Otto I (1045 – 9 June 1087), known as Otto the Fair (), a member of the
Přemyslid dynasty
The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemysl (, , ) was a Bohemian royal dynasty that reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia (9th century–1306), as well as in parts of Poland (including Silesia ...
, 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
Bretislav I (; 1002/1005 – 10 January 1055), known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1034 until his death in 1055.
Youth
Bretislav was the son of Duke Oldřich and his low-born concubine Božena. ...
and his wife
Judith of Schweinfurt
Judith of Schweinfurt (; before 1003 – 2 August 1058) was List of Bohemian consorts, Duchess consort of Bohemia from 1034 until 1055, by her marriage with the Přemyslid dynasty, Přemyslid duke Bretislav I.Herwig Wolfram, ''Conrad II, 990-1039 ...
. 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
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, before 1073. His sons were:
*
Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia
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Family
A member of the Přemyslid dyn ...
(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
Sons of dukes
Bohemian princes