Boriwoj Bohemia

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Dukes of Bohemia.
The Chronica Boemorum names Gostivit as the father of Borwoy, and records that the latter was the first duke to be baptised by Methodius Bishop of Moravia, during the reign of Svatopluk King of Moravia [Cosmæ Pragensis Chronica Boemorum I.10, MGH SS IX, p. 39.]. He founded the town of Prague [ES I.2 176]. The Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ records that "Borzywoy primus Dux christianus in Boemia" was baptised "cum coniuge sua beata Ludmilla Martyre" in 894 [Pelzel, F. M. and Dobrowsky, J. (eds.) (1784) Scriptores Rerum Bohemicarum, Tomus II (Prague), Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ, p. 427]. Boriwoj married Ludmila, daughter of Slavibor ze Pšova (Prince of Pšov or Prince of the Sorbs). Slavibor ze Pšova was born around 860, murdered at Burg Tetin on 15 Sep 921 and bured at Prague St Georg. The Chronica Boemorum names "filia Zlavoboris comitis de castello Psov, nomine Ludmila" as wife of "Borivoy" [Cosmæ Pragensis Chronica Boemorum I.15, MGH SS IX, p. 45]. She was strangled and later was canonised. [ES I.2 176]. The Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ records that "Borzywoy primus Dux christianus in Boemia" was baptised "cum coniuge sua beata Ludmilla Martyre" in 894 [Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ, Scriptores Rerum Bohemicarum, Tomus II, p. 427. ].

Boriwoj married Ludmilla Pšova, daughter of Slavibor ze Pšova and Unknown.