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Soběslav I

Type Figure Region Bohemia Time c. 1075–1140 Also known as Soběslav I (Bohemia)

Soběslav I (c. 1075 – 14 February 1140), Duke of Bohemia (12 April 1125 – 1140), a Přemyslid and youngest son of Vratislaus II, first Bohemian king;…

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  1. c. 1075–1125Prague · BohemiaYoungest son of Vratislaus II (died 1092), of the Přemyslid dynasty. Around 1107 he and his brother Bořivoj II were driven out by their relative Svatopluk, and he spent time in exile in Poland. From 1115–1123 he was granted Brno and Znojmo in Moravia, only to be expelled again. After the death of his brother Vladislaus I in 1125, he succeeded as duke as the surviving youngest son.
  2. 1126Chlumec Pass · BohemiaOtto II of Olomouc and German king Lothair III joined forces to invade, seeking to invalidate a succession unconfirmed by imperial investiture. On 18 February 1126 Soběslav defeated the imperial army at the frontier; Otto II was killed and Lothair captured. Soběslav then released Lothair in exchange for imperial investiture of Bohemia, restoring the vassal–suzerain relationship.
  3. 1126–1140Prague · BohemiaIn 1130 he foiled a plot by his nephews Břetislav and the Duke of Moravia. At the Imperial Diet of Bamberg in 1138 he received the hereditary office of steward and a promise from Conrad III that his eldest son would succeed him. He died at Hostinné on 14 February 1140, and the Bohemian nobility raised Vladislaus II, son of his brother Vladislaus I, in his place.

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