Dobromir

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Dobromir was a Slavic prince of the 10th century, probably in Lusatia . He was the father of Emnilda , the third wife of the Polish king Bolesław I. Chrobry .

Dobromir was mentioned only once in the chronicle of Thietmar von Merseburg as " venerabilis senior Dobremirus " ( dear elder Dobremirus ).

Where Dobromir came from is unclear, possibly he was a son of the Heveller prince Tugumir . The palette of interpretations ranges from the " Milzener prince " (S. Zakrzewski), member of the Heveller dynasty (J. Widajewicz), member of a Saxon count family (AF Grabski) to the gentleman from the Cracow region (H. Lowmianski).

The solution to the riddle is subject to the following conditions:

  1. The name Emnilda and that of her daughter Regelindis lead with certainty to the conclusion that Dobromir was married to a Saxon count's daughter (from the Rikdags , Geros or the Querfurter family ?) Between 965 and 975 .
  2. The name Dobromir itself indicates connections to the Heveller dynasty (Tugumir, Drahomir ).
  3. Bolesław's marriage to Emnilda (987) must not be removed from the context of piastic alliance policy and the events of 1002 that led to the outbreak of Henry II's wars with Bolesław.
  4. The title senior indicates a middle position, Slavic princes were usually referred to as dux or princeps by Thietmar . On the other hand, the marriage to a Saxon noble family and to the Polish ruling house is of high importance.

Dobromir was probably a prince of Lusatia and the Milzenerland .

literature

  • Reinhard Spehr : Christianization and the earliest church organization in the Mark Meissen. An attempt . In: Judith Oexle (ed.): Early churches in Saxony. Results of archaeological and architectural studies (publication by the State Office for Archeology and State Museum for Prehistory 23) Stuttgart 1994, pp. 9–63. ISBN 3-8062-1094-2 .
  • Herbert Ludat : Dobromir . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 3, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-7608-8903-4 , Sp. 1150 f.

Remarks

  1. ↑ in the addendum written in 1013, which begins with notes on the Piast family , which Thietmar had got to know personally at the time of the conclusion of the Merseburg Peace in 1013
  2. ↑ J. Widajewicz, Skąd pochodziła Emnilda , in: Życie i Myśl , 1951, p. 482
  3. ^ Henryk Łowmiański, Początki Polski , Vol. 5, Warszawa 1975, pp. 569-571
  4. ↑ who married Margrave Hermann , the eldest son of Ekkehard von Meißen , in 1002
  5. ↑ H. Łowmianski, p. 569
personal data
SURNAME Dobromir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slavic prince
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH 11th century