- Hostivít
Hostivít was the last of the seven
Bohemia n mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of thePřemyslid dynasty Přemysl the Ploughman and the first historical princeBořivoj . The names of the princes were first recorded in Cosmas chronicle and then transmitted into the most of historical books of the 19th century includingFrantišek Palacký 's "The History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia". According to tradition, he was the father of the non-legendary prince Bořivoj. Some historians suppose that whenSt. Ludmila was born, Hostivít (orSvatopluk I of Moravia) and Ludmila's father,Slavibor , contracted that Bořivoj and Ludmilla would get married (that can refer to the wedding procession of an unknown bride mentioned inAnnales Fuldenses for871 . [Notes 4 and 6 on [http://www.moraviamagna.cz/tabulky/t14premp.htm] ] According to So-called Dalimil Hostivít had a brother called Děpolt who inherited the land ofKouřim . [ Chronicle of Dalimil [http://www.moraviamagna.cz/povesti/p_da22hd.htm] ]One theory about the number of the princes is propped on the
frescoes on the walls of the Rotunda inZnojmo ,Moravia butAnežka Merhautová claimed that the frescoes depict all the members of the Přemyslid dynasty including the Moravian junior princes. [Barbara Krzemieńska-Anežka Merhautová-Dušan Třeštík : "Moravští Přemyslovci ve znojemské rotundě", Praha 2000.]Origin of the name
Hostivít's name is thought to be derived from the old Slavonic words "hosti" meaning "guests" and "vítat" meaning "to welcome".
Záviš Kalandra thought the names of the seven princes were cryptical names of ancient Slavonic days of the week - Hostivít being the seventh - Saturday when the guests are welcome. [Záviš Kalandra: "České pohanství", Praha 1947] Another theory says that the names were mistaken from a coherent and partly interrupted old Slavonic text. [Vladimír Karbusický: Báje, mýty, dějiny. Nejstarší české pověsti v kontextu evropské kultury, p.237, Praha 1995 [http://www.moraviamagna.cz/rodokmeny/r_2myty.htm#p5] ]
= Seven mythical princes after Přemysl =See also
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List of rulers of Bohemia Notes
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