Wratislaus of Brno

Wratislaus of Brno, Duke of Moravia, (Czech: Vratislav Brněnský, German: Wratislaus von Brünn, Latin: Wratislaus Brunensis, Russian: Вратислав (князь Брно); died 1146) was the Duke of Moravia for twenty years - between 1125-1129 and 1130 - 1146 (4+16 years - the second stage 1130-1146)). He was the first son and successor of Ulrich I, of Brno (+1092) and unknown princess (probably Slavic origin). He did not succeed as half monarch of Moravia (diarch), for all half of Moravia (the west one) as his father Ulrich I, but Brno was already divided into two parts: Brno and Znojmo and his father Ulrich was co-monarch in this part with his uncle Luitpold of Znojmo.^[1][2] Both brothers together later established a benedictine cloister and its St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč and prepared as mausoleum for Brno-Znojmo branch House of Přemyslid. Wratislaus himself probably initiated the establishment of the Royal cathedral chapter of St. Peter and Paul in Brno, formally created later in 1292. He had long ruled over Moravia (as diarch in Brno) for 20 years, once interrupted by illegitimate regency: (1128-1130 by Soběslav I) By his marriage(1132) to a Russian princess, he probably had two (three ?) children:

• Spytihněv of Brno (or), Duke of Moravia from 1125 to 1129 and from 1130 to his death in 1146
• Svatopluk of Brno (?),(or) Prince of Jemnice (?)
• Agnes (?) 1197

He was succeeded legitimately as prince of Brno by his son Spitihněv of Brno (1146)

Domestic policy

Burial place in Benedictine Abbey, Třebíč

Wratislaus initially ruled in the Brno part (the western one) of the duchy of Moravia, until 1129 when they were evicted illegitimately by Bretislaus II. Later (1130) they enforced a return of the Brno part of the Moravian duchy - according to the principles of agnatic seniority. After they returned to the duchy of Brno, the brothers divided it into two subparts named Brno (principality) and Znojmo (principality), where they continued to reign in certain local territorial union. In 1104 his father and uncle together founded a Benedictine abbey in Třebíč whose convent church of St. Procopius was intended as their own dynastic mausoleum where they were both buried.

Moravian lines of Přemysl dynasty as a whole were systematically associated with dynastic marriages with princesses of major royal and ducal dynasties, members of Brno line were associated Rurik dynasty, specially Wratislaus was 1132 spoused with princess of House of Rurik Members of the Moravian dynasty were fully predisposed to take over the central throne (for both countries - Bohemia and Moravia) in Prague, under the principles of agnatic seniority.

Family tree

Ancestry

See also

• Moravia
• History of Moravia
• Margraviate of Moravia
• Lands of the Bohemian Crown
• Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine
• Conrad Otto of Znojmo

Citations and notes

References

Bibliography

• COSMAS, (Canonicus Pragensis); Chronica Boëmorum. (Latin)
• COSMAS of Prague, (Canon of Prague),Translated by Lisa Wolverton (2009); Chronicle of the Czechs (Chronicle of Bohemias). The Catholic university of America Press. (English)
• KRZEMIEŃSKA, Barbara; MERAHAUTOVÁ, Anežka; TŘEŠTÍK, Dušan (2000). Moravští Přemyslovci ve Znojemské rotundě. Praha: SetOut. 135 p. ISBN 80-86277-09-7. (in Czech)
• WOLVERTON, Lisa (2001).Hastening toward Prague. Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0-8122-3613-0 (English)
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External links

• MORAVIA, dukes and margraves genealogy tables (in English)
• The Ducal Rotunda of the Virgin Mary and St Catherine web page (in English)
• The Ducal Rotunda in Znojmo - A virtual tour (in English)
• Moravia dukes - Ulrich of Brno part (in English)

Monarchs of Bohemia
Přemyslid	c. 870–1198 (Dukes) Bořivoj I Spytihněv I Vratislaus I Saint Wenceslaus Boleslaus I Boleslaus II Boleslaus III Vladivoj Boleslaus the Brave1 Jaromír Oldřich Bretislaus I Spytihněv II Vratislaus II (I)2 Conrad I Bretislaus II Bořivoj II Svatopluk the Lion Vladislaus I Sobeslaus I Vladislaus II (I)2 Frederick Sobeslaus II Frederick Conrad II Otto Wenceslaus II Ottokar I Henry Bretislaus Vladislaus III Henry 1198–1306 (Kings) Ottokar I Wenceslaus I Ottokar II Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III
Non-dynastic	1306–1310 Henry the Carinthian Rudolph I
Luxembourg	1310–1437 John the Blind Charles IV (I) Wenceslaus IV Sigismund
Habsburg	1437–1457 Albert Interregnum Ladislaus the Posthumous
Non-dynastic	1457–1471 George Matthias Corvinus3
Jagiellonian	1471–1526 Vladislaus II Louis
Habsburg	1526–1780 Ferdinand I Maximilian Rudolph II Matthias Ferdinand II Frederick4 Ferdinand III Leopold I Joseph I Charles II Charles Albert (II)3, 5 Maria Theresa
Habsburg-Lorraine	1780–1918 Joseph II Leopold II Francis II (I) Ferdinand V Francis Joseph Charles I (III)
1 Duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty 2 During his reign obtained non-hereditary royal title 3 Antiking 4 Elector Palatine from the Wittelsbach dynasty 5 Prince-elector of Bavaria from the Wittelsbach dynasty