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The exact date of Emnilda's death is unknown, but is assumed that this happened in 1017 at the latest, or, more likely, at the end of 1016, because on 3 February 1018 Bolesław I married with his fourth and last wife,
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and Thietmar of Merseburg; both chroniclers noted she was a wise and charming person. It is claimed that Emnilda had a great influence on her husband, and perhaps also in the
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on 23 May 1013 and perhaps she actively promoted the recognition of their son Mieszko II as a vassal of the Emperor for his government over
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close to his episcopal see. In view of her German name, Emnilda's mother possibly was the member of a
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believed Emnilda to have been a daughter of the last independent prince of the
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She was a daughter of Dobromir, a Slavic ruler who in a 1013 entry was named
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of Meissen (perhaps called Hunilda or Oda) and the Hungarian princess
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state affairs. She probably accompanied Bolesław to the meeting with
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However, other historians have argued for a different background.
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from 1009, and hence Emnilda's father was from the area of the
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The wedding of Emnilda and the heir of the Polish throne,
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Emnilda of Lusatia
Duchess consort of the Polans
Kraków
Bolesław I the Brave
Regelinda
Mieszko II Lambert
Otto Bolesławowic
Polish
Slavic
Duchess of Poland
Piast
Bolesław I the Brave
Thietmar of Merseburg
Lusatia
Milceni
Saxon Eastern March
German
prince
Bishop of Merseburg
Polabian Slavs
Saxon
Henryk Łowmiański
Vistulans
Kraków
Tadeusz Wasilewski
Moravian

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