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    Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ; c. 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his...
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    Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav I.; c. 1205 – 23 September 1253), called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was a son of Ottokar...
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    death in 972. He is notorious for the murder of his elder brother Wenceslaus, through which he became duke. Despite his complicity in this fratricide,...
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  • 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)...
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    Wenceslaus IV (also Wenceslas; Czech: Václav; German: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; 26 February 1361 – 16 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg...
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    Vratislaus (or Wratislaus) I (Czech: Vratislav I.; c. 888 – 13 February 921), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 915 until his death...
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    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...
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  • Wenceslas" Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (died 1192) Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205–1253), King of Bohemia Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305), King of Bohemia...
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    Wenceslaus I (also Wenceslas, Venceslas, Wenzel, or Václav, often called Wenceslaus of Bohemia in chronicles) (25 February 1337 – 7 December 1383) was...
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  • Wenceslaus II (Czech: Václav II.) (1137 – after 1192) was the son of Soběslav I and brother of Soběslav II. He was the duke of Bohemia following Conrad...
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    the deep snow. The legend is based a story about the Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935), who was not in fact a king. In 1853, English hymnwriter...
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    Ottokar I (Czech: Přemysl Otakar I.; c. 1155 – 1230) was Duke of Bohemia periodically beginning in 1192, then acquired the title of King of Bohemia, first...
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    was the second son of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (reigned 1230–1253). Through his mother, Kunigunde, daughter of Philip of Swabia, he was related to...
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    King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, who had placed his son Wenceslaus III on the Hungarian throne after the Árpád dynasty died out in 1301 with the death of King...
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    The statue of Saint Wenceslas (Czech: Socha svatého Václava) in Prague, Czech Republic depicts Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. It is installed at Wenceslas...
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    joint efforts of Duke Boleslaus II and Emperor Otto I. Later Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, killed by his younger brother Boleslaus in September 935, became...
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    Bretislav I (Czech: Břetislav I.; 1002/1005 – 10 January 1055), known as the "Bohemian Achilles", of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 1034...
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    the Přemyslid duke Vratislaus I. She also acted as regent of the Duchy of Bohemia from 921 to 924 during the minority of her son Wenceslaus. She is chiefly...
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    daughter of the Sorbian prince Slavibor. Saint Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus. Saint...
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    (probable year) – Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (the subject of the 1853 Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas") is murdered by a group of nobles led by his...
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  • most notable bearer is Ludmila of Bohemia, a 10th-century princess and the grandmother of Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. The feast day for the saint is...
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    Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia on the thousandth anniversary of his death in 935. The cathedral is also named after him. The cathedral is the seat of the...
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  • Václav (redirect from Václav I)
    For etymology and cognates in other languages, see Wenceslaus. Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–929 or 935; svatý Václav) Václav Noid Bárta, singer...
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  • St. Wenceslas (film) (category Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia)
    all-star cast of over a hundred, together with 5,000 extras for the lavish battle scenes. Zdeněk Štěpánek as Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia Jan W. Speerger...
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    Wenceslaus I, Duke of Legnica (Polish: Wacław I legnicki) (ca. 1318 – 2 June 1364) was a Duke of Namysłów from 1338 and of Legnica-Brieg from 1342 until...
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    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...
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    of the seven prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire and – in succession of his brother-in-law Wenceslaus III of Bohemia – claimant to the Polish and...
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    Soběslav I (also Sobeslaus; c. 1075 – 14 February 1140) was Duke of Bohemia from 1125 until his death in 1140. He was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty...
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    999), a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia from 972 until his death in 999. Boleslaus was an elder son of Duke Boleslaus I the Cruel and...
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    square is named after Saint Wenceslas, the patron saint of Bohemia. It is part of the historic centre of Prague, a World Heritage Site. Formerly known as Koňský...
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