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Spytihnev II succeeds his late father in March 1055 as Duke of Bohemia.

His coronation is celebrated with the first known rendition of Lord, Have Mercy on Us.

After succeeding to the throne, he goes at once to Regensburg to receive imperial confirmation.

This loyalty to the Holy Roman Empire does not prevent him from expelling all Germans from his lands.

This new anti-German policy will continue to his death.

Bretislaus’s younger children are left the region of Moravia.

Otto and Vratislaus are shut out of the government by Spytihnev, but after his death both will gain control of Moravia and Bohemia, respectively.