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Bretislav was a son of duke Oldrich, then the protector of the Žatecko province, and his would-be wife Božena. In 1019 at Schweinfurt he kidnapped his future wife Judith of Schweinfurt (Jitka), a daughter of a Bavarian margrave, Henry of Schweinfurt of Nordgau.
During his father’s reign, in 1029, he took back Moravia from Poland. About 1031 Bretislav invaded Hungary in order to prevent its expansion under king Stephen. The partition of Bohemia between Oldrich and his brother Jaromir in 1034Events April 11 Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV. Franche-Comte becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire. Births Emperor Go-Sanjo of Japan Deaths April 11 Romanus III was probably the reason why Bretislav fled beyond Bohemian border only to come back to take the throne after Jaromir’s abdication.
In 1035 Bretislav helped Emperor Conrad IIConrad II (circa 990 June 4, 1039) was the son of count Henry of Speyer. He was elected king in 1024 and crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire on March 26, 1027, the first member of the Salian Dynasty. During his reign, he proved that the German monarc in his war against the LusatiansLusatia ( German Lausitz Sorbian Luzica Polish Luzyce Czech and Serbian Luzice , sometimes called Sorbia comprises a region in the southern parts of Brandenburg and eastern parts of Saxony, Germany. Part of the region has been ceded to Poland in 1945.. In 1038Events Births Deaths Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury Alhazen, Arabian mathematician August 15 Saint Stephen I, first king of Hungary 1038. he invaded Little Poland, captured Krakow and Poznan and sacked the capital, GnieznoGniezno (pronounce: Media:Gniezno. ogg|['gzn]]]) is a town in central Poland, some 50 km east of Poznan, inhabited by about 73,000 people. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodship (since 1999), previously in Poznan Voivodship. History There are archeolog, bringing the relics of St AdalbertAdalbert (Czech: Vojtech Polish: Wojciech Germanic equivalent Adalbert the joy of warrior was born of a noble family in Libice, Bohemia about the year 956. He studied for ten years in Magdeburg under Saint Adalbert. When Adalbert died, Vojtech took on the back with him. On the way back he conquered part of Silesia including Wroclaw. His main goal was to set up an archbishopric see in Prague and create a large state subject only to the Holy Roman Empire. In 1041 the German King Henry III invaded Bohemia but was forced to retreat by an ambush on his supply lines. However, Bretislav was aware that he could not hold out indefinitely against the Germans and signed a truce with Henry III. In the ensuing peace treaty Bretislav renounced all of his conquests save for Moravia.
In 1047 Emperor Henry III negotiated a peace treaty between Bretislav and the Poles. This pact worked in Bretislav's favour as the Polish ruler swore never again to attack Bohemia in return for an annual subsidy to Gniezno. In 1054 Bretislav issued the famous Seniority Law. For the first time this act stated that Bohemia and Moravia would pass directly through the senior line of the Premyslid dynasty. Younger members of the dynasty were allowed to govern Moravia, but only at the Duke's discretion.
Bretislav was the author of decrees concerning the rules of Christianization, which included a ban on polygamy or trade on holidays.
Bretislav died at Chudrim in 1055 during his preparation for another invasion of Hungary and was succeeded by his son Spythinev II.
| Preceded by: Oldrich | Duke of Bohemia | Succeeded by: Spytihnev II |
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