Peace of Bautzen

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The Ortenburg in Bautzen

The Peace of Bautzen ( Upper Sorbian Budyski měr , Polish Pokój w Budziszynie ) was a peace treaty concluded on January 30, 1018 at the Ortenburg in Bautzen between the Roman-German Emperor Heinrich II and the Polish ruler Bolesław I. Chrobry .

The peace that came about on the orders of Henry II, which was preceded by a persistent request from Bolesław I Chrobry, ended the wars that had been waged for 15 years and at the same time the alliance that Henry II had concluded with the pagan Liutizi in 1003 .

Archbishop Gero of Magdeburg , Bishop Arnulf of Halberstadt , Margrave Hermann I of Meissen , Count Dietrich and the imperial treasurer Friedrich acted as negotiators for the empire . As a guarantee, hostages were given by both contracting parties.

Memorial to the memory of the Peace of Bautzen on the Ortenburg

Boleslaw kept lehnsfrei the disputed between the parties Mark Lausitz and the country's Milzener in what is now Oberlausitz . In addition, he established dynastic ties with the Ekkehardins by marrying Oda , the youngest daughter of the Margrave of Meissen, Ekkehard I , on February 3, 1018, immediately after the peace agreement . The Polish rule over the Milzenerland did not end until 1031.

In the summer of 1018, Bolesław, together with German and Hungarian auxiliaries, briefly won control of Kiev , the center of the Kievan Rus . From there, as a partner of the German-Roman Empire, he threatened the Byzantine Emperor Basil II , who was in dispute with Emperor Heinrich II over possession of southern Italy .

swell

  • Thietmar von Merseburg, chronicle . Retransmitted and explained by Werner Trillmich . With an addendum by Steffen Patzold . (= Freiherr vom Stein memorial edition. Vol. 9). 9th, bibliographically updated edition. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-24669-4 .

literature

  • Eduard Mühle : The Piasts. Poland in the Middle Ages (= Beck series. Vol. 2709). CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61137-7 .
  • Knut Görich : A turning point in the east: Heinrich II. And Boleslaw Chrobry. In: Bernd Schneidmüller, Stefan Weinfurter (Ed.): Otto III. - Heinrich II. A turning point? (= Medieval research. Vol. 1). Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1997, pp. 95-167, ISBN 3-7995-4251-5 ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Eduard Mühle: Die Piasten. Munich 2011, p. 27 ff.