Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia

Vladislaus I of Bohemia
Duke of Bohemia
Duke of Bohemia
Reign	1109 – 1117
Predecessor	Svatopluk
Successor	Bořivoj II
Reign	1120 – 1125
Predecessor	Bořivoj II
Successor	Sobeslav I of Bohemia
Born	c. 1065
Died
Spouse	Richeza of Berg
Issue	Svatava Vladislav II of Bohemia Děpold I of Jamnitz Jindřich
House	Přemyslid dynasty
Father	Vratislaus II of Bohemia
Mother	Świętosława of Poland
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Vladislaus I (Czech: Vladislav) (c. 1065 – 12 April 1125), duke of Bohemia from 1109 to 1117 and from 1120 until his death.

Vladislav I was a son of Duke, later King, Vratislaus II of Bohemia by his second wife Svatava, a daughter of Casimir I of Poland. Together with his cousin Svatopluk, Vladislav expelled his brother Bořivoj II from Bohemia in 1107. In 1109 Svatopluk died, and Vladislav I succeeded as Duke of Bohemia. Bořivoj II returned from exile with the support of Prince Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, but was defeated and imprisoned by Vladislav in 1110. He exiled him into the custody of his ally, Holy Roman Emperor Henry V.

In spite of his victory, Vladislav I remained under Polish pressure and was forced to recognize a younger brother, Soběslav, as subordinate ruler of Moravia in Znojmo (Znaim) from 1111. In 1117 Vladislav I formally abdicated in favor of Bořivoj II, but retained much of the actual power. In 1120 Bořivoj was deposed again and endowed with Znojmo, while Vladislav resumed the throne, which he held until his death in 1125.

Vladislav I ruled in a difficult time with considerable success. Although he continued to acknowledge the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Empire, he weathered the interventions of Poland into Bohemian affairs, conflicts with his kinsmen in Moravia, and undertook offensive campaigns against both Poland and Austria. In 1110–1111 Vladislav accompanied Emperor Henry V on his Italian expedition, and he encouraged continued German settlement into Bohemia's border regions.

Family

By his wife Richeza of Berg (died 27 September 1125), daughter of Count Henry I of Berg, Vladislav I had four children:

• Svatava
• Vladislav II of Bohemia (c. 1110 – 18 January 1174), King of Bohemia
• Děpold I of Jamnitz (died August 1167)
• Jindřich

Ancestry

Family of Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia

16. Boleslaus II of Bohemia               8. Oldřich of Bohemia                       17. Emma of Mělník               4. Bretislaus I of Bohemia                             18. Křesina               9. Božena                       2. Vratislaus II of Bohemia                                   20. Berthold of Schweinfurt               10. Henry of Schweinfurt                       21. Eilika of Walbeck               5. Judith of Schweinfurt                             22. Otto II of Henneberg               11. Gerberga of Henneberg                       1. Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia                                         24. Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland               12. Mieszko II Lambert of Poland                       25. Emnilda of Lusatia               6. Casimir I of Poland                             26. Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia               13. Richeza of Lotharingia                       27. Matilda of Germany               3. Świętosława of Poland                                   28. Sviatoslav I of Kiev               14. Vladimir the Great of Kiev                       29. Malusha               7. Maria Dobroniega of Kiev

Vladislaus I, Duke of Bohemia Přemyslid Born: 1065 Died: 12 April 1125
Preceded by Svatopluk	Duke of Bohemia 1109–1117	Succeeded by Bořivoj II
Preceded by Bořivoj II	Duke of Bohemia 1120–1125	Succeeded by Soběslav I

References

• A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Band I:1, Fischer, 1991.