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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 (1291–1305), and King of Poland (1296–1305). He was the only son of King Ottokar II of Bohemia and Ottokar's second wife Kunigunda.
c. 1192 (aged c. 55) Margravate of Meissen. Dynasty. Přemyslid. Father. Soběslav I. 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 II in 1191.
Apr 15, 2024 · The Přemyslid prince Vratislav II (1061–92) obtained from the Holy Roman emperor Henry IV the title of king of Bohemia as a personal ( i.e., nonhereditary) privilege, and Prince Vladislav II (1140–73) was awarded the royal crown on the same basis by Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.
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views 2,303,769 updated. Wenceslaus II, 1271–1305, king of Bohemia (1278–1305) and of Poland (1300–1305), son and successor of Ottocar II. From the death (1278) of his father until 1283 the regency was exercised by Otto, margrave of Brandenburg, appointed by the German king Rudolf I of Hapsburg.
In 1300, King Wenceslaus II was crowned King of Poland. Prior to this, he held the title "High Duke of Poland (Duke of Kraków)" since 1291 and became its overlord upon the death of Przemysł II of Poland in 1296. Wenceslaus II (1300–1305) Wenceslaus III (1305–1306), also King of Hungary (1301–1305) as Vencel
Mar 8, 2019 · The greatest extent of power came during the rule of Wenceslas II. between 1278-1305. Rough childhood . Wenceslas was the son of perhaps the greatest warrior monarch of Bohemia, Přemysl...
Apr 26, 2022 · Wenceslaus II Premyslid (Czech : Václav II.; Polish : Wacław II Czeski; September 27 , 1271 – June 21, 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 "the Great" of Bohemia and Ottokar's second wife Kunigunda.
