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Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
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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).
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Wenceslaus II | |
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King of Bohemia | |
Reign | 26 August 1278 – 21 June 1305 |
Coronation | 2 June 1297, Prague[1] |
Predecessor | Ottokar II |
Successor | Wenceslaus III |
King of Poland | |
Reign | 1296–1305 |
Coronation | 25 July 1300, Gniezno |
Predecessor | Przemysl II |
Successor | Wenceslaus III |
Born | 27 September 1271 (1271-09-27) Prague, Bohemia |
Died | 21 June 1305 (1305-06-22) (aged 33) Prague, Bohemia |
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Dynasty | Přemyslid |
Father | Ottokar II of Bohemia |
Mother | Kunigunda of Slavonia |
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.