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- Duke of Bohemia.
From Wikipedia:
Borivoj I (Latin: Borzivogius, c. 852 – c. 889) was the first historically documented Duke of Bohemia from about 870 and progenitor of the Premyslid dynasty. The Duchy of Bohemia was at these times subordinated to Great Moravia.
According to the medieval chronicler Cosmas of Prague (c. 1045 – 1125), Borivoj was a son of the legendary Bohemian prince Hostivít, thereby a descendant of Queen Libuše and her husband Premysl the Ploughman. With all due caution however, his descendance has not been conclusively established by historians. In view of his dependence on Great Moravia, he possibly was a relative of the Mojmir dynasty. The contemporary Frankish Annales Fuldenses mention several Slavic princes in the year 872, among them one Goriwei who may be identical with Borivoj.
His dynasty initially resided at Levý Hradec, a gord situated northwest of present-day Prague. As the head of the Premyslids who dominated the Central Bohemian environs, Borivoj declared himself knize--in Latin dux, which means sovereign prince--around the year 867 A.D. His title was later translated by German scholars as "duke" (Herzog) of the Bohemians (Czechs). Although the rulers of the German stem duchies emerging in the late 9th century held the same title, the meaning of his title was in fact completely different. In contrast to the German dukes acting as the king's representatives, the Czech dux denoted a sovereign ruler. Borivoj was recognised as such around 872 by his overlord King Svatopluk I of Moravia, who dispatched Bishop Methodius of Thessalonica to begin the Christianization of Bohemia.
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Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Abt 840 - Abt 889 (~ 49 years)
d. 15 Sep 921, Tetin, Bohemia