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6 days ago · Wenceslaus was never forgotten by his adoring subjects who immortalized him in legends and folk songs, one of which would eventually become the carol we know today. During his 2009 visit to the Czech Republic, Pope Benedict XVI called Wenceslaus “a martyr for Christ” who “had the courage to prefer the kingdom of heaven to the enticement ...
May 13, 2024 · The Battle of Legnica was a battle between the Mongol Empire and combined European forces that took place at the village of Legnickie Pole (Wahlstatt) in the Duchy of Silesia. A combined force of Poles and Moravians under the command of Duke Henry II the Pious of Silesia, supported by feudal nobility and a few knights from military orders sent ...
2 days ago · Wenceslaus I of Bohemia fell back to gather reinforcements from Thuringia and Saxony, but was overtaken by the Mongol vanguard at Kłodzko. However, the Bohemian light cavalry was able to ambush a Mongol detachment.
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2 days ago · St. Wenceslaus was born around the year 903. His father Duke Wratislaw was a Catholic, but his mother Princess Dragomir practiced the native pagan religion. She would later arrange the murders of ...
May 4, 2024 · Wenceslaus, King of the Romans. Links: The Peerage; Geneall; Wikipedia; King of Germany(formally King of the Romans) Reign 10 June 1376–20 August 1400. Coronation 6 July 1376 Aachen Cathedral; Predecessor: Charles IV Successor: Rupert. King of Bohemia Reign 29 November 1378–16 August 1419 Coronation 15 June 1363 St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague.
May 21, 2024 · More precisely, Princess St. Elizabeth of Hungary (1207-1231). There were a lot of charitable rulers in medieval Central Europe. There’s Wenceslaus I of Bohemia, who lived in the 10th century. Eleven centuries later, we still sing about “Good King Wenceslaus” at Christmastime. The 14th-century St. Casimir of Poland was a prince noted for ...
May 20, 2024 · Wenceslaus Wenzel: 2 October 1373 29 November 1378 Emperor Charles IV forced the last Wittelsbach Elector to abdicate, and then installed his own son, Wenceslaus. As Wenceslaus was still a minor (b. 1361), the Emperor administered the margraviate for him. Sigismund: 29 November 1378 1388
