State · 870 – 1198

Duchy of Bohemia

A state of 870 – 1198 — 328 years in Europe. It was replaced by Kingdom of Bohemia. The atlas records 2 things within it — people 2. Its line of rulers holds 29 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 328 years; 870 – 1198
Rulers: 29; the Duke of Bohemia
Most ground: 128,100 km²; in 960
Within it: 2; recorded rows
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Duchy of Bohemia in 960, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Duchy of Bohemia in 960, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 128,100 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Duchy of Bohemia in 896, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Duchy of Bohemia in 960, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

After it

Kingdom of Bohemia · replaced by · 1198 – 1918

Rulers

The line of Duke of Bohemia.

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on record

2 terms are shared from [object Object].

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Bořivoj I of Bohemia	872 – 883	11 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Strojmír	883 – 885	2 years	ending not on record
Bořivoj I of Bohemia	885 – 888	3 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Spytihněv I of Bohemia	888 – 915	27 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	child
Vratislaus I of Bohemia	915 – 921	6 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia	921 – 935	14 years	killedWikidata's manner of death	child
Boleslaus I of Bohemia	935 – 972	37 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Boleslaus II of Bohemia	972 – 999	27 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Boleslaus III of Bohemia	999 – 1002	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia	1002 – 1003	1 year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Boleslaus III of Bohemia	1003 – 1003	under a year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Bolesław I the Brave	1003 – 1004	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Jaromír	1004 – 1012	8 years	deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia	1012 – 1034	22 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Jaromír	1034 – 1035	1 year	exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	sibling
Bretislav I	1035 – 1055	20 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Spytihněv II of Bohemia	1055 – 1061	6 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Vratislaus II of Bohemia	1061 – 1092	31 years	died by accidentWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Conrad I of Bohemia	1092 – 1092	under a year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Bretislav II	1092 – 1100	8 years	killedWikidata's manner of death	nephew or niece
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia	1100 – 1107	7 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Svatopluk, Duke of Bohemia	1107 – 1109	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Vladislaus I	1109 – 1109	under a year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia	1109 – 1110	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia	1117 – 1120	3 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Vladislaus I	1120 – 1125	5 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Soběslav I of Bohemia	1125 – 1140	15 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Vladislaus II, Duke and King of Bohemia	1140 – 1172	32 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia	1172 – 1173	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Soběslav II of Bohemia	1173 – 1178	5 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia	1178 – 1182	4 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Conrad II of Bohemia	1182 – 1182	under a year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Frederick, Duke of Bohemia	1182 – 1189	7 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Conrad II of Bohemia	1189 – 1191	2 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Wenceslaus II	1191 – 1192	1 year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ottokar I of Bohemia	1192 – 1193	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Bretislav III	1193 – 1197	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Vladislaus III of Bohemia	1197 – 1197	under a year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Ottokar I of Bohemia	1197 – 1198	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling

29 rulers, 29 with terms dated as terms, covering 872 – 1198. Median reign 4 years. 4 of 38 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

45,600 km² in 920, 80,900 km² in 995; at its largest 126,600 km² in 970. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, undatedBanner of Přemyslid family · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin
coat of arms, undatedPřemyslovci erb · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

800 – 8991 row

Vratislaus I of Bohemia · ruler · 880 – 921

900 – 9991 row

Adalbert of Prague · writer · 956 – 997

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood328 years
stood longer than 75% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held128,100 km²
held more ground at its peak than 51% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median4 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 13% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record29
has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 0 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 837 – 1231, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 960, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q2162698 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.