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  Boleslaus III of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ryšavý) (died 1037), called the Red(-haired) or the Blind, was the duke of Bohemia from 999 until 1002.
The eldest son of Boleslav II the Pious and Adiva of England, Boleslav III was a weak ruler in whose chaotic reign Bohemia became a pawn in the long war between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II and Boleslav the Brave, King of Poland.
On February 9, 1003, Boleslav the Red was restored to authority with armed support from of Boleslav of Poland.
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 Boleslaus II of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boleslaus maintained good relations with the Ottonian German kings, and in 975 supported Otto II during his civil war against Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
Boleslaus' reign is most notable for the foundation of the diocese of Prague in 973.
Boleslaus was succeeded by, Boleslaus, his eldest son by his first wife, Adiva, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England.
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 Boleslaus II - LoveToKnow 1911
BOLESLAUS II., called " The Bold," king of Poland (1039-1081), eldest son of Casimir I., succeeded his father in 1058.
The nearest enemy was Bohemia, to whom Poland had lately been compelled to pay tribute for her oldest possession, Silesia.
Boleslaus in his fury slew the saintly bishop, but so general was the popular indignation that he had to fly his kingdom.
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 Boleslaus III - LoveToKnow 1911
BOLESLAUS III., king of Poland (1086-1139), the son of Wladislaus I.
The obstinacy of the resistance convinced Boleslaus that Pomerania must be christianized before it could be completely subdued; and this important work was partially accomplished by St Otto, bishop of Bamberg, an old friend of Boleslaus's father, who knew the Slavonic languages.
In his later years Boleslaus waged an unsuccessful war with Hungary and Bohemia, and was forced to claim the mediation of the emperor Lothair, to whom he did homage for Pomerania and Riigen at the diet of Merseburg in 1135.
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 Boleslaus II the Pious
Boleslav II the Pious (died 999) was the son of Boleslav I the Cruel.
Boleslav II became Duke (or prince) of Bohemia in 972.
Boleslav in 995 stormed Libice in southern Bohemia and massacred the Slavnikovci.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Boleslaus III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Boleslaus III BOLESLAUS III [Boleslaus III] 1085-1138, duke of Poland (1102-38).
Ladislaus Herman LADISLAUS HERMAN [Ladislaus Herman], 1040-1102, duke of Poland (1079-1102), brother and successor of Boleslaus II.
Casimir II CASIMIR II [Casimir II] 1138-94, duke of Poland (1177-94), youngest son of Boleslaus III.
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 Pomerania
As Zbigniew was allied to Pomeranians, Boleslaus brought warriors to Pomerania and destroyed Belgard, Koeslin, Cammin and Wollin.
Temporary ruled by the Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and his son Wenceslaus III[?], previous King of Bohemia and Poland, later also King of Hungary, he settled under suzerainty of the Wladislaw Lokietek[?] of greater Poland and Kujavia.
When in summer 1300 Wenceslaus II of Bohemia was occupied, he asked the Teutonic Knights for protection of the Pomerania province from Brandenburg claims.
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 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Conflict developed between the bishop and the duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus II, and in 990, Adalbert travelled to Rome, where he became a monk.
Boleslaus I, duke of Poland, invited him to evangelize the Prussians of Pomerania; Adalbert was killed on the suspicion of being a Polish spy.
Boleslaus I buried Adalbert's body at Gniezno, Poland, whence it was translated in 1039 to Prague.
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 Plzen - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The most prominent monuments are the Gothic church of St. Bartholomew, said to date from 1292, whose tower (100 m) is the highest in the Czech Republic, the Renaissance town hall dating from the 16th century, and the third largest synagogue in the world (after Jerusalem and Budapest).
Plzeň first appears in history in 976, as the scene of a battle in the war between Prince Boleslaus II and the emperor Otto II, and it became a town in 1295, established by Wenceslaus II.
At the end of the Second World War, on May 6, 1945, Plzeň (and Western Bohemia) was liberated from the Nazis by General Patton, unlike the rest of Czechoslovakia that was freed by the Red Army.
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BOLESLAUS II., called " The Bold," king of Poland (1039-1o81), eldest son of Casimir I., succeeded his father in 1058.
In Io69 he succeeded in placing Izaslaus on the throne of Kiev, thereby confirming Poland's overlordship over Russia and enabling Boleslaus to chastise his other enemies, Bohemia among them, with the co-operation of his Russian auxiliaries.
On the 26th of December Io76 Boleslaus encircled his own brows with the royal diadem, a striking proof that the Polish kings did not even yet consider their title quite secure.
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 Reagalia
Boleslaus the Bold’s regalia were used during the successive Polish coronations of Przemysl II and his consort Margaret of Brandenburg in 1295, and of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia in 1300.
Boleslaus the Brave’s Crown was adorned with a substantial number of pearls, rubies, emeralds and sapphires.
Boleslaus the Brave’s Crown was the most venerated item of the Polish regalia, which can be compared to the Hungarians’ veneration of St Stephen’s Crown, as almost all Polish kings, starting with Ladislaus I the Short in 1320 were crowned with it.
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Béla's entire reign was overshadowed by a conflict with Boris, a son of Coloman of doubtful legitimacy, in which Boris was supported by Poland and Russia.
In 1132 Boleslaus III of Poland led a campaign with Russian and Polish troops on Boris' behalf.
Boleslaus and Boris were defeated near the Sajó River, but Boris was to prove a persistant claimant for a number of years to come.
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 St. Agnes of Bohemia
Agnes of Bohemia was influential in introducing both the Friars and the Franciscan Second Order (the Poor Clares) into her country north of the Alps.
Inevitably, in the case of contemporary royal families, she was betrothed at three to Boleslaus, the son of Henry, Duke of Silesia, and sent to Silesia to be educated in her future country.
Having successfully avoided political marriages in her youth, Agnes of Bohemia lived as a spouse of Christ for a half century, dying at the age of 77.
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 Boleslaus I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Otto’s successor, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, opposed Boleslaus’s ambition; when Boleslaus overran Meissen and the East Mark, Henry refused to confirm his control of these territories.
Boleslaus took advantage of dynastic troubles to occupy Bohemia in 1003; expelled in 1004, he still retained Moravia.
Boleslaus ranks among Poland’s foremost rulers; he reorganized the administration, systematized taxation, and created a large standing army.
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 Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry II of Germany (972 - 1024), the fifth and last ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty, succeeded his cousin the Holy Roman Emperor Otto III after the latter's death in 1002.
Henry spent the early part of his reign fighting in Bohemia, where he drove back the forces of Boleslaus I, duke of Poland and eventually secured Boleslaus's allegiance to the Empire.
After 1014, Henry focused much of his attention on Italy, where there was unrest and rebellion against both Pope and Emperor.
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 Boleslaus III. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Having also regained Pomerania, which Mieszko II had lost to Denmark, Boleslaus entrusted the Christianization of its inhabitants to the bishop of Bamberg.
Vainly seeking to prevent the disintegration of his kingdom, Boleslaus altered the law of succession of his dynasty (see Piast).
Among his sons, Casimir II was the most notable.
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 AllRefer.com - Boleslaus II (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Boleslaus II c.1039–1081, duke (1058–76), and later king (1076–79) of Poland; son and successor of Casimir I.
He asserted Polish power in Bohemia, Hungary, and S Russia by interfering in their civil wars.
Excommunicated and deprived of his title by Pope Gregory VII, Boleslaus died in exile in Hungary.
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 Lothair II
Lothair II Lothair II, also called Lothair III,1075–1137, Holy Roman emperor (1133–37) and German king (1125–37); successor of Holy Roman Emperor Henry V. His predecessor invested him with the duchy of Saxony in 1106, but after 1112 Lothair, in several rebellions, successfully championed local independence against the royal authority.
Boleslaus III - Boleslaus III, 1085–1138, duke of Poland (1102–38).
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Agnes of Prague
Daughter of King Ottokar I (Ottocar) and Queen Constance of Bohemia.
When he died young, prior to the marriage, she was betrothed to Prince Henry, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II.
Agnes of Bohemia, although she lived in a period far removed from ours, still remains a shining example of the Christian faith and heroic charity, which invites us to reflection and imitation.
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 Hungarian Saints -- Adalbert
On the death of the archbishop the young man returned to Bohemia with a library of books he had collected, and two years later he was ordained subdeacon by Bishop Thietmar of Prague, who died in 982.
But soon Duke Boleslaus asked for his return, and at the bidding of Pope John XV Adalbert returned to Prague, on the understanding, it is said, that he should receive proper support from the civil power.
He was prepared to obey; but it was agreed that he should be free to go and preach the gospel to the heathen if he found it impossible to return to Bohemia, for a powerful section of the citizens of Prague had massacred a number of his kinsmen and burnt their castles.
www.katolikus.hu /hun-saints/adalbert.html   (957 words)

  
 Boleslaus I of Bohemia Biography
- 972), was the Duke of Bohemia from 935 to 972.
Boleslav I had a son named Boleslav II the Pious of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia, and a sister named Dobrava/Dubrawka of Bohemia.
Boleslav is notorious for the murder of his brother St Wenceslas, the result of which brought him to the Czech (ducal) throne.
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 bohemia1
In various cases, noting that we are reporting hand-written notes taken from an old book that was often difficult to decipher, the spelling may be wrong.
Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (b c909, d 967 or 973/6)
Elizabeth of Hungary (dau of Geza II, King of Hungary)
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 SkyscraperCity - Gniezno, Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In 10th century Gniezno became the main city and capital of the early Piast dynasty rulers: Mieszko I and Boleslaw Chrobry, the founders of the Polish State.
Gniezno cathedral witnessed royal coronations of Boleslaus I the Brave in 1024, his son Mieszko II Lambert in 1025.
The archepiscopal cathedral was reconstucted by the next ruler Boleslaus II of Poland who was crowned king here in 1076.
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 Boleslaus III of Bohemia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Boleslav III was a weak ruler in whose chaotic reign, Bohemia became a pawn in the long war between the German King Henry II and Boleslaw the Brave, King of Poland.
In 1003 Boleslav was restored to authority with either German or Polish assistance, however he immediately undermined his position by ordereing a massacre of leading nobles at Visehrad.
Boleslav's brothers Jaromir and Oldrich -possibly fearing for their own lives -fled to Germany and placed themselves under the protection of Henry II.
www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/b/bo/boleslaus_iii_of_bohemia.html   (170 words)

  
 BOLESLAUS II - Online Information article about BOLESLAUS II
age of his grandfather Boleslaus I., and it was the aim of Boleslaus II.
The nearest enemy was Bohemia, to whom Poland had lately been compelled to pay See also:
Russia and enabling Boleslaus to chastise his other enemies, Bohemia among them, with the co-operation of his See also:
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 Biocrawler:Guidelines for the spelling of names of Polish rulers - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The same would apply to Polish nobles who were elected kings in 17-18 centuries.
Ladislaus, Boleslaus, Casimir, Sigismund, etc. The same should apply to Polish saints, e.g.
No cognomens, apart from the most famous rulers (and those of the Dismemberment period) whose cognomens should be written in English, e.g.
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 Ancestors and Family of Wladyslaw I of Poland
Vladislaw [Ladislaus] overtok regjeringen i 1080 efter at hans bror Boleslaus II hadde blitt jaget bort.
He took the Polish throne in 1079 when Boleslaus II died, but resigned the royal title and supported Henry IV in a bid to restore peace.
Wladyslaw married Judith of Bohemia, daughter of Vratislav II of Bohemia and Adelaide of Hungary, in 1083.
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 Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - St. Wojciech   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Conflict developed between the bishop and the duke of Bohemia, Boleslaus II, and in 990, Wojciech travelled to Rome, where he became a monk.
Boleslaus I, duke of Poland, invited him to evangelize the Prussians of Pomerania; Wojciech was killed on the suspicion of being a Polish spy.
Boleslaus I buried Wojciech's body at Gniezno, Poland, whence it was transported in 1039 to Prague.
saints.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=5604   (224 words)

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