Person

Vladislaus II

Duke and King of Bohemia

b. 1110 CE – d. 1174 CE World The Great Crossroads

Vladislaus II or Vladislaus I (king) (Czech: Vladislav II./I., c.1110–18 January 1174) is the second king of Bohemia from 1158.

Before that, he had been duke of Bohemia from 1140.

He abdicates in 1172; the royal title is not yet hereditary.

(It will be made hereditary in 1212 by the Emperor Frederick.)

Vladislav is the son of Vladislav I and Richeza of Berg.

He is married twice, first to Gertrude of Babenberg, second to Judith of Thuringia.