Vratislav II (Wratislav II) King of Bohemia
Vratislav II (Wratislav II) King of was born about 1035 in
Prague, Czechoslovakia. Vratislav II (Wratislav II) King of is no longer alive.
General Notes
During this period of disarray Bohemia became increasingly dependent on the Holy Roman Empire to the west. The Premyslid prince Vratislav I (1061-92) obtained from the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV the title of King of Bohemia as a personal (ie. nonhereditary) privilege, and Prince Vladislav II (1140-73) was awarded the royal crown on the same basis by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa. [Encyclopedia Britannica]
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