Prague

Who holds it

Name

Daniel II (Milík of Talmberk)

Title

Bishop of Prague

Since

1197

Confidence

high

Bishop 1197-1214, successor of the Přemyslid bishop-duke Henry Bretislav (1182-1197), and followed by Ondřej (Andreas, 1214-1224). The English list gives his family as of Talmberk. Nothing else is pinned in the sources consulted beyond the campaign notes.

What it holds

• The bishop's court in Prague, at the Lesser Town end of the Judith bridge
• Roudnice on the Elbe: a Romanesque episcopal castle built by the bishops in the 12th century, later their summer residence; a market on the Lusatian road
• Horšovský Týn (Bischofteinitz): the area given by Duke Boleslav II to the new see in 973; first named in 1184
• Rokycany: the bishop's village and court in 1110, when it hosted talks between Bohemian lords and Henry V
• Many lesser estates across Bohemia (not pinned)

How it was acquired

Ducal grants from the foundation of 973 onward.

How things stand that morning

Daniel holds the see as Ottokar's bishop. The king's repudiation of Adelaide of Meissen is before the pope.

Wealth

Estates, tithes and the Elbe and border roads.

Threats

• Royal pressure on church lands, which will flare under Daniel's successor

Advocates and rivals

King Ottokar I, who expects his bishop to serve him; the Bohemian nobles.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Holder from the English list of Prague bishops; estates from the town histories of Roudnice, Horšovský Týn and Rokycany. The status of the bishop's lordship in 1200 (before the immunity privileges) is not pinned.

On the map: Estate centres shown by their modern municipalities; the bishop's lordship there was landholding under royal overlordship rather than an immune principality.

Primary sources for Kingdom of Bohemia (Ottokar I)

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
• The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
• Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
• The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
• Charters and letters of the kingdom of Bohemia, volume 2, 1198 to 1230 (documents of 1198 to 1230, edited 1912). The critical edition of every Bohemian and Moravian charter and letter from Ottokar I's accession to 1230.
• Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online