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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Emnilda of Lusatia (Polis h: Emnilda słowiańska; b. Slovenia, ca. 970–975, d. Kraków, 1017) ,[1] was a Slavic princess and by marriage Duchess of Poland. She wa s a daughter of certain Dobromir, a Slavic leader ruler of Lusatia an d Milsko, who was named venerable by Thietmar of Merseburg. The weddi ng between Emnilda and the heir of the Polish throne, Bolesław, too k place around 987. This 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, wer e repudiated after few years or marriages, but both produced offsprin g to Bolesław, a daughter and a son, Bezprym.[2][3] During her marria ge, Emnilda bore her husband five children, two sons (the future Miesz ko II Lambert and Otto) and three daughters, one of them a nun and th e other two, Regelinda and another whose name is unknown, became Margr avine of Meissen and Grand Princess of Kiev, respectively. It's claim ed that Emnilda had a great influence on her husband, and perhaps als o in the state affairs. She probably accompanied Bolesław I to the me eting of Merseburg on 23 May 1013 and perhaps she actively promoted th e recognition of his son Mieszko as a vassal of the Emperor for his go vernment over Moravia,[4] a fact who put in jeopardy the succession ri ghts of Bolesław I's eldest son Bezprym, who at the end was exclude d in favor of his younger half-brother. She was mentioned by Gallus A nonymus and Thietmar of Merseburg; both chroniclers noted she was a wi se and charming person. The exact date of Emnilda's death is unknown , but is assumed that this happened in 1017 at the latest, or, more li kely, at the end of 1016, because on 3 February 1018 Bolesław I marri ed with his fourth and last wife, Oda of Meissen. http://fmg.ac/Proj ects/MedLands/POLAND.htm EMNILDA, daughter of DOBROMIR [ruler of Laus itz and the lands of the Milseni] [''Lexikon des Mittelalters'', Vol . 3, pp. 1150-51, cited in Thietmar, p. 193 footnote 159] (-1017). Thi etmar names "Emnilde a daughter of the venerable lord Dobromir" as thi rd wife of Boleslaw [Thietmar 4.58, p. 193]. The ''Chronica principu m Polonie'' records that "Boleslaus" married "felix mulier et prudens " (unnamed), by whom he fathered "filium Meziconem secundum" in 990, i n 984 [''Chronica principum Poloniæ, Silesiacarum Scriptores'' I, p . 53].