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He was the second son of Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia and Wenceslaus II's wife, Judith of Habsburg. [2] [3] He was born in Prague on 6 October 1289. [2] [3] His elder brother died before his birth and he was the only son of his parents to survive infancy. [2] Wenceslaus was still a child when his mother, Judith, died on 18 June 1297. [4]
On 9 January 1332, at the request of King John of Bohemia, Pope John XXII allowed Elizabeth, the daughter of the late King Wenceslaus, to leave the Cistercian convent in Pohled and join the Benedictine St. George's Convent in Prague. He also granted her a dispensation for her illegitimate birth and permitted her to hold any monastic office ...
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306), King of Hungary (1301–05), King of Bohemia and of Poland (1305–06) This page was last edited on 12 ...
Later, Wenceslaus's return to Bohemia and his entire rule and death are depicted. This, however, had to be finished by Peter, as Abbot Otto died before finishing his work. [1] Peter then depicts the king's life and state of the Bohemian kingdom until 1305, when King Wenceslaus II died and was succeeded by his only son, Wenceslaus III.
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...