Doubravka of Bohemia | |
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![]() Doubravka, as imagined by Jan Matejko | |
Duchess consort of the Polans | |
Tenure | 965–977 |
Born | c. 940/45 |
Died | 977 |
Spouse | Mieszko I of Poland |
Issue | Bolesław I the Brave |
House | Přemyslid |
Father | Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia |
Doubravka of Bohemia, Dobrawa (Czech: Doubravka Přemyslovna, Polish: Dobrawa, Dąbrówka; ca. 940/45 – 977) was a Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the Polans.
She was the daughter of Boleslaus I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, whose wife may have been the mysterious Biagota.[1]
According to earlier sources, Doubravka urged her husband Mieszko I of Poland to accept baptism in 966, the year after their marriage. Modern historians believe, however, that the change of religion by Mieszko was one of the points discussed in the Polish-Bohemian agreement concluded soon before his marriage with Doubravka. Her role in his conversion is not considered now to be as important as it is often represented in medieval chronicles.
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