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Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and Poland died on 21 June 1305. [3] [29] Wenceslaus III succeeded his father in both kingdoms, but his position in Poland was precarious because Władysław the Elbow-high continued his fight for the Polish throne. [27] [29] Wenceslaus realized that he could not preserve his three kingdoms and decided to renounce Hungary.
Elizabeth of Bohemia 1292–1330: Wenceslaus III 1289–1306 King of Bohemia r. 1305–1306 also King of Hungary, Croatia, and Poland: Frederick I of Celje c. 1300 –1359: Anne of Bohemia 1290–1313: Henry c. 1265 –1335 King of Bohemia r. 1307–1310: Albert II of Austria 1298–1358: Anne of Carinthia-Tyrol 1300–1331: Rudolf II of the ...
Wenceslaus II's son Wenceslaus III was crowned King of Hungary a year later. At this time, the Kings of Bohemia ruled from Hungary to the Baltic Sea. The 13th century was also a period of large-scale German immigration, during the Ostsiedlung, often encouraged by the Přemyslid kings. The Germans populated towns and mining districts on the ...
In view of his troubles in Bohemia, Wenceslaus did not seek a coronation ceremony as Holy Roman Emperor. Consequently, he faced anger at the Reichstag diets of Nuremberg (1397) and Frankfurt (1398). The four Rhenish electors, Count Palatine Rupert III and the archbishops of Mainz , Cologne and Trier , accused him of failing to maintain the ...
Viola of Teschen, later known as Viola Elizabeth (Polish: Wiola Elżbieta cieszyńska, Czech: Viola Alžběta Těšínská) (c. 1291 – 21 September 1317), was Queen of Bohemia and Poland by marriage to Wenceslaus III of Bohemia. She was the daughter of Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn, by his unknown wife.
Wenceslaus III (Václav III) 6 October 1289 Son of Wenceslaus II and Judith of Austria: 21 June 1305 – 4 August 1306 Kingdom of Bohemia: Viola of Cieszyn 5 October 1305 Brno no children 4 August 1306 Olomouc aged 16: Uncrowned (as Bohemian king). Also King of Hungary (1301–1305) and King of Poland. Anna (Anna Přemyslovna) 10 October 1290
His mother, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, was the sister of Wenceslaus III, King of Bohemia and Poland, the last of the male Přemyslid rulers of Bohemia. Charles inherited the County of Luxembourg from his father and was elected king of the Kingdom of Bohemia. On 2 September 1347, Charles was crowned King of Bohemia.
The dynasty began to collapse following the untimely death of Wenceslaus II (1305), and the assassination of his only son, Wenceslaus III in 1306, which ended their rule. [1] [3] On the distaff side, however, the dynasty continued, and in 1355, Bohemian king Charles IV, the grandson of Wenceslaus II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in Rome.