Background
Born as a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, a younger son of Duke Sobeslaus I and his wife Adelaide (daughter of Prince Álmos of Hungary).
Born as a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, a younger son of Duke Sobeslaus I and his wife Adelaide (daughter of Prince Álmos of Hungary).
Name Oldřich wore as the third in his dynasty. After an intervention by Bishop Daniel I of Prague, all parties agreed that Vladislaus II would be Duke of Bohemia (in 1158 he became the second King of Bohemia) and Udalrich II would receive Hradec Castle (present city of Hradec Králové) with surrounding region. The agreement did not last long, and Udalrich fled into exile in Poland, and from there to the Emperor"s court, where he was active from 1162 as a loyal supporter of the Emperor.
He participated in several of Barbarossa"s Italian campaigns.
The following year he dethroned him and throne of Bohemia was offered to Ulrich. Grateful brother rewarded him by reign in the most important part of Moravia, id est (that is) the Olomouc Appanage.
Udalrich married twice.
