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Birth:          ABT  975 of Praha, Bohemia
Death:          9 Nov 1034 

Notes
not married to Bozena
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%C5%99ich,_Duke_of_Bohemia
Oldrich (Latin: Odalricus, Udalrichus, German: Odalric, Udalrich; c.?975 – 9 November 
1034), a member of the Premyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1012 to 1033 
and briefly again in 1034. His accession to the Bohemian throne marked the start of a 
phase of stability after a long period of internal dynastic struggles. Under his rule, the 
Moravian lands were reconquered from Polish occupation.
Life[edit]

Oldrich was the third son of Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia (d. 999) and one of his 
father's two wives: Adiva or Emma of Melník. Upon the death of his father, his eldest 
brother Boleslaus III succeeded as duke, however, he soon entered into a fierce 
conflict with his younger brothers Oldrich and Jaromír. In 1001, both had to flee to the 
Bavarian court at Regensburg. When Boleslaus III was deposed by the rival Vršovci 
dynasty the next year and the Polish ruler Boleslaw I the Brave invaded Bohemia, King 
Henry II of Germany intervened. As a part of Henry's expedition to Prague, Boleslaus's 
brothers were able to return to Bohemia, and Jaromír was installed as Bohemian duke 
in 1004.
In the German–Polish War of 1002-18, Duke Jaromír remained a loyal supporter of the 
German king. Nevertheless, Henry did not take action when he was deposed and 
blinded by his brother Oldrich on 12 April 1012. While Jaromír fled to Poland, Oldrich 
recognised the suzerainty of the German king. He secured his rule by suppressing the 
Vršovci insurgents.

Oldrich and his son Bretislaus sought to win back Moravia, once conquered from the 
Poles by Oldrich's grandfather Duke Boleslaus I. Bretislaus and his wife Judith of 
Schweinfurt took up residence in Olomouc. In 1029, the Bohemian forces, backed by 
Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II, finally drove the Poles out of the eastern lands. 
However, Bretislaus's efforts to occupy adjacent territories in what is today Slovakia 
by marching against the forces of the Kingdom of Hungary failed in 1030 due to the 
jealousy of the emperor, who reached an agreement with King Stephen I. In the 
following year, Bohemian forces refused to take the field for the emperor.

In 1032, Duke Oldrich was invited to the Hoftag diet at Merseburg, but did not appear. 
His absence raised the ire of the emperor and Conrad, busy with events in Burgundy, 
charged his son Henry III with punishing the recalcitrant Bohemian. Oldrich was 
arrested, deposed and sent to Bavaria. He was again replaced by his brother Jaromír. 
However, when Oldrich was pardoned the next year, he returned to Bohemia and had 
Jaromír captured, blinded, and deposed. He seized power again and drove out 
Jaromír's son from Moravia.

Oldrich died abruptly on 9 November 1034 and later examination of his skeleton reveal 
his skull to have suffered a fatal blow. Jaromír then renounced the throne in favour of 
his nephew Bretislaus.

Marriage and children[edit]

According to legend rendered by the medieval chronicler Cosmas of Prague, Duke 
Oldrich about 1002 married a peasant girl known as Božena, daughter of Kresina, after 
discarding his first wife on the grounds that they were childless. Together they had a 
son:
Bretislaus I (1002/1005–1055), Duke of Bohemia from 1035 until his death

Though his parents were married, Bretislaus remained an illegitimate heir. He 
nevertheless was able to succeed to the Bohemian throne as sole descendant of his 
grandfather Duke Boleslaus II.

Parents
____ Boleslaw (Boleslav) II "the Pious" (ABT  935 - 7 Feb  999)
OF MELNIK Emma (Hemma) (ABT  930 - 1005)

Siblings
____ Udalrich (Oldrich) (ABT  975 - 9 Nov 1034)

Marriage To ____ Bozena (ABT  984 - 1052)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Kresina (ABT  950 - )
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Children by ____ Bozena ABT  984 - 1052
____ Bretislaw (Bretislav) I "the Warrier" (ABT 1005 - 10 Jan 1055)

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