Conrad I of Brno (; died 6 September 1092) was the

duke of Bohemia The Duchy of Bohemia was established in 870 and raised to the Kingdom of Bohemia in 1198. Several Bohemian monarchs ruled as non-hereditary kings beforehand, first gaining the title in 1085. From 1004 to 1806, Bohemia was part of the Holy Roman ...

for eight months in 1092.

Life

He was the brother and successor of Vratislaus II (died 14 January 1092) as the third son of Bretislaus I and

Judith of Schweinfurt Judith of Schweinfurt ( cs, Jitka ze Schweinfurtu / in old Czech: Jitka ze Svinibrodu; before 1003 – 2 August 1058) was Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1034 until 1055, by her marriage with the Přemyslid duke Bretislav I.Herwig Wolfram, ''Co ...

. He did not succeed as

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, because his brother had only been elevated to the royal dignity for life by the Emperor Henry IV without the establishment of a hereditary monarchy. Before he became duke of Bohemia, he had long ruled over southern parts of

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

, as junior sons typically did in this period of Bohemia, as duke of Brno and

Znojmo Znojmo (; german: Znaim) is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. Znojmo is the historical and cultural centre of southwestern Moravia and the second most populated town in the South Moravian ...

from 1054.

Marriage

By his marriage to

Wirpirk of Tengling Wirpirk of Tengling or Virpirka, Wilburga, Hildburga was the wife of Conrad I of Bohemia and the Duchess of Bohemia in 1092. She was the daughter of Sieghard of Tengling. Wirpirk married Conrad in 1054. By his marriage she had two children: * Old ...

, he had two children: *

Ulrich Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements '' uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as the name of Al ...

, prince of Brno from 1092 to 1097 and from 1100 to his death on 11 November 1113 * Luitpold, prince of Znojmo from 1092 to 1097 and from 1100 to his death on 15 March 1112 He was succeeded as duke by his nephew Bretislaus. Roman Catholic monarchs Dukes of Bohemia 1092 deaths Year of birth unknown 11th-century Bohemian people {{Europe-noble-stub