Adiva (fl. c. 10th century CE) was the first wife of

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. It has been speculated that she was the progeny of

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, and his second wife Aelfflaed, but the evidence for this is weak. Favouring the conjecture is the similarity of her name to certain Anglo-Saxon forms, and the introduction of English-influenced coinage into

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. Nevertheless, since there are a handful of other possible candidates, the evidence for the hypothesis must be counted insufficient. She and Boleslaus had the following children: *

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*Wenceslaus (died as an infant) *

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* Oldrich of Bohemia

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