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Birth:          ABT  877 of Praha, Bohemia
Death:          13 Feb  921 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vratislaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia
Vratislaus (or Wratislaus) I (Czech: Vratislav I.; c.?888 – 13 February 921), a member 
of the Premyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 915 until his death.

Life[edit]

He was a son of Duke Borivoj I of Bohemia by his wife Ludmila and the younger 
brother of Duke Spytihnev I. Around 906, he married Drahomíra, a Hevellian princess, 
to establish close ties with the Polabian Slavs. Vratislaus had at least two sons, 
Wenceslaus and Boleslaus, both of whom succeeded him as Bohemian dukes. Some 
historians believe that Strezislava, the wife of the Bohemian nobleman Slavník, 
founder of the Slavník dynasty, was also the daughter of Vratislaus.[1]

Upon the death of his elder brother Spytihnev in 915, Vratislaus became duke at a 
time when the Bohemian lands around Prague Castle had already distanced 
themselves from the political and cultural sphere of Great Moravia and fallen under the 
influence of East Francia, especially during the rule of Duke Arnulf of Bavaria. The 
contemporary Annales Fuldenses report that already in 900 the Bavarian forces had 
attacked Prince Mojmir II of Moravia in alliance with the Bohemians. On the other 
hand, Duke Vratislaus offered the Hungarian invaders free passage and supported 
their 915 campaign against the Saxon duke Henry the Fowler.

Vratislaus is credited with the establishment of St. George's Basilica at Prague Castle 
and also with the foundation of the Silesian city of Wroclaw (Vratislavia). He died in 
battle against the Hungarians, possibly in 919, although 921 is more often 
conjectured.

Parents
____ Boriwoi (Borijov) I (ABT  842 -  894)
ZE PSOVA Ludmilla (Lidmila) "the Saint" (ABT  853 - 15 Sep  921)

Siblings
____ Wratislaw (Vratislav) I (ABT  877 - 13 Feb  921)

Marriage To ZE STODOR Drahomaira (Drahomir) (ABT  881 -  937)
    m. ABT  906 

Notes

Parents
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Children by ZE STODOR Drahomaira (Drahomir) ABT  881 -  937
____ Boleslaw (Boleslav) I "the Cruel" (ABT  915 - 15 Jul  972)

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