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Boleslav I of Bohemia

Boleslav I the Cruel (? - 972), was the Duke of Bohemia from 935 to 972. His father was Vratislav I of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia. Boleslav I had a son named Boleslav II the Pious[?] of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia, and a sister named Dobrava/Dubrawka of Bohemia .

He murdered his older brother Václav/Wenceslas, the first Duke of Bohemia to convert to Christianity.

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