Přemyslid dynasty
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The Přemyslids (Czech: Přemyslovci, Polish: Przemyślidzi), were a Czech royal dynasty which reigned in Bohemia (9th century–1306) and in Poland (1300–1306).
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Legendary rulers
The name of the dynasty, according to Cosmas in his Chronica Boemorum (1119), comes from its legendary founder, Přemysl, husband of Libuše.
Dukes of Bohemia
The first historical Přemyslid was Duke Bořivoj I, baptised in 874 by Saint Methodius. In 895, Bohemia gained independence from the Great Moravia. Between 1003 and 1004, Bohemia was controlled by Boleslaus the Brave, Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty, grand-son of Boleslaus I the Cruel.
In 1086, 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)
- Vratislaus I (915–921)
- Saint Wenceslaus (921–935)
- Boleslaus I the Cruel (935–972)
- Boleslaus II the Pious (972–999)
- Boleslaus III the Red-haired (999–1002)
- Vladivoj (1002–1003)
- Boleslaus III (1003)
- Jaromír (1003)
- Boleslaus III (1003)
- Jaromír (1004–1012)
- Oldřich (1012–1033)
- Jaromír (1033–1034)
- Oldřich (1034)
- Bretislaus I (1035–1055)
- Spytihněv II (1055–1061)
- Vratislaus II (1061–1092)
- Konrad I (1092)
- Bretislaus II (1092–1100)
- Bořivoj II (1101–1107)
- Svatopluk (1107–1109)
- Vladislaus I (1109–1117)
- Bořivoj II (1117–1120)
- Vladislaus I (1120–1125)
- Sobieslaus I (1125–1140)
- Vladislaus II (1140–1172)
- Bedřich (1172–1173)
- Sobieslaus II (1173–1178)
- Bedřich (1178–1189)
- Konrad II (1189–1191)
- Wenceslaus II (1191–1192)
- Přemysl Otakar I (1192–1193)
- Henry Bretislaus (1193–1197)
- Vladislaus III Henry (1197)
- Přemysl Otakar I (1197–1198)
Kings of Bohemia
In 1198, Duke Přemysl Otakar I gained the hereditary title of King of Bohemia.
- Přemysl Otakar I (1198–1230)
- Wenceslaus I (1230–1253)
- Přemysl Otakar II (1253–1278)
- Wenceslaus II (1278–1300)
Kings of Bohemia and Poland
In 1300, King Wenceslaus II was crowned King of Poland.
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.
