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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dobrawa of Bohemia, by Jan M atejko Duchess consort of the Polans Tenure 965–977 Spouse Mieszk o I of Poland Issue Bolesław I Chrobry a daughter, wife of Swein F orkbeard Vladivoj, Duke of Bohemia? Father Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohem ia Mother Biagota Born ca. 940/45 Died 977 Dobrawa (Dąbrówka) (Czech : Doubravka, Polish: Dobrawa) (ca. 940/45 – 977) was a Bohemian prin cess member of the Přemyslid dynasty and by marriage Duchess of the P olans. She was the daughter of Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia , by his wife Biagota.[1][2] According to earlier sources she urged h er husband to accept the baptism in 966. However, modern historians be lieved that the change of religion by Mieszko I was one of the point s discussed in the Polish-Bohemian agreement performed soon before hi s marriage with Dobrawa, whose role in the conversion of her husband i s now considered not as important as it was often represented by the m edieval chronicles. '''Date of birth''' There is no known date of Do brawa's birth. The only indication is communicated by the chronicler C osmas of Prague who stated that the Bohemian princess at the time of h er marriage with Mieszko I was an old woman.[3] The message is regarde d as tendentious and of little reliability, some researchers believe t hat the statement was made with malicious intent.[4] It is possible th at in the statement about Dobrawa's age, Cosmas was making a referenc e to the age difference between her and her sister Mlada. That would g ive him a basis for determining Dobrawa as "old." It also found that C osmas confuses Dobrawa with Mieszko I's second wife Oda, who at the ti me of her marriage was around 19–25 years old, a relatively advance d age for a bride according to the customs of the Middle Ages. The ch ronicle of Cosmas does not lead to a more reliable conclusion. Consequ ently, the date of birth of Dobrawa remains unknown. Despite this, som e researchers take up some speculative views, such as Jerzy Strzelczyk , who assumed that in the light of contemporary concepts and habits o f marriage of that time (when as a rule marriages were contracted wit h teenage girls) is assumed that Dobrawa had passed her early youth, s o, it's probable that she was in her late teens or twenties.[5] '''Ea rly years''' About Dobrawa's childhood and youth are any notices. I n 1895 Oswald Balzer overthrew the idea that previous to her marriag e with Mieszko I, Dobrawa was married with Gunther, Margrave of Merseb urg and they had a son, Gunzelin. This view is based on the fact tha t Thietmar of Merseburg in his chronicles named Gunzelin, Gunther's so n, brother of Bolesław I the Brave, Dobrawa's son.[6] Currently, hist orians believed that Gunzelin and Bolesław I are in fact cousins or b rothers-in-law.[7] '''Marriage with Mieszko I and role in the Christi anization of Poland''' In the second half of 964[8] an alliance betwe en Boleslav I the Cruel, Duke of Bohemia, and Mieszko I of Poland wa s concluded. In order to consolidate the agreement, in 965 Boleslav I' s daughter Dobrawa was married to Mieszko I. There was a difference o f religion between the spouses; she was a Christian, he was a Pagan . Two independent sources attribute Dobrawa's important role in the c onversion to Christianity of Mieszko I and Poland. The first is the ch ronicles of Thietmar, who was born two years before the death of Dobra wa; he wrote that the Bohemian princess tried to persuade her husban d to accept Christianity (even at the cost of breaking their marriag e and with this the Polish-Bohemian alliance); at the end, she finall y obtained the conversion of Mieszko I and with him, of all Poland.[9 ] In turn, the 12th century chronicler Gallus Anonymus says that Dobr awa came to Poland surrounded by secular and religious dignitaries. Sh e agreed to marry Mieszko I, providing that he was baptized. The Polis h ruler accepted, and only then was able to marry the Bohemian princes s. However, modern historians allege that the baptism of Mieszko I wa s dictated by political benefits and should not be attributed to any a ction of Dobrawa, who according to them had virtually no role in the c onversion of her husband.[10] They note that the conversion of Mieszk o I thanks to Dobrawa formed part of the tradition of the Church whic h stressed the conversion of Pagan rulers through the influence of wom en.[11] On the other hand, literature doesn't refuse to give Dobraw a a significant role in the Christianization of the Poles. In her wedd ing procession, she arrived to Poland with Christian clergymen, amon g them possibly Jordan, the first Bishop of Poland (since 968). Tradi tion attributes to Dobrawa the establishment of the Holy Trinity and S t. Wit Churches in Gniezno and the Church of the Virgin Mary in Ostró w Tumski, Poznań. Dobrawa's marriage cemented the alliance of Mieszk o I with Bohemia, which continued even after her death. On 21 Septembe r 967 Mieszko I was assisted by Bohemians in the decisive Battle again st the Volinians led by Wichmann the Younger. When, after the death o f Emperor Otto I in 973 the struggle for the supremacy in Germany bega n, both Dobrawa's husband and brother Boleslav II the Pious, Duke of B ohemia, supported the same candidate for the German throne, Duke Henr y II of Bavaria. '''Issue''' Bust in the Krasinski palace, Ursynów , WarsawThe marriage of Mieszko I and Dobrawa produced two children : Bolesław I the Brave (Chrobry) (b. 967 - d. 17 June 1025). a daug hter, perhaps named Świętosława, perhaps identical to the legendar y Sigrid the Haughty (b. 968/72 - d. ca. 1016), perhaps married firstl y with Eric the Victorious, King of Sweden and later wife of Sweyn For kbeard, King of Denmark by whom she is said to have been mother of Can ute the Great, King of Denmark, Norway and England. There is an hypot hesis who stated the existence of another daughter of Mieszko I who wa s married with a Pomeranian Slavic Prince; she could be the daughter o f either Dobrawa or one of his previous pagan wives.[12] Also, exist t he theory (apparently recorded by Thietmar and supported by Oswald Bal zer in 1895) that Vladivoj, who ruled as Duke of Bohemia during 1002