Conrad II, Duke of Bohemia

Conrad III. Otto of Znojmo ( Czech Konrád III Ota Znojemský or Konrád II Ota. ) (* 1135, † September 9, 1191 in Naples) was Margrave of Moravia and Duke of Bohemia from the Přemyslovci.

As the son of Conrad II of Znojmo ( Konrád II Znojemský ) and Marie, daughter of the Serbian administration officials Urosch the White ( Uroš Bily ), Konrad III received. Otto as heir in 1157, the Duchy of Znojmo. During the fighting among the Přemyslids he has gradually acquired the whole of Moravia, including Brno, Olomouc and Znojmo. 1182 took advantage of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, to which Duke Frederick had turned for help to the situation in order to weaken the Bohemian crown. He separated from Moravia and Bohemia took it on as an imperial fief. However, Moravia was previously slipped through the dynastic development in the House of Přemyslids with the splitting in a Prague and Moravian line largely controlled by the Prague princes. The selected Bohemian Duke Conrad was forced to resign and was awarded the title of Margrave of Moravia.

In 1184 it came with the new situation to bloody battles, culminating on 10 December 1185 in the Battle of Loděnice ( the bloodiest between the Moravians and Bohemia in the history of the country), was beaten by the young Otakar I, Konrad. A total of 4000 soldiers lost their lives and the place was razed to the ground. The following year, peace was made by the Knín Treaty and Moravia came to Bohemia.

After the death of Duke Friedrich 1189 Konrad took over the rule in Bohemia. He renounced the title of Marquis and united for the first time since the split of Přemyslids both countries. According to him, the princely seat remained above both countries largely in the hands of the Prague line. Konrad issued also called the first Bohemian law Statuta ducis Ottoni ( Statuta Konráda Oty ). He died on September 9, 1191 near Naples of a plague, while the Emperor Henry VI. accompanied the coronation in Rome. At first he was buried in the monastery of Monte Cassino in Latia, later, his remains were transferred to Prague.

  • Přemyslids
  • Markgraf ( Moravia )
  • Duke (Bohemia )
  • Born in the 12th century
  • Died in 1191
  • Man
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