Přemyslid dynasty

The Přemyslids (Czech: Přemyslovci, Polish: Przemyślidzi), were a Czech royal dynasty which reigned in Bohemia (9th century–1306) and in Poland (1300–1306).

Legendary rulers

The name of the dynasty, according to Cosmas in his Chronica Boemorum (1119), comes from its legendary founder, Přemysl, husband of Libuše.

Dukes of Bohemia

The first historical Přemyslid was Duke Bořivoj I, baptised in 874 by Saint Methodius. In 895, Bohemia gained independence from the Great Moravia. Between 1003 and 1004, Bohemia was controlled by Boleslaus the Brave, Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty, grand-son of Boleslaus I the Cruel.

In 1086, Duke Vratislaus II, and, in 1158, Duke Vladislaus II, were crowned King of Bohemia as a personal award from the Holy Roman Emperor. The title, however, was not hereditary.

Bořivoj I (c.870–889)
Spytihněv I (895–915)
Vratislav I (915–921)
Svatý Václav (Saint Wenceslaus) (921–935)
Boleslav I Ukrutný (Boleslaus I the Cruel) (935–972)
Boleslav II Pobožný (Boleslaus II the Pious) (972–999)
Boleslav III Ryšavý (Boleslaus III the Red-haired) (999–1002)
Vladivoj (1002–1003)
Boleslav III (1003)
Jaromír (1003)
Boleslav III (1003)
Jaromír (1004–1012)
Oldřich (1012–1033)
Jaromír (1033–1034)
Oldřich (1034)
Břetislav I (1035–1055)
Spytihněv II (1055–1061)
Vratislv II (1061–1092)
Konrad I (1092)
Bretislav II (1092–1100)
Bořivoj II (1101–1107)
Svatopluk (1107–1109)
Vladislav I (1109–1117)
Bořivoj II (1117–1120)
Vladislav I (1120–1125)
Soběslav I (1125–1140)
Vladislav II (1140–1172)
Bedřich (1172–1173)
Soběslav II (1173–1178)
Bedřich (1178–1189)
Konrad II (1189–1191)
Václav II (1191–1192)
Přemysl Otakar I (1192–1193)
Jindřich Břetislav (1193–1197)
Vladislav III Jindřich (1197)
Přemysl Otakar I (1197–1198)

Kings of Bohemia

In 1198, Duke Přemysl Otakar I gained the hereditary title of King of Bohemia.

Kings of Bohemia and Poland

In 1300, King Wenceslaus II was crowned King of Poland.

Wenceslaus II (1300–1305)
Wenceslaus III (1305–1306)

The royal line ended in 1306, with the death of King Wenceslaus III. The Bohemian throne went to the Luxembourgs, and the Polish returned to the Piasts. Descendants of Nicholas, illegitimate son of King Přemysl Otakar II still, however, ruled Opava and Racibórz. This line ended in 1521, with the death of Valentine, Duke of Racibórz.

Family tree

Bořivoj I. (maybe from Mojmír dynasty) + Saint Ludmila

Spytihněv I.
Vratislav I.
- Sv. Václav I.
- Boleslav I. the Cruel
  - Boleslav II. the Pious
    - Boleslav III. the Red-haired
    - Jaromir the Eunuch
    - Václav the Infantdead
    - Oldrich
      - Břetislav I. Achilles
        Spytihněv II.
        Vratislav II.
        Bretislav II.
        Borivoj II.
        Vladislav I.
        Vladislav II.
        Bedrich
        Otakar I
        Wenceslas I
        Otakar II the Golden and Iron
        Wenceslas II
        Wenceslas III
        Elizabeth of Bohemia (Alice Premyslid)d. 1320 and House of Premysl died with her :-)
        Queen Dagmar of Dennmark
        Vladislav III Henry
        Henry
        Bretislav III. Henry (Henry Bretislav)
        Sobeslav I.
        Sobeslav II. the Peasant
        Wenceslas II.
        Bishop Jaromir
        Konrad I. of Brno and Znojmo
        Konrad of Brno
        Litolt of Znojmo
        Konrad of Znojmo
        Konrad II. Ota of Brno and Znojmo
        Otto of Olomouc
        Otto II the Black
        Svatopluk
  - Abbess Mlada
  - Doubrawa of Poland
    - Boleslav IV. the Brave
      - Kings of Poland
    - Vladivoj I. the Alcoholic
  - Legendist Christian
- Střezislava + Slavník
  - St. Adalbert of Prague
  - Gaudentius

Family tree of Elizabeth of Bohemia + Jagellonians + Habsburgs

Charles I the Great (IV of Germany)
- Wenceslas IV
- Sigismund
  - Elizabeth
    - Ladislaus Posthumous
    - Elizabeth
      - Vladislav IV of Jagiello
        Louis of Jagiello
        Anna + Ferdinand I
        Maxmilian I
        Rudolph II
        Mathias
        Charles of Stiermark
        Ferdinand II
        Ferdinand III
        Ferdinand IV
        Leopold I
        Joseph I
        Marie Amalie + Charles III of Bavaria
        Charles II
        Mary Teresia
        Joseph II
        Leopold II
        Francis I
        Ferdinand V
        Francis Charles
        Francis II Joseph
        Emperor Maxmilian
        Charles Louis
        Francis Ferdinand d'Este
        Otto
        Charles IV
        Otto von Habsburg
- John of Zgorzelec
  - Elizabeth of Luxemburg
John Henry
- Emperor Jost of Moravia

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