit] Legendary rulers
The name of the dynasty, according to Cosmas in his Chronica Boemorum (1119), comes from its legendary founder, Přemysl, husband of Libuše.
[edit] Dukes of Bohemia
The first historical Přemyslid was Duke Bořivoj I, baptised in 874 by Saint Methodius. In 895, Bohemia gained independence from Great Moravia. Between 1003 and 1004, Bohemia was controlled by Boleslaus the Brave, Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty, grandson of Boleslaus I the Cruel.
In 1085, Duke Vratislaus II, and, in 1158, Duke Vladislaus II, were crowned King of Bohemia as a personal award from the Holy Roman Emperor. The title, however, was not hereditary.
- Bořivoj I. (c.870–889)
- Spytihněv I. (895–915)
- Vratislav I. (Vratislaus) (915–921)
- Svatý Václav (Saint Wenceslaus) (921–935)
- Boleslav I. Ukrutný (Boleslaus I the Cruel) (Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (935–972)
- Boleslav II. Pobožný (Boleslaus II the Pious) (972–999)
- Boleslav III. Ryšavý (Boleslaus III the Red-haired) (999–1002)
- Vladivoj (1002–1003)
- Boleslav III. (1003)
- Jaromír (1004–1012)
- Oldřich (1012–1033)
- Jaromír (1033–1034)
- Oldřich (1034)
- Břetislav I. (Bretislaus) (1035–1055)
- Spytihněv II. (1055–1061)
- Vratislav II. (Vratislaus) (1061–1092), king (1085–1092) as Vratislav I.
- Konrád I. Brněnský (Conrad of Brno) (1092)
- Břetislav II. (Bretislaus) (1092–1100)
- Bořivoj II. (1101–1107)
- Svatopluk Olomoucký (Sventopluk of Olomouc) (1107–1109)
- Vladislav I. (Vladislaus) (1109–1117)
- Bořivoj II. (1117–1120)
- Vladislav I. (1120–1125)
- Soběslav I. (Sobeslaus) (1125–1140)
- Vladislav II. (Vladislaus) (1140–1172), king (1158–1172) as Vladislav I.
- Bedřich (Frederick) (1172–1173)
- Soběslav II. (Sobeslaus) (1173–1178)
- Bedřich (1178–1189)
- Konrád II. Ota (Conrad Otto) (1189–1191)
- Václav II. (Wenceslaus) (1191–1192)
- Přemysl Otakar I. (Ottokar) (1192–1193)
- Jindřich Břetislav (Henry Bretislaus) (1193–1197)
- Vladislav Jindřich (Vladislaus Henry) (1197)
- Přemysl Otakar I. (1197–1198)
[edit] Kings of Bohemia
c. 1276
In 1198, Duke Přemysl Otakar I gained the title of King of Bohemia for his person as an ally of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor. He was awarded hereditary title in Frederick's Golden Bull of Sicily (1212).
- Přemysl Otakar I. (Ottokar) (1198–1230)
- Václav I. (Wenceslaus) (1230–1253)
- Přemysl Otakar II. (Ottokar) (1253–1278)
- Václav II. (Wenceslaus) (1278–1305)
- Václav III. (Wenceslaus) (1305–1306)
[edit] Kings of Bohemia, Poland and Hungary
In 1300, King Wenceslaus II was crowned King of Poland. Prior to this, he held the title "High Duke of Poland (Duke of Kraków)" since 1291 and became its overlord upon the death of Przemysł II of Poland in 1296.
- Wacław II Czeski (1300–1305)
- Wacław III Czeski (1305–1306), also King of Hungary (1301–1305) as V. László (Ladislaus), actually Vencel
The royal line ended in 1306, with the death of King Wenceslaus III. The Bohemian throne went to the Luxembourgs, and the Polish returned to the Piasts. Descendants of Nicholas, illegitimate son of King Přemysl Otakar II still, however, ruled Opava and Racibórz. This line ended in 1521, with the death of Valentine, Duke of Racibórz.
[edit] Family tree
Bořivoj I. + Saint Ludmila
- Spytihněv I.
- Vratislav I.
- Saint Václav I.
- Boleslav I. the Cruel
- Boleslav II. the Pious
- Boleslav III. the Red-haired
- Jaromir the Eunuch
- Václav the Infantdead
- Oldrich
- Břetislav I. Achilles
- Spytihněv II.
- Vratislav II.
- Bretislav II.
- Judith of Bohemia
- Borivoj II.
- Vladislav I.
- Vladislav II.
- Bedrich
- Otakar I
- Wenceslas I
- Otakar II the Golden and Iron
- Wenceslas II
- Wenceslas III d. 1306 as last male member of the royal Přemyslid dynasty
- Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313)
- Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330) last member of the royal Přemyslid dynasty
- Wenceslas II
- illegitimate line of Dukes of Opava; died out in 1521
- Otakar II the Golden and Iron
- Queen Dagmar of Dennmark
- Wenceslas I
- Vladislav III Henry
- Henry
- Bretislav III. Henry (Henry Bretislav)
- Vladislav II.
- Sobeslav I.
- Sobeslav II. the Peasant
- Wenceslas II.
- Bishop Jaromir
- Konrad I. of Brno and Znojmo
- Konrad of Brno
- Litolt of Znojmo
- Konrad of Znojmo
- Konrad II. Ota of Brno and Znojmo
- Konrad of Znojmo
- Otto of Olomouc
- Otto II the Black
- Svatopluk
- Břetislav I. Achilles
- Abbess Mlada
- Dobrava m. Mieszko I of Poland
- Legendist Christian
- Boleslav II. the Pious
[edit] Family tree of Elisabeth of Bohemia + Jagiellonians + Habsburgs
- Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and king of Bohemia
- Wenceslaus, King of the Romans and king of Bohemia
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor King of Hungary and Bohemia
- Elisabeth of Luxemburg Queen of Hungary, Germany and Bohemia
- Ladislaus the Posthumous King of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduke of Austria
- Elisabeth of Austria Queen of Poland
- King Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary
- King Louis II of Hungary and of Bohemia
- Princess and Queen Anna of Bohemia and Hungary + Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary and Bohemia
- King Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary
- Elisabeth of Luxemburg Queen of Hungary, Germany and Bohemia
- John of Zgorzelec
- John Henry
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Full premyslid family tree (Czech)
