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Wenceslaus II

Wenceslaus II
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Wenceslaus II in 1300
King of Bohemia
Reign 1278–1305
Coronation 2 June 1297, Prague
Predecessor Ottokar II
Successor Wenceslaus III
King of Poland
Reign 1300–1305
Coronation 25 July 1300, Gniezno
Predecessor Przemysl II
Successor Wenceslaus III
Born (1271-09-27)27 September 1271
Prague, Bohemia
Died 21 June 1305 (1305-06-22) (aged 33)
Prague, Bohemia
Spouse Judith of Habsburg
Elisabeth Richeza of Poland
Issue Wenceslaus III
Anne, Queen of Bohemia
Elisabeth, Queen of Bohemia
Margaret, Duchess of Wroclaw
Agnes, Duchess of Jawor
Dynasty Přemyslid
Father Ottokar II of Bohemia
Mother Kunigunda of Slavonia

Wenceslaus II Přemyslid (Czech: Václav II.; Polish: Wacław II Czeski; 27 September 1271 – 21 June 1305) was King of Bohemia (1278–1305), Duke of Cracow (1291–1305), and King of Poland (1300–1305).

He was the only son of King Ottokar II of Bohemia and Ottokar's second wife Kunigunda. He was born in 1271, ten years after the marriage of his parents. Kunigunda was the daughter of Rostislav Mikhailovich, lord of Slavonia, son of a Grand Prince of Kiev, and Anna of Hungary, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary. His great-grandfather was the German king Philip of Swabia. Wenceslaus II was the grandfather of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV. He was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty.

In 1276 Rudolf I, King of the Romans, placed Ottokar under the ban of the empire and besieged Vienna. This compelled Ottokar in November 1276 to sign a new treaty by which he gave up all claims to Austria and the neighbouring duchies, retaining for himself only Bohemia and Moravia. Ottokar's son Wenceslaus was also betrothed to Rudolph's daughter Judith. It was an uneasy peace. Wenceslaus's father died on 26 August 1278 in the Battle on the Marchfeld shortly before Wenceslaus' seventh birthday.


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