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Strachkvas (Kristián) (28 September 929 or 935, Prague – 996, Prague) was a prince of Bohemia, son of Boleslav I and brother of Boleslav II, all members of the Přemyslid dynasty. A clergyman, Strachkvas was finally to become Bishop of Prague but died during his consecration.

Life

Strachkvas was born on a feast day on which his father killed his own brother or half-brother, Wenceslaus, in order to replace Wenceslaus as Duke of the Bohemians. Feeling remorse, Boleslav gave his newborn son the strange name of "Strachkvas", "a dreadful feast".^[1] Boleslav promised to devote his son to religion and to educate him as a clergyman, and he kept his word.

According to Chronica Boemorum of Cosmas of Prague, Saint Adalbert of Prague in 994 offered his episcopal see to Strachkvas, explaining that Strachkvas came from the Přemyslids, and it would be easy for him to bend people to his will; but Strachkvas refused the episcopacy. When Adalbert's family was massacred the next year and he left Prague, however, Strachkvas was appointed to succeed him. Then, just as Strachkvas was about to assume the episcopate, he died without warning during the installation ceremony itself. The circumstances of his death still are unclear.

Another version has Strachkvas "possessed and destroyed by demons"^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Koval, Matthew (2021-03-15). Childhood in Medieval Poland (1050-1300): Constructions and Realities in a European Context. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-04-46106-2.

[:0-1] Koval, Matthew (2021-03-15). Childhood in Medieval Poland (1050-1300): Constructions and Realities in a European Context. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 978-90-04-46106-2.

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 ==Life==
-Strachkvas was born on a feast day on which his father killed his own brother or half-brother, [[Saint Wenceslas|Wenceslaus]], in order to replace Wenceslaus as Duke of the Bohemians. Feeling remorse, Boleslav gave his newborn son the strange name of "Strachkvas", "a dreadful feast".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Koval |first=Matthew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLIlEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Childhood in Medieval Poland (1050-1300): Constructions and Realities in a European Context |date=2021-03-15 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-46106-2 |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> Boleslav promised to devote his son to religion and to educate him as a clergyman, and he kept his word.
+Strachkvas was born on a feast day on which his father killed his own brother or half-brother, [[Saint Wenceslas|Wenceslaus]], in order to replace Wenceslaus as Duke of the Bohemians. Feeling remorse, Boleslav gave his newborn son the strange name of "Strachkvas", "a dreadful feast".<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Koval |first=Matthew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lLIlEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |title=Childhood in Medieval Poland (1050-1300): Constructions and Realities in a European Context |date=2021-03-15 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-46106-2 |pages=45 |language=en}}</ref> Boleslav promised to devote his son to religion and to educate him as a clergyman, and he kept his word.
 According to ''[[Chronica Boemorum]]'' of [[Cosmas of Prague]], Saint [[Adalbert of Prague]] in 994 offered his episcopal see to Strachkvas, explaining that Strachkvas came from the Přemyslids, and it would be easy for him to bend people to his will; but Strachkvas refused the episcopacy. When Adalbert's family was massacred the next year and he left Prague, however, Strachkvas was appointed to succeed him. Then, just as Strachkvas was about to assume the episcopate, he died without warning during the installation ceremony itself. The circumstances of his death still are unclear.
+Another version has Strachkvas "possessed and destroyed by demons"<ref name=":0" />
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