Vladivoj ( – January 1003) was
Duke of Bohemia from 1002 until his death.
Life
He was probably a member of the
Piast dynasty, maybe the second son of
Doubravka, daughter of Duke
Boleslaus I of Bohemia, and her husband Duke
Mieszko I of Poland, or a distant relative. When Duke
Boleslaus III was dethroned during a revolt by the Czech
Vršovci clan, the
Bohemian nobles declared Vladivoj, who had earlier fled to
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
, duke in 1002. The Czech historian
Dušan Třeštík writes that Vladivoj assumed the Bohemian throne with the support of the Polish duke
Bolesław I the Brave. In November, he also obtained the support by the German king
Henry II who enfeoffed him with the Bohemian duchy.
After Vladivoj died in 1003, Bolesław the Brave invaded Bohemia and restored Boleslaus III who had many Bohemian noblemen murdered. It is said that Vladivoj was an
alcoholic, and drinking was a possible contributor to his death. A massacre of the Vršovci clan at Vyšehrad ordered by Boleslaus III led to his deposition and the succession of his younger brother
Jaromír.
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{{Monarchs of Bohemia
980s births
1003 deaths
11th-century dukes in Europe
11th-century monarchs of Bohemia
Dukes of Bohemia
Christian monarchs