Editing Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia

{{Short description|Duke of Bohemia from 915 to 921}}
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{{Infobox royalty
|name             = Vratislaus I
| image           = Wratysław I.jpg
| caption         = 
| succession      = [[List of Bohemian monarchs|Duke of Bohemia]]
| reign           = 915 – 13 February 921
| coronation      = 
| full name       =
| predecessor     = [[Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia|Spytihněv I]]
| successor       = [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Wenceslaus I]]
| spouse          =[[Drahomíra]]
| spouses         = 
| issue           = [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia]]<br/>[[Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia]]<br/>[[Střezislava]] (?)
| issue-link      =
| issue-pipe      = 
| dynasty         = [[Přemyslid dynasty|Přemyslid]]
| father          = [[Bořivoj I, Duke of Bohemia]]
| mother          = [[Ludmila of Bohemia]]
| birth_date      = {{circa|888}}
| birth_place     = 
| death_date      = 13 February 921 (aged c. 33)
| death_place     = 
| date of burial  =
| place of burial =[[St. George's Basilica, Prague]]
|}}

'''Vratislaus''' (or '''Wratislaus''') '''I''' ({{langx|cs|Vratislav I.}}; {{circa|888}} – 13 February 921), a member of the [[Přemyslid dynasty]], was [[Duke of Bohemia]] from 915 until his death in 921.

==Life==
He was a son of Duke [[Bořivoj I of Bohemia]] by his wife [[Ludmila of Bohemia|Ludmila]] and the younger brother of Duke [[Spytihněv I]]. Around 906, he married [[Drahomíra]], a [[Hevelli]]an princess, to establish close ties with the [[Polabian Slavs]]. Vratislaus had at least two sons, [[Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Wenceslaus]] and [[Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia|Boleslaus]], both of whom succeeded him as Bohemian dukes. Some historians believe that [[Střezislava]], the wife of the Bohemian nobleman [[Slavník]], founder of the [[Slavník dynasty]], was also the daughter of Vratislaus.<ref>{{cite book |last=Loserth |first=Johann |chapter=Propast hrvatske kneževske obitelji Slavnikovića |trans-chapter=The collapse of Croatian princely family Slavniković |title=Bijeli Hrvati II |trans-title=White Croats II |editor1-last=Nosić |editor1-first=Milan |language=Croatian |publisher=Maveda |year=2008|pages=168–169 |isbn=978-953-7029-12-8}}</ref>

Upon the death of his elder brother Spytihněv in 915, Vratislaus became duke at a time when the [[Duchy of Bohemia|Bohemia]]n 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, Duke of Bavaria|Arnulf of Bavaria]]. The contemporary ''[[Annales Fuldenses]]'' report that the Bavarian forces had attacked Prince [[Mojmir II of Moravia|Mojmír II of Moravia]] in alliance with the Bohemians already in the year 900. On the other hand, Duke Vratislaus offered the [[Hungarian invasions of Europe|Hungarian invaders]] free passage and supported their campaign against the [[Duchy of Saxony|Saxon]] duke [[Henry the Fowler]] in the year 915.

Vratislaus is credited with the establishment of [[St. George's Basilica, Prague|St. George's Basilica]] at Prague Castle and also with the foundation of the [[Silesia]]n city of [[Wrocław]] (Breslau), whose Latin name "Vratislavia" denotes his initiative. He died in battle against the Hungarians, possibly in 919, although 921 is more often conjectured.

==References==
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*Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis; Line 244-7
*The Plantagenet Ancestry by William Henry Turton, Page 85
*Royal Highness, Ancestry of the Royal Child by Sir Iain Moncreiffe, Pages 64–65

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