PŘEMYSLOVCI Boeslav

Abt 0915 - Abt 0972  (57 years)

• Name	PŘEMYSLOVCI Boeslav
  Birth	Abt 0915	Středočeský, Východofranská říše
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 0972	Středočeský, Východofranská říše
  Notes	Boleslav was born about 915. He was the son of Vratislav I and Drahomíra ze Stodor.[1][2] He assumed power after the murder of his older brother Václav which he instigated. He may have been married to Biagota but it is unclear whether she is the mother of his children. Cosmas of Prague gives as his date of death July 15, 967. [3] Newer research disputes this date as a fabrication in order to deny the fratricidal Boleslav I the credit for the establishment of the bishopric of Prague and instead credit his son Boleslav II. This newer research dates his death to 972 when the negotiations with the curia were already completed.[4] Boleslav continued to stabilize his rule in Central Bohemia and pursued an expansionist policy, mostly by liquidating neighboring princes. He thus gained control of the main East-West trade route connecting Central Europe with the Slavic East. Prague became a center of the slave trade North of the Alpes. The slaves, mostly pagan members of the subdued East Slavic tribes, were traded along the trade route which started in Arabian controlled Spain and led through France, Regensburg, Prague, Krakau and Kiew and from there on to China.[5] This way Boleslav could establish a large military since the control of this trade route generated considerable income for him. Denar of Boleslav I about 955. In 955 he coined the first Bohemian denars. His relationship with the East Frankish empire started out rocky with many border skirmishes, but by 946 he was forced for the first time to provide hostages to Otto I. In the summer of 950 he had to finally submit to Otto I. He subsequently cooperated with the empire: he provided about one thousand fighters for the Battle of Lechfeld in 955 against the Magyars, and immediately afterwards supported Otto I in his campaign against the Polabian slavs.[6] Sources ↑ Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln, Neue Folge, Band I.2, Tafel 176, Verlag: Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a. M. 2000 ↑ Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Boemorum, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, p. 35 ↑ Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Boemorum, Monumenta Germaniae Historica, p. 41 ↑ Jiří Sláma: Český kníže Boleslav II., p. 9 and footnote 4. In: Přemyslovský stát kolem roku 1000: na pamět knížete Boleslava II (7. února 999). Praha, Nakl. Lidové Noviny, 2000, quoted in Boleslav I. ↑ Dušan Třeštík: Veliké město Slovanů jménem Praha. Státy a otroci ve střední Evropě v 10. století, pp. 49-70. In: Přemyslovský stát kolem roku 1000: na pamět knížete Boleslava II (7. února 999). Praha, Nakl. Lidové Noviny, 2000, quoted in Boleslav I. ↑ Widukindi monachi Corbeiensis rerum gestarum Saxonicarum libri tres Wikipedia.
  Person ID	I58075	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	PŘEMYSLOVCI Vratislav,   b. Abt 0888, Čechy, Velká Morava d. 13 Feb 0921 (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	STODOR Drahomíra,   b. Abt 0890, Stodor d. Aft 0934, Charvát (Age > 45 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 0906
  Family ID	F25910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	UNKNOWN Biagota,   b. Abt 0915   d. Aft 0972 (Age > 58 years)
  Children	1. BOHEMIA Doubravka,   b. Aft 0940, Praha d. 0977, Poland (Age < 35 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026