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Ulrich I, Duke of Brno

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Ulrich I, Duke of Brno (Czech: Oldřich Brněnský, German: Ulrich von Brünn, Latin: Udalricus Brunensis; 11th century – 5 January 1113) was the Duke of Moravia for twenty one years - between 1092 and 1113. He was the first son and successor of Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia (died 1092) and Wirpirk of Tengling. He did not succeed as half ruler of Moravia (diarch), for all half of Moravia (the west one) as his father Conrad I, but Brno was divided into two parts: Brno and Znojmo and Ulrich was co-ruler in this part with his brother Luitpold of Znojmo.[1][2] Both brothers together established a benedictine cloister and its St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč and prepared as mausoleum for Brno-Znojmo branch House of Přemyslid.

Ulrich I, Duke of Brno
Fresco in Rotunda of Saint Catherine in Znojmo, depicted 1142[notes 1]
BornBrno
Died(1113-01-05)5 January 1113
Brno
BuriedSt. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč
Noble familyPřemyslid dynasty - cadet line Conradine
Spouse(s)unknown
IssueWratislaus of Brno
FatherConrad I, Duke of Bohemia
MotherWirpirk of Tengling

He had long ruled over Moravia (as diarch in Brno) for 21 years, once interrupted by illegitimate regency: (1099–1100 by Bretislaus II)

By his marriage to an unknown princess, he probably had two children:

  • Wratislaus of Brno, Duke of Brno from 1125 to 1129 and from 1130 to his death in 1146
  • Nadia (?),(or Nadine, original Надія, Czech Naděj)

He was succeeded legitimately as prince of Brno by his son Wratislaus of Brno.

Domestic policy

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Burial place in Benedictine Abbey, Třebíč

Ulrich and Luitpold initially ruled in the Brno part (the western one) of the duchy of Moravia, until 1099 when they were evicted illegitimately by Bretislaus II. Later they enforced a return of the Brno part of the Moravian duchy - with the help of the Bavarian armed troops as well as indirect support by Emperor Henry IV (whom he visited in early February 1101 in Frankfurt), according to the principles of agnatic seniority. After they returned to the duchy of Brno, the brothers divided it into two subparts named Brno (principality) and Znojmo (principality), where they continued to reign in certain local territorial unions. In 1104 they together founded a Benedictine abbey in Třebíč whose convent church of St. Procopius was intended as their own dynastic mausoleum where they were both buried.

Emperor Henry IV gave Ulrich insignia of rank and banner (vexillum) for their reign in the duchy.

All the Moravian lines of Přemysl dynasty as a whole were systematically associated with dynastic marriages with princesses of major royal and ducal dynasties, especially Árpád dynasty, Rurik dynasty, Piast dynasty, Nemanjić dynasty-senior line Vukanović[notes 2] and houses of bavarian monarchs, as it was the other way around (vice versa). Members of the Moravian dynasty were fully predisposed to take over the central throne (for both countries - Bohemia and Moravia) in Prague, under the principles of agnatic seniority.

Family tree

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Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia
d. 6 September 1055 		  Judith of Schweinfurt
d. after 1052 		  Sieghard VII of Tengling
d. 5 July 1044 		  Philihild of Andechs
d. 23 October 1075
         
     
  Conrad I, Duke of Brno
d. 10 January 1092 		  Wirpirk of Tengling
d.after 1052 		 
     
   
Unknown princess (Adelheid ??)
d. ?
OO   ? 		Ulrich I. of Brno
d. 5 January 1113
                   
                   
Wratislaus of Brno
  d. 1146
  		Nadia (daughter)
 
 

Ancestry

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See also

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Citations and notes

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  1. ^ Face identity by: KRZEMIEŃSKA, Barbara; MERAHAUTOVÁ, Anežka;TŘEŠTÍK, Dušan (2000). Moravští Přemyslovci ve Znojemské rotundě. Praha: SetOut. p.139
  2. ^ Daughter Maria of Uroš I of Rascia

References

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  1. ^ Cosmae Pragensis Chronica Boemorum III.15, p. 176-177
  2. ^ The Cronicle of the Czech (English by Wolverton) III.15, p. 176-177 Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

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Primary sources

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Secondary sources

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  • KRZEMIEŃSKA, Barbara; MERAHAUTOVÁ, Anežka; TŘEŠTÍK, Dušan (2000). Moravští Přemyslovci ve Znojemské rotundě. Praha: SetOut. 135 p.. ISBN 80-86277-09-7. (in Czech)
  • WOLVERTON, Lisa (2001).Hastening toward Prague. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3613-0 (English)
  • REITINGER, Lukáš. Nekrologia kláštera Pegau. Pozapomenuté svědectví o Přemyslovcích (nejen) Kosmova věku. In: WIHODA, Martin; REITINGER, Lukáš (2010). Proměna středovýchodní Evropy raného a vrcholného středověku. Brno : Matice moravská, . ISBN 978-80-86488-69-1. p. 373-374 (in Czech)
  • GROSMANNOVÁ, Dagmar (2010). Medieval Coinage in Moravia. In: GALUŠKA, Luděk; MITÁČEK, Jiří; NOVOTNÁ Lea. Treasures of Moravia. Brno: Moravian Museum Press. ISBN 978-80-7028-371-4. p. 371-374 (English)
  • MOLECZ, P. (2003):Die Hanthaler-Fälschungen im Lilielnfelder Nekrolog am Beispiel der Schwestern des Heiligen Leopold. Eine Beitrag zur Barocken Wischenschaftsgeschichte und Babenbergergenealogie. MIÖG 111, p. 241-284, exact 360–365. (in German)
  • SOMMER, Petr; TŘEŠTÍK, Dušan; ŽEMLIČKA, Josef, a kol. Přemyslovci. Budování českého státu. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2009. 779 s. ISBN 978-80-7106-352-0.
  • WIHODA, Martin. Morava v době knížecí 906–1197. Praha : Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2010. 464 s. ISBN 978-80-7106-563-0.
  • MĚCHUROVÁ, Zdeňka (2010). From the medieval history of Moravia. In: GALUŠKA, Luděk; MITÁČEK, Jiří; NOVOTNÁ Lea. Treasures of Moravia. Brno: Moravian Museum Press. ISBN 978-80-7028-371-4. p. 107-115 (English)
  • ŽEMLIČKA, Josef (2005). Přemyslovci. Jak žili, vládli, umírali. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, . 497 s. ISBN 80-7106-759-8. (in Czech)
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1092 		Succeeded by
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