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Wenceslaus was the son of Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia from the Přemyslid dynasty.His grandfather, Bořivoj I of Bohemia, and grandmother, Ludmila, had been converted by Cyril and Methodius to Byzantine Christianity in a still unified Christendom, before the Great Schism.
Wenceslaus and Duke Frederick formed an alliance against the Emperor. Frederick the Emperor chose to lift the ban in 1237 rather than maintain another open front. Wenceslaus managed to negotiate the expansion of Bohemia north of the Danube, annexing territories offered by Duke Frederick in order of forming and maintaining their alliance.
Wenceslaus I (also Wenceslas, Venceslas, Wenzel, or Václav, often called Wenceslaus of Bohemia in chronicles) (25 February 1337 – 7 December 1383) was the first Duke of Luxembourg from 1354. He was the son of John the Blind , King of Bohemia , and Beatrice of Bourbon .
Duke of Bohemia r. 1140–1158 then King of Bohemia r. 1158–1172: Gertrude of Babenberg c. 1118 –1150: Henry II Jasomirgott of Austria 1112–1177: Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych c. 1135 –1187: Soběslav (Sobeslaus) II the King of the Peasants c. 1128 –1180 Duke of Bohemia r. 1173–1178: Wenceslaus II 1137–aft. 1192 Duke of Bohemia r ...
The legend is based on a story about Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935), who was not in fact a king. In 1853, English hymnwriter John Mason Neale wrote the lyrics in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore to fit the melody of the 13th-century spring carol "Tempus adest floridum" ("Eastertime Is Come"), which they had ...
Wenceslaus I may refer to: Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929), and subject of a Christmas carol; Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205–1253), King of Bohemia; Wenceslaus I of Legnica (c. 1318 – 1364) Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg (1337–1383), the first Duke; Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337—1388)
Although Wenceslaus upon his father's death retained Bohemia, his younger half brother Sigismund inherited Brandenburg, while John received the newly established Duchy of Görlitz in Upper Lusatia. The March of Moravia was divided between his cousins Jobst and Procopius, and his uncle Wenceslaus I had already been made Duke of Luxembourg.
Podevin was a page of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia in the 10th century. He is immortalized because of his appearance in the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslaus": "Hither, page, and stand by me" (Line 9) "Page and monarch, forth they went" (Line 21) "Mark my footsteps, good my page" (Line 29)