Boleslaus I the Cruel

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Duke of Bohemia medieval ruler member of the Přemyslid dynasty

Boleslaus I the Cruel was a 10th-century Duke of Bohemia known for consolidating and expanding Přemyslid power, including through the notorious murder of his brother Saint Wenceslaus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Boleslaus the Cruel	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Duke of Bohemia ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ member of the Přemyslid dynasty ⓘ
ally	Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Boleslaus I of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ Boleslav I NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Prague NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfBrotherDeath	assassination of Saint Wenceslaus at Stará Boleslav ⓘ
child	Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ Dobrawa of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ Strachkvas NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Battle of Lechfeld (as ally of Otto I) NERFINISHED ⓘ wars against the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Duchy of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 907 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	972 ⓘ
epithet	the Cruel NERFINISHED ⓘ the Wicked NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	10th century ⓘ
expandedTerritory	Lesser Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ Silesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
founded	Bohemian denar minting ⓘ
givenName	Boleslaus NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Early Middle Ages NERFINISHED ⓘ
implemented	tribute system over Polish tribes ⓘ
introduced	regular coinage in Bohemia ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
mother	Drahomíra of Stodor NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	Old Czech ⓘ
nobleFamily	Přemyslid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	consolidation of Přemyslid power in Bohemia ⓘ expansion of the Duchy of Bohemia ⓘ ordering the murder of his brother Saint Wenceslaus ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled	Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	972 ⓘ
reignStart	c. 935 ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Saint Wenceslaus NERFINISHED ⓘ Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Biagota NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Přemyslid dynasty → notableRuler → Boleslaus I the Cruel ⓘ

Saint Wenceslas → killer → Boleslaus I the Cruel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boleslaus the Cruel

Saint Wenceslas → sibling → Boleslaus I the Cruel ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boleslaus the Cruel