Neklan was the sixth of the seven Bohemian mythical princes between the (also mythical) founder of the Pà Âemyslid dynasty Pà Âemysl the Ploughman and the first historical prince Boà Âivoj. The names of the princes were first recorded in Cosmas chronicle and then transmitted into the most of historical books of the 19th century including Frantià ¡ek Palacký's The History of the Czech Nation in Bohemia and Moravia. According to the Chronicle of Dalimil, Neklan had two sons, HostivÃÂt and DÃÂpolt.
One theory about the number of the princes is propped on the frescoes on the walls of the Rotunda in Znojmo, Moravia but Aneà ¾ka Merhautová claimed that the frescoes depict all the members of the Pà Âemyslid dynasty including the Moravian junior princes.
Neklan's name is thought to be derived from the Slavonic word "klát" meaning to tilt and prefix ne- (non) so it describes him to be a peaceful ruler. Závià ¡ Kalandra thought the names of the seven princes were cryptical names of ancient Slavonic days of the week - Vojen being the sixth - Friday with just a confusing evidence.
Another theory suggests the names of the Pà Âemysl ancestors arose from a mistaken interpretation by Cosmas. According to postulation by VladimÃÂr Karbusický, Cosmas likely contrived them when trying to read a lost Latin transcription of an old-Slavonic message. When the ancestral names are combined and reassessed, they can roughly cohere an assumed text:
"Krokâ kazi tetha lubossa premisl nezamisl mna ta vojâÂÂn ni zla krâÂÂz mis neklan gosti vit..."
In modern English, this may translate to:
"Halt your steps, Tetha, and rather think, I do not intend war or evil upon you, we do not bow to the cross, we welcome guests..."
The alleged message is speculated to be from the Czech princes to the Franks, perhaps in relation to the c. 849 described in the Annales Fuldenses.
Once Vlastislav, the prince of LuÃÂans (with their centre in à ½atec on the river Ohà Âe), started war against Neklan and besieged his castle, Levý Hradec. Neklan did not want the war in his country so he wanted to make peace with Vlastislav. However, his guide and second most powerful man in the Bohemian camps, a warrior called Tyr, persuaded him to lend him his armour. So Tyr went to war in place of Neklan, like Patroclus once in place of Achilles. He stroke a fierce battle of Tursko and although he died, Bohemians won and LuÃÂans were killed to a man (literally, one man escaped the field having followed a witch's instructions).