Biagota (born 920) was probably the wife of duke

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. Michal Lutovský writes in his book ''Bratrovrah a tvůrce státu'' (Fratricide and country-maker) that only a few coins confirm the existence of Biagota. These coins are considered the oldest type of Přemyslid

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. An inscription can be read on them, BIAGOTACOIIIIX or BIAGOTACOVIIX, meaning BIAGOTA CONIVNX: ''wife Biagota''. Possibly these coins were made on the occasion of marriage, but there is no proof for it. It is not even sure that Biagota was the mother of all four adult children of Boleslaus I (

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, Strachkvas and Mlada of Bohemia). Her origins are unclear. She could have originated from one of the German states of the

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or from a Slavic country (Blahota or Bjegota was an old

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n name). Both hypotheses could be right, corresponding to the contemporary practice of European rulers.

Literature

* Petráň, Z. ''První české mince''. Prague, 1998. * Lutovský, M. ''Bratrovrah a tvůrce státu : život a doba knížete Boleslava I.'' 1. vyd. Prague: Set out, 1998. 162 pp.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Biagota 900s births Year of birth uncertain Year of death missing Duchesses of Bohemia 10th-century Bohemian women