Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia
Bořivoj II (* 1064, † February 2nd 1124 in Hungary ) was a Duke of Bohemia.
Life
1081 went to the son of Vratislav II and Swatawa of Poland as the leader of the armed army with Emperor Henry IV to Italy, where two years later he successfully took part in the conquest of Rome. He returned in 1084 with a handful of campaigners back. The attempt Břetislavs II, to implement Bořivoj as his successor, prevented the Senioratsprinzip. Under this law should be Oldrich heir, the son of Conrad I
Bořivoj turned to the Emperor and asked for support. Then 1101 Bořivoj was determined to Duke By including Bohemia in the imperial fiefs in 1099. This procedure had intervened in the consequences throughout the 12th century, the Emperor several times in the affairs of Bohemia and succession planning. Oldrich returned to Brno, and prepared to fight for the throne. He also appealed to the emperor, who then Brno up in his fief, the struggles for the throne but did not want to support.
Oldrich gathered around him some Austrian mercenaries and moved to Malín in Kutna Hora ( Kutná Hora ), hoping that would join him Bohemian troops. However, this did not happen and he returned in 1101 back to Brno.
In 1105 there were disputes over the imperial throne. The German dukes to overthrow with the help of the imperial son Henry IV. Bořivoj and Leopold III. , Margrave of Austria, was married to his sister Bořivoj, were initially on the side of the Emperor, but was deposed and fled through Bohemia to the Rhine, where he died in Liège in 1106.
1105 tried to overthrow Svatopluk, Duke of Olomouc, Bořivoj. He moved to Prague, but initially had no success. By bribing the stands he now tried to plot against the duke. Two years later, the coup succeeded and Bořivoj had to leave the country. He turned to the Emperor, who called Svatopluk to himself. Svatopluk handed over the rule to his brother Otto blacks and went to the emperor. There he was captured. Bořivoj wanted but been intercepted with the help of his nephew Wiprecht II, son of Wiprechts Groitzsch, 1110 upper back to the throne, was at the border. Svatopluk promised obedience to the Emperor, whereupon he was released from prison. Bořivoj went to Poland for Duke Bolesław III. Wrymouth.
1117 Bořivoj was at the behest of Vladislav I. unexpectedly still determined to Duke. The first three years of his reign were marked by natural disasters (floods, storms ). There were also difficulties in wars with the Hungarians, which he led since 1116. In 1120 he was dethroned.
Bořivoj married on October 18, 1100 Gerberga of Babenberg, daughter of Margrave Leopold II of Austria and her begot children Jaromír Spytihněv Lupold, Albrecht and Richeza.
He has fathered numerous children. However, none of his sons became duke, on the contrary - they usually attended child tasks. This branch of Přemyslids also died soon of. The mortal remains were buried Bořivojs 1124 in St. Vitus Cathedral.
Literature and sources
- Z. Fiala: Přemyslovské Bohemia. Český stat a společnost v letech 995-1310, Praha 1965
- Kosmova Kronika česká, Praha 1972