Talk:Bretislav I

Clarification needed
These facts appear contradictory without any clarification:

1035 - Bretislaus is friend of the Holy Roman Empire, as he wants to establish his state as subject of the Holy Roman Empire

1040 - Bretislaus is enemy of the Holy Roman Empire, as Henry III (Holy Roman Emperor) invades Bohemia.

1047 - Bretislaus is friend of the Holy Roman Empire, as Henry III mediates peace treaty between Bohemia and Poland, which the author mentions was beneficial to Bohemia

The author's note on this last event, however, is also contradictory in itself, as the peace treaty cannot be beneficial to Bohemia, as Bohemia was forced to pay tribute to Poland. Poland would be the beneficiary.

Al-Hakam70 (talk) 17:53, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Requested move 4 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: No consensus to move the article has been established within the RM time period and thus defaulting to not moved. &mdash; Music1201  talk  18:46, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia → Bretislav I – 21st-century Gbook hits has "Bretislav" Bohemian (20) and "Bretislav" Bohemia (19) versus "Bretislaus" Bohemian (6) and "Bretislaus" Bohemia (5); "Bretislav I" duke (12) versus "Bretislaus I" duke (2). Disambiguator (Duke of Bohemia) redundant. Z oupan 13:07, 4 June 2016 (UTC) --Relisting. &mdash;  Music1201  talk  21:32, 11 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose. We have Boleslaus, Vratislaus, etc. If we move one, we should move them all. The sources should be taken in their totality. If he wants, the nominator should make the case for the more Slavic spellings all of the Bohemian dukes' names—not just the first Bretislav—and file a multi-move request. Srnec (talk) 04:16, 12 June 2016 (UTC)


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Requested move 20 June 2016

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The result of the move request was: Moved &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:36, 7 July 2016 (UTC)

– "Bretislav" is undisputably the common name. Disambiguator (Duke of Bohemia) redundant. Z oupan 01:26, 20 June 2016 (UTC) --Relisting.   Anarchyte  ( work  &#124;  talk )   08:24, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
 * Bretislaus I, Duke of Bohemia → Bretislav I
 * Bretislaus II, Duke of Bohemia → Bretislav II
 * Bretislaus III, Duke of Bohemia → Bretislav III


 * '''Gbooks hits
 * "Bretislav I" + duke (ca. 70) versus "Bretislaus I" + duke (27)
 * "Bretislav II" + duke (30) versus "Bretislaus II" + duke (4)
 * "Bretislav III" (30) versus "Bretislaus III" (3)


 * Zoupan, I think you missed my point. Although our list of Bohemian monarchs is not perfectly consistent, it shows that we overwhelmingly prefer the Latinised -aus to native Slavic -av: Vratislaus I Vratislaus II Wenceslaus I Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus I Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III Wenceslaus IV Boleslaus I Boleslaus II Boleslaus III Vladislaus I Vladislaus II Vladislaus III Vladislaus IV Ladislaus the Posthumous The exceptions are Soběslav I and Soběslav II. Why should we move the Bretislavs and not these others? Since there is nothing wrong with the current titles, I'm in favour of leaving it as it is for consistency. For example, the Latin endings are preferred by Martin Wihoda, Vladislaus Henry: The Formation of Moravian Identity, translated by Katerina Millerova and published by Brill (2015). This convinces me that we cannot be that out of step with good practice in choosing the -aus forms. If other users voice support for a wholesale switch, I am not opposed to moving all of them to consistently Czech names (including diacritics), except for the Wenceslauses, which should stay as they are since that form is much more well-known than Václav. Srnec (talk) 01:22, 21 June 2016 (UTC)
 * No, you seem to have missed mine. The point is that the common name for these three are Bretislav and not Bretislaus, period, and that there is no policy or guideline saying that we must use the Latinized forms. This move request is for these three, I have yet to research the other names. In clear cases like this one, moves should be made. If you are suggesting a "all-or-none", open a discussion about it at a proper place.--Z oupan 06:37, 21 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Leaning Support. No opinion on the translation, Bretislaus -> Bretislav, but the removal of ", Duke of Bohemia", which is not simply a disambiguator, implies, per WP:NCROY changing the designation from a non-sovereign to a sovereign.  Were these people sovereigns of Bohemia?  I think that is quite ambiguous, and that imposing modern conventions on the past creates anachronisms.  The title used at the time is not necessarily a decisive points.  Control of an army and taxes is important.  These people appear to be referred to, sufficiently, as local sovereigns.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 04:46, 28 June 2016 (UTC)


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