Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland

Date of Birth: 06-Oct-1289

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 04-Aug-1306

Profession: sovereign

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

  • Wenceslaus III (Czech: Václav III., Hungarian: Vencel, Polish: Waclaw, Slovak: Václav; 6 October 1289 – 4 August 1306) was King of Hungary between 1301 and 1305, and King of Bohemia and Poland from 1305.
  • He was the son of Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia, who was later also crowned king of Poland, and Judith of Habsburg.
  • Still a child, Wenceslaus was betrothed to Elizabeth, the sole daughter of Andrew III of Hungary.
  • After Andrew III's death in early 1301, the majority of the Hungarian lords and prelates elected Wenceslaus king, although Pope Boniface VIII supported another claimant, Charles Robert, a member of the royal house of the Kingdom of Naples. Wenceslaus was crowned king of Hungary on 27 August 1301.
  • He signed his charters under the name Ladislaus in Hungary.
  • His rule was only nominal, because a dozen powerful lords held sway over large territories in the kingdom.
  • His father realized that Wenceslaus's position could not be strengthened and took him back from Hungary to Bohemia in August 1304.
  • Wenceslaus succeeded his father in Bohemia and Poland on 21 June 1305.
  • He abandoned his claim to Hungary in favor of Otto III of Bavaria on 9 October. Wenceslaus granted large parcels of the royal domains to his young friends in Bohemia.
  • A claimant to the Polish throne, Wladyslaw the Elbow-high, who had started conquering Polish territories during the rule of Wenceslaus's father, captured Cracow in early 1306.
  • Wenceslaus decided to invade his rival's territories in Poland, but he was murdered before starting his campaign.
  • He was the last of the male Premyslid rulers of Bohemia.

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