Ulrich I, Duke of Brno


Ulrich I, Duke of Brno was the Duke of Moravia for twenty one years - between 1092 and 1113. He was the first son and successor of Conrad I, Duke of Bohemia and Wirpirk of Tengling. He did not succeed as half ruler of Moravia, for all half of Moravia as his father Conrad I, but Brno was divided into two parts: Brno and Znojmo and Ulrich was co-ruler in this part with his brother Luitpold of Znojmo. Both brothers together established a benedictine cloister and its St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč and prepared as mausoleum for Brno-Znojmo branch House of Přemyslid.
He had long ruled over Moravia for 21 years, once interrupted by illegitimate regency:
By his marriage to an unknown princess, he probably had two children:
  • Wratislaus of Brno, Duke of Brno from 1125 to 1129 and from 1130 to his death in 1146
  • Nadia,
He was succeeded legitimately as prince of Brno by his son Wratislaus of Brno.

Domestic policy

Ulrich and Luitpold initially ruled in the Brno part of the duchy of Moravia, until 1099 when they were evicted illegitimately by Bretislaus II. Later they enforced a return of the Brno part of the Moravian duchy - with the help of the Bavarian armed troops as well as indirect support by Emperor Henry IV, according to the principles of agnatic seniority. After they returned to the duchy of Brno, the brothers divided it into two subparts named Brno and Znojmo, where they continued to reign in certain local territorial unions. In 1104 they 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.
Emperor Henry IV gave Ulrich insignia of rank and banner for their reign in the duchy.
All the Moravian lines of Přemysl dynasty as a whole were systematically associated with dynastic marriages with princesses of major royal and ducal dynasties, especially Árpád dynasty, Rurik dynasty, Piast dynasty, Nemanjić dynasty-senior line Vukanović and houses of bavarian monarchs, as it was the other way around. Members of the Moravian dynasty were fully predisposed to take over the central throne in Prague, under the principles of agnatic seniority.

Ancestry

Primary sources

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