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Birth:          ABT  970 
Death:          1017 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emnilda
Emnilda (Polish: Emnilda slowianska; c.?970–75 – 1017),[1] was a Slavic princess and 
Duchess of the Polans from 992 by her marriage with the Piast ruler Boleslaw I the 
Brave.

Ancestry[edit]

She was a daughter of Dobromir, a Slavic ruler who in a 1013 entry was named 
venerabilis senior by the contemporary chronicler Thietmar of Merseburg (975–1018).
[2] Most historians believe that Emnilda's father was a ruler over Lusatia and the 
Milceni lands which since 963 were part of the Saxon Eastern March. The German 
chronicler referred to him as senior which in this context most likely meant "prince", 
and showed a certain familiarity with the person. This suggests that Dobromir was 
someone well known to Thietmar, who was Bishop of Merseburg from 1009, and hence 
Emnilda's father was from the area of the Polabian Slavs close to his episcopal see.[2] 
In view of her German name, Emnilda's mother possibly was the member of a Saxon 
comital dynasty.

However, other historians have argued for a different background. Henryk Lowmianski 
believed Emnilda to have been a daughter of the last independent prince of the 
Vistulans in the Kraków area. Tadeusz Wasilewski saw in her a Moravian princess.[2]

Life[edit]

The wedding of Emnilda and the heir of the Polish throne, Boleslaw, took place 
around 987. It was the third marriage for the young prince: his previous two wives, the 
daughter of Margrave Rikdag of Meissen (perhaps called Hunilda or Oda) and the 
Hungarian princess Judith, were repudiated after few years, but both produced 
offspring to Boleslaw, a daughter and a son, Bezprym.[3][4] During her marriage, 
Emnilda bore her husband five children, two sons (the future Mieszko II Lambert and 
Otto) and three daughters, one of them became an abbess and the other two, 
Regelinda and another whose name is unknown were married to Margrave Herman I of 
Meissen and Grand Prince Sviatopolk I of Kiev, respectively.

She was mentioned by Gallus Anonymus and Thietmar of Merseburg; both chroniclers 
noted she was a wise and charming person. It is claimed that Emnilda had a great 
influence on her husband, and perhaps also in the Polish state affairs. She probably 
accompanied Boleslaw to the meeting with Henry II at Merseburg on 23 May 1013 and 
perhaps she actively promoted the recognition of their son Mieszko II as a vassal of 
the Emperor for his government over Moravia,[citation needed] a fact who put in 
jeopardy the succession rights of Boleslaw I's eldest son Bezprym, who at the end was 
excluded in favor of his younger half-brother.

The exact date of Emnilda's death is unknown, but is assumed that this happened in 
1017 at the latest, or, more likely, at the end of 1016, because on 3 February 1018 
Boleslaw I married with his fourth and last wife, Oda of Meissen.

Parents
____ Dobromir (ABT  940 - )
----- ----- ()

Siblings
OF SILICIA Emnilde (ABT  970 - 1017)

Marriage To ____ Boleslaw I "Chrobry" "the Brave" ( 967 - 17 Jul 1025)
    m. ABT  987 

Notes
his third

Parents
____ Mieszsko I (ABT  922 - 25 May  992)
____ Daubravka (ABT  931 -  977)

Children by ____ Boleslaw I "Chrobry" "the Brave"  967 - 17 Jul 1025
____ Mieszko (Mieszylaw) II (ABT  990 - 10 May 1034)

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