Svatopluk

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Svatopluk is a Slavic name meaning "large army" or "holy army" (Prussian: swenta "holy").

It first appeared in the Moravian area (9th century) and then appeared in other Slavic-speaking areas (Kievan Rus 11th century, Pomerania 13th century).

Today it is mainly used in Bohemia and Moravia (Svatopluk).

variants

Svętopъłkъ (Old Slavonic)
Svatopluk (Czech and Serbo-Croatian)
Svätopluk (Slovak)
Świętopełk (Polish)
Svjatopolk (Russian)
Zwentibold (franked)

Name bearer

Variant of Svatopluk

Svatopluk I , Moravian prince from 870 to 894.
Svatopluk II , Moravian prince from 894 to 899.
Svatopluk von Olomouc , Duke of Bohemia from 1107 to 1109.

Variant of Svyatopolk

Svyatopolk I , from 1016 to 1019 Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus .
Svyatopolk II , Grand Duke of the Kievan Rus from 1093 to 1113 .

Variants Swatopolk

Suatopolk , Duke of Pomerania, 12th century.

Variant of Swantopolk

Swantopolk (around 1175) , son of Duke Ratibor, I. from Pomerania
Swantopolk II. , (* Around 1195, † 1266) Duke of Pomerellen

See also

Zwentibold (870 / 871–900), Duke and King of Lotharingia
Zwentibold († around 935), son of the count and Vogts von Salzburg Diotmar