Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia

Vladivoj, also Lambert ( * 981, † 1003) was in the years 1002-1003 Duke of Bohemia.

He was described in the earlier research as a member of the Polish ruling family of the Piast dynasty, but this is not supported by the sources. It is more likely that he was related to the Přemyslids, either as a member of a side line or as the youngest son of Duke Boleslav I. After the fall of Boleslav III. Mid- 1002 made ​​him the Polish king Bolesław I. as the Duke of Bohemia. In November 1002, he secured the support of the German king Henry II, by letting himself be appointed as the first Duke of Bohemia as a fief. The result was that Bohemia was considered part of the Holy Roman Empire since that time. Vladivoj died shortly afterwards in January 1003, according to sources due to excessive alcohol consumption.