Conrad I of Brno (; died 6 September 1092) was the

duke of Bohemia The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the Kingdom of Bohemia in Golden Bull of Sicily, 1198. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings and first gained the title in 1085. From 1004 to 1806, Bohemia was part of th ...

for eight months in 1092.

Life

He was the brother and successor of Vratislaus II (died 14 January 1092) as the third son of Bretislaus I and

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. He did not succeed as

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, because his brother had only been elevated to the royal dignity for life by the

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without the establishment of a hereditary monarchy. Before he became duke of Bohemia, he had long ruled over southern parts of

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, as junior sons typically did in this period of Bohemia, as duke of

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and

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from 1054.

Marriage

By his marriage to

Wirpirk of Tengling Wirpirk of Tengling or Virpirka, Wilburga, Hildburga was the wife of Conrad I of Bohemia and the Duchess of Bohemia in 1092. She was the daughter of Sieghard of Tengling. Wirpirk married Conrad in 1054. By his marriage she had two children: * ...

, he had two children: *

Ulrich Ulrich () is a Germanic given name derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements ''Othala rune, uodal-'' meaning "heritage" and ''-rih'' meaning "king, ruler". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...

, prince of Brno from 1092 to 1097 and from 1100 to his death on 11 November 1113 * Luitpold, prince of Znojmo from 1092 to 1097 and from 1100 to his death on 15 March 1112 He was succeeded as duke by his nephew Bretislaus.

References

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