Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

Wenceslaus II
Portrayal in Codex Manesse
King of Bohemia
Reign26 August 1278 – 21 June 1305
Coronation2 June 1297, Prague[1]
PredecessorOttokar II
SuccessorWenceslaus III
King of Poland
Reign1296–1305
Coronation25 July 1300, Gniezno
PredecessorPrzemysl II
SuccessorWenceslaus III
Born27 September 1271 (1271-09-27)
Prague, Bohemia
Died21 June 1305 (1305-06-22) (aged 33)
Prague, Bohemia
Spouse
(m. 1285; died 1297)
(m. 1303)
Issue
DynastyPřemyslid
FatherOttokar II of Bohemia
MotherKunigunda of Slavonia

Wenceslaus II Přemyslid (Czech: Václav II.; Polish: Wacław II Czeski; 27 September[2] 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.[3] 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.

  1. ^ "The Royal Route". Královská cesta. Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  2. ^ K. Charvátová, Václav II. Král český a polský, Prague 2007, p. 18.
  3. ^ Sedlar 1994, p. 443.