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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.
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.
Wenceslaus (Wańko) of Płock (Polish: Wacław płocki; 1293/97 – 23 May 1336), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast, Duke of Płock from 1313 and vassal of Bohemia from 1329. He was the third son of Bolesław II of Płock but the only born from his second marriage with Kunigunde , daughter of King Ottakar II of Bohemia . [ 1 ]
The document also mentions that Elizabeth was ill and was born when her father was still unmarried. This suggests that Elizabeth was more likely the daughter of Wenceslaus III (at the time of the document, she would have been at least 27 years old) rather than Wenceslaus II (which would have made her at least 45 years old). [2]
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 ...
The declining Czech government tried to support Wenceslaus III by organizing an expedition against Władysław. Again luck favored Władysław, as on 4 August 1306, Wenceslaus III was murdered in Olomouc in Moravia, and the Kingdom of Bohemia was without a monarch and in the heat of a civil war.
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 ...
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.