Conrad II of Znojmo
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| Father | Luitpold of Znojmo |
| Mother | Ida of Austria |
Conrad II of Znojmo (Czech: Konrád II. Znojemský; d. 1161), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty[citation needed], was a Bohemian prince who ruled in the Moravian principality of Znojmo from 1123 to 1128 and again from 1134 until his death.
Life
Conrad II was the son of Prince
Babenberg margrave Leopold II of Austria. Upon his father's death in 1112, Znojmo passed to his uncle Ulrich I of Brno, who died the next year. From 1115 onwards, both the Brno and Znojmo principalities in Moravia were held by Soběslav I, youngest son of the late King Vratislaus II of Bohemia
.
Finally, when Soběslav fell out with his elder brother Duke
Battle of Chlumec, Soběslav had Conrad II deposed and imprisoned at Dohna Castle in 1128. In an attempt to reconcile with his Moravian cousin and to stabilise his rule in the Bohemian lands, Duke Soběslav reinstalled Conrad as Znojmo prince and also arranged his marriage with the Vukanović princess Mary (d. 1189), a daughter of Grand Prince Uroš I of Serbia
.
When in 1140
Olomouc bishop Jindřich Zdík
, had to accept the Bohemian overlordship.
Conrad II commissioned the wall paintings (
Znojmo Rotunda
some time after 1134.
Family
Conrad II married Mary (Marija, known in Czech as "Marie Srbská"), a Serbian princess, daughter of Grand Prince Uroš I (r. 1112–45). They had five children, among them:
- Ernest (or Arnošt)
- Conrad III Ota (c. 1135 – 1191), married Hellicha of Wittelsbach, became first Margrave of Moravia in 1182, Duke of Bohemia (as Conrad II) from 1189
- High Duchess of Poland by her marriage with Casimir II the Just.
References
- Rostislav Nový (1972). Přemyslovský stát 11. a 12. století. Universita Karlova.
- Josef Žemlička (1997). Čechy v době knížecí, 1034-1198. Lidové Noviny. ISBN 978-80-7106-196-0.
- Antonín Friedl (1966). Přemyslovci ve Znojmě. Odeon.