Otto I (1045 – 9 June 1087), known as Otto the Fair ( cs, Ota Sličný), a member of the
Přemyslid dynasty
The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemyslid ( cs, Přemyslovci, german: Premysliden, pl, Przemyślidzi) was a Bohemian royal dynasty that reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia (9th century–1 ...
, was
Prince of Olomouc in
Moravia
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from 1061 until his death.
He was the youngest son of the
Bohemian
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duke
Bretislav I and his wife
Judith of Schweinfurt. After his father's death in 1055, his older brother was crowned as Duke
Spytihněv II of Bohemia. Otto ruled as a Přemyslid prince in
Brno
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, but after struggles with his brother
Vratislaus of Olomouc, he took refuge in
Prague
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. When in 1061 Spytihněv died and his brother Vratislaus was crowned duke, Otto took over the government of the Olomouc principality. Like his brothers
Conrad and Bishop
Jaromír of Prague, he strongly resisted against Duke Vratislaus' centralised rule.
Otto married
Euphemia, a daughter of King
Béla I of Hungary
Béla I the Boxer or the Wisent ( hu, I. Bajnok or Bölény Béla, sk, Belo I.; – 11 September 1063) was King of Hungary from 1060 until his death. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. Béla's baptismal name was ...
, before 1073. His sons were:
*
Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia
Svatopluk the Lion ( cz, Svatopluk Olomoucký; died 21 September 1109) was Duke of Bohemia from 1107 until his assassination in 1109. His rule was overshadowed by the fierce conflict around the Bohemian throne in the 12th century.
Family
A memb ...
(d. 1109)
*
Otto II the Black (d. 1126)
Ancestry
Bibliography
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1045 births
1087 deaths
Dukes of Bohemia
Přemyslid dynasty
Roman Catholic monarchs
Younger sons of dukes
Bohemian princes