What is "ludmila"

Ludmila or Ludmilla (Cyrillic: Людмила) is a Slavic female given name that may particularly refer to:

Ludmila (d. October 20 after 1210) was the wife of Mieszko I Tanglefoot. Her origins are disputed.

Mieszko I Tanglefoot married Ludmila between 1170-1178. Given her name, scientists think that Ludmila came from Bohemia, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, since this was one of the only families to have women in it called Ludmila. However researchers have different opinions. It was suggested that she was daughter of Otto III, Duke of Olomouc and his wife Durantia, probably the daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev by his second wife Liubava Dmitrievna. There was also a minority hypothesis that Ludmila was daughter of Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, Conrad II, Duke of Znojmo or Vladimir, Duke of Olomouc.

Ludmilla contributed to the foundation of the Norbertine monastery in Rybnik, who was later transferred to Czarnowąsy.

Mieszko and Ludmila had the following children:

1. Casimir I (b. ca. 1179/80 - d. 13 May 1230).
2. Ludmilla (d. 24 January aft. 1200).
3. Agnes (d. 9 May aft. 1200).
4. Euphrosyne (d. 25 May aft. 1200).
5. Ryksa (d. aft. 24 September 1239).

Ludmila or Ludmilla - (in origin sounds like Luedmeela) is a female given name of Slavic origin and consists of two elements: lud ("people") and mila ("dear, love"). Because the initial L is mostly soft ( palatalized), it is sometimes also transcribed Lyudmila, Lyudmyla or Ljudmila, and is written as Ľudmila in Slovak.

Other variants include: Людмила, (Bulgarian, Russian and Ukrainian), Људмила (Macedonian and Serbian), Ludomiła, Ludmiła, Ludzimiła, Ludźmiła (Polish), Ludmilla (Hungarian).

Nicknames: Russian: Люда (Luda), Люся (Lusya), Мила ( Mila), Љума (Ljuma)

Most notable bearer: Saint Ludmila, a 10th-century princess from Bohemia, the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus. The feast day for the saint is September 16, which is celebrated as a name day in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia. Other name days include September 17 (Hungary), and February 20/May 7/July 30/October 26 (Poland).