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Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

1271 - 1305

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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. He was born in 1271, ten years after the marriage of his parents. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia has received more than 340,913 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Wenceslaus II of Bohemia is the 1,446th most popular politician (down from 1,368th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 43rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Czech Politician.

Wenceslaus II of Bohemia is most famous for being the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and the brother of Emperor Sigismund. He was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ranks 1,446 out of 19,576. Before him are Edmund Ironside, Gaspard II de Coligny, William McKinley, Marie Louise d’Orléans, Neoptolemus, and Childebert I. After him are Quintillus, Athaulf, Edmund I, Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, John II of Portugal, and James V of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1271, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ranks 2. Before him is Ghazan. After him are Charles Martel of Anjou, Elizabeth of Portugal, Zhao Bing, Emperor Gong of Song, Judith of Habsburg, Mikhail of Tver, Henry II of Jerusalem, and Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1305, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ranks 3. Before him are William Wallace, and Joan I of Navarre. After him are Roger de Flor, John IV Laskaris, Guy, Count of Flanders, Roger of Lauria, Nicholas of Tolentino, Moses de León, Jean de Meun, Emperor Kameyama, and Maximus Planudes.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ranks 52 out of 1,200. Before him are Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Antonín Panenka (1948), Gerty Cori (1896), Josef Masopust (1931), and Adalbert of Prague (955). After him are Karel Gott (1939), Emil Hácha (1872), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Peter Grünberg (1939), and Anton Raphael Mengs (1728).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia ranks 11. Before him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), and Ludvík Svoboda (1895). After him are Emil Hácha (1872), Karl Renner (1870), George of Poděbrady (1420), Jan Masaryk (1886), Karl Hermann Frank (1898), and Karel Schwarzenberg (1937).

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