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Svatopluk the Lion (died
21 September 1109) was the
duke of Bohemia from 1107 to his assassination. He was a son of
Otto I of Olomouc and Euphemia of Hungary and grandson of
Bretislaus I of Bohemia.
Duke of
Olomouc since
1091, he was at enmity with his cousin
Borivoj II, whom he sought to drive out, thus precipitating a new
civil war. The
Emperor Henry V couldn't ignore the anarchy in Bohemia. He summoned Svatopluk, who dared not resist, and retained him captive and made him restore Borivoj. Soon, he became reconciled to Svatopluk and released him. Svatopluk made him godfather of his new son, who was baptised
Wenceslaus Henry.
Nevertheless, Svatopluk returned to Bohemia to expel Borivoj. In
1108, the emperor had to intervene in
Hungary on behalf of
Prince Álmos against his brother
King Coloman. Svatopluk joined the expedition, but had to return to Bohemia, where Borivoj had made and attack with the support of
Boleslaus III of Poland, an ally of Coloman. Henry failed to seize
Pressburg and Coloman was free to devastate
Moravia (part of the
lands of the Bohemian Crown). Henry desired to avenge the Polish intervention which caused his Hungarian fiasco. He invaded
Poland with the support of Svatopluk. Svatopluk was assassinated on 21 September 1109 in the tent of the emperor at the
Siege of Glogow by a member of the family of Vršovice, whose chief, Mutina, he'd decapitated for the support he'd given to Borivoj. He was succeeded by Borivoj.
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