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Bretislav
Bretislav ( cz, Břetislav, la, Bretislaus) is a Czech masculine given name. It may refer to: *Bretislav I (1005–1055), Duke of Bohemia *Bretislav II (1060–1100), Duke of Bohemia * Bretislav III (d. 1197), Duke of Bohemia * Břetislav Dolejší (1928–2010), Czechoslovak footballer *Břetislav Bakala (1897–1958), Czech conductor, pianist, and composer *Břetislav Pojar (1923–2012), puppeteer, animator and film director * Břetislav Hůla (1888–1937), Comintern *Břetislav Rychlík (born 1958), Czech actor * Břetislav Benda (1897–1983), Czech sculptor * (born 1959), philosopher and religious scholar * Břetislav Bartoš (1893–1926), Czech painter See also * Bratislav Bratislav () is a Slavic origin given name meaning: "brat" - relative, brother and "slava" - glory, fame. Feminine form is Bratislava (). The name may refer to: * Bratislav Mijalković, Serbian former football player *Bratislav Punoševac, Serbi ..., a masculine given name {{given name Czech masc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretislav I
Bretislav I ( cs, Břetislav I.; 1002/1005 – 10 January 1055), known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1034 until his death. Youth Bretislav was the son of Duke Oldřich and his low-born concubine Božena. As an illegitimate son who could not obtain a desirable wife by conventional means, he chose to kidnap Judith of Schweinfurt, a daughter of the Bavarian noble Henry of Schweinfurt, Margrave of Nordgau, in 1019 at Schweinfurt, and marry her. During his father's reign, in 1019 or 1029, Bretislav took back Moravia from Poland. About 1031, he invaded Hungary in order to prevent its expansion under king Stephen. The partition of Bohemia between Oldřich and his brother Jaromír in 1034 was probably the reason why Bretislav fled beyond the Bohemian border, only to come back to take the throne after Jaromír's abdication. Raid into Poland In 1035, Bretislav helped Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II in his war against the Lusatians. In 1039, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bretislav III
Henry Bretislav (latinized as ''Bretislaus'', cs, Jindřich Břetislav; died 15 or 19 June 1197), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Bishop of Prague from 1182, then Duke of Bohemia as "Bretislav III" from 1193 to his death. Ecclesiastical career Henry was a son of Jindřich (d. after 1169) and his wife Margaret. After his studies at the University of Paris, he returned to Bohemia and was named provost at the Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Vyšehrad. In 1182, he accepted the diaconate from the hands of his Přemyslid cousin Archbishop Adalbert III of Salzburg. Henry Bretislav was elected on 25 March 1182 as successor of the late bishop of Prague Valentin, and went to Mainz to receive affirmation by Metropolitan Christian I. He was ordained a priest on 22 May and crowned bishop the following day. Bretislav soon came into conflict with Duke Frederick of Bohemia, who had regained the Bohemian throne in 1178 and usurped discretionary power over ecclesiastical propert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Bartoš
Břetislav Bartoš (7 May 1893 in Frenštát pod Radhoštěm – 28 June 1926 in Dolní Mokropsy) was a Czech painter. Biography During his studies at the Academy from 1909 to 1914 he was one of the last pupils of Professor Hanuš Schwaiger. In 1914 he co-founded the art association (Moravian art competition of the Prague meetings at which he also exhibited). He fought in the World War I as a legionnaire in Italy and in his free time he painted pictures. He died in 1926 aged only 33 from . In 2007, an exhibition was opened by his daughter. Style |
Bretislav II
Bretislaus II (; c. 1060 – 22 December 1100) was the duke of Bohemia from 14 September 1092 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Vratislaus II and Adelaide, daughter of Andrew I of Hungary. He was a major enemy of paganism. Life He succeeded his uncle Conrad I and worked for the destruction of the old Slavic culture. In 1097, he expelled the Slavonic monks of the monastery in Sazava founded in 1033 by Procopius. Bretislaus also wished to end the elective principle of succession and replace it with a type of seniorate as conceptualised by Bretislaus I: the eldest prince of the reigning family would hold Bohemia as sovereign over the entire state while the younger scions of the dynasty would rule as territorial dukes over the regions of Moravia. This was to the benefit of his half-brother Bořivoj II. He invested Bořivoj as duke of Brno in 1097, thus removing the sons of Conrad I from the succession. Bretislaus also succeeded in receiving a long-desired imperial i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Bakala
Břetislav Bakala (February 12, 1897 in Fryšták – April 1, 1958 in Brno) was a Czech conductor, pianist, and composer. His career was centred on Brno and he was particularly associated with the music of Leoš Janáček. Life and career Bakala was born at Fryšták, Moravia. He studied conducting at the Brno Conservatory with František Neumann, and composition with Leoš Janáček at the organ school. In 1922 he continued his studies at the Master school at the Conservatory with Vilém Kurz. From 1920 to 1925 and from 1929 to 1931 he worked as a conductor of the National Theatre in Brno, making his conducting debut in ''Orfeo ed Euridice''. Bakala discovered Janáček ''The Diary of One Who Disappeared'' in the composer's trunk in 1921 and first performed it (taking the piano part) in April that year.Lambert, P. In the shadow of Talich. '' International Classical Record Collector'', Summer 1996, Vol 2, 5, p16-18. On 31 January 1925 he conducted the premiere of Bohuslav Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Pojar
Břetislav Pojar (7 October 192312 October 2012) was a Czech puppeteer, animator and director of short and feature films. Born in Sušice, Czechoslovakia, Pojar started his career in the late 1940s with his work on ''The Story of the Bass Cello'' (1949) based on the story by Anton Chekhov and directed by master Czech puppet animator Jiří Trnka. Pojar served as a puppeteer under his mentor Trnka. Pojar compiled an extensive body of work as a director and animator in Czechoslovakia, where he made films in both puppet animation to the more common stop motion animation. In the mid-1960s, Pojar emigrated to Canada, where he began a long collaboration with the National Film Board. His Canadian work is some of his best known, and it has won awards at prestigious international film festivals. His film '' To See or Not to See (Psychocratie)'' won the Canadian Film Award for Film of the Year in 1970. Pojar's work is characterized by strong social commentary, such as in ''Balablok'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Hůla
Břetislav Hůla (30 March 1894 – 2 April 1964) was a Czech Communist politician, newspaper editor, and translator. He was a leading cadre of Comintern in 1923–24. A National Labor Confederation member, he joined the Bolshevik party in 1917, and was responsible for organizing its Czechoslovakia, Czech section after 1918. A delegate to the Second Comintern Congress (1920), he was excluded from Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in 1925, ostensibly for rightist leanings. After withdrawing from politics he worked as a translator from Russian and German. In 1947 he was commissioned by publisher Adolf Synek to collect and publish the writing of his one time friend Jaroslav Hašek, a task he continued also after the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état, 1948 Communist coup, now on behalf of the Ministry of Information. External links Hůla, Břetislav, 1894-1964 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hula, Bretislav 1894 births 1964 deaths Czechoslovak Comintern people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Dolejší
Břetislav Dolejší (26 September 1928 – 28 October 2010) was a Czechoslovak football goalkeeper who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He played for Dukla Prague and Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in th .... Death Břetislav Dolejší died of cancer on 28 October 2010, at the age of 8 References External links * FIFA profile 1928 births 2010 deaths Czech men's footballers Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers SK Slavia Prague players 1958 FIFA World Cup players {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Rychlík
Břetislav Rychlík (born 23 July 1958) is a Czech actor and director. He was born in Uherské Hradiště and began his career at the local theater. Later he worked in the theater in Brno and also taught at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. He also directed several documentary films. Filmography * ''Quiet Happiness'' (1985) * ''Pětka s hvězdičkou'' (1985) * ''Vojtěch, řečený sirotek'' (1989) * ''Pražákům, těm je hej'' (1990) * ''The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday'' (1992) * ''…ani smrt nebere'' (1996) * ''Dědictví aneb Kurva se neříká'' (2014) External links * References 1958 births Living people Czech male film actors People from Uherské Hradiště Czech film directors 20th-century Czech male actors 21st-century Czech male actors {{Czech-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Břetislav Benda
Břetislav Benda (28 March 1897 – 19 August 1983) was a Czech sculptor, student of Josef Václav Myslbek and member of Mánes Union of Fine Arts from 1923. He was born in Sepekov. Benda's bronzes often focused on the female body, being one of the few sculptors to focus on this almost exclusively. His architectural sculpture includes interior work at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague, the Komerční banka in Náchod (with the architect Pavel Janák) and a relief for a 1935 savings bank in České Budějovice. In 1968, the Council of Czech Jewish Religious Communities commissioned Benda to create a memorial sculpture at the former trade fair building in Prague where most of the Jews of Prague were rounded up by the Nazis and deported to Terezín, onward to Theresienstadt and other concentration camps. The three-part sculpture included an inscription describing the function of the building during the Nazi regime, but the sculpture was never unveiled at the site due to government opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bratislav
Bratislav () is a Slavic origin given name meaning: "brat" - relative, brother and "slava" - glory, fame. Feminine form is Bratislava (). The name may refer to: * Bratislav Mijalković, Serbian former football player *Bratislav Punoševac, Serbian footballer * Bratislav Ristić, Serbian football midfielder *Bratislav Živković, Serbian former football midfielder See also * Bretislav, a masculine given name * Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia * Wrocław, a city in Poland * Bratslav Bratslav ( uk, Брацлав; pl, Bracław; yi, בראָצלעוו, ''Brotslev'', today also pronounced Breslev or '' Breslov'' as the name of a Hasidic group, which originated from this town) is an urban-type settlement in Ukraine, located i ..., an urban-type settlement in Ukraine External links *http://www.behindthename.com/name/bratislav {{given name Slavic masculine given names Serbian masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
