WENCESLAUS I, King of Bohemia

d. 1253, king of Bohemia (1230–53), son and successor of Ottocar I. He invited large numbers of Germans to settle in the villages and towns of Bohemia and Moravia. In some villages peasants of Czech origin became a minority or were forced to submit to German-style feudal obligations. Many towns were granted self-rule, with charters modeled on that of Magdeburg. After resisting the invasion of Batu Khan (1241), Wenceslaus and his nobles built or rebuilt many castles, giving them German names. Wenceslaus received Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II's support in his attempt to acquire Austria but later backed Pope Gregory IX against the emperor. He was succeeded by his son, Ottocar II.

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The Story of Bohemia from the Earliest Times to the Fall of National Independence in 1620
Book by C. Edmund Maurice; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1896
Subjects: Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--1526-, Bohemia (Czech Republic)--History--To 1526
...culture, 50 ; becomes king, 49 ; revives Slavonic...342 , 352 , 428 -30 Wenceslaus, St., influenced by...rifled by Germans, 109 Wenceslaus, treaty of, in 1517, 362 Wenceslaus I., King of Bohemia, resistance of nobles...
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The King Embodies the Word: Robert D'Anjou and the Politics of Preaching
Book by Darleen N. Pryds; Brill, 2000
Subjects: Christianity And Politics--History, Preaching--Italy--History--Middle Ages, 600-1500, Robert--King Of Naples--Ca. 1275-1343, Sermons, Medieval--Italy--History And Criticism
...Aragonesc preaching kings, Mark Johnston posits...coll. 1-298. I would like to thank...who was crowned King of Bohemia in 1347, and who...grandmother of St. Wenceslaus. The homily survives...des deutschert l i reines firr die...Paris, 1910-20), i, I 19. I owe this...
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Three Chaucer Studies: I. Chaucerian Problems: Especially the Petherton Forestership and the Question of Thomas Chaucer
Book by Russell Krauss; Oxford University Press, 1932
Subjects: Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400, Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400--Criticism and interpretation, Chaucer, Geoffrey--d. 1400--Parliament of fowls, Chaucer, Thomas--1367?-1434
...dit roy dAngleterre et de sa fille. 38 Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, continued the Emperors...the marriage of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia were directly instigated by the intervention...M. Macdonald, A Hist . of France , I, 263.
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History of Friedrich the Second Called Frederick the Great - Vol. 1
Book by Thomas Carlyle; Harper & Brothers, 1866
Subjects: Frederick--Ii--King Of Prussia--1712-1786, Prussia (Germany)--History
...against his will. I subjoin here, for...became Kaiser. Albert I. of Hapsburg, he...Son of Johann of Bohemia Johann Ich-dien...5 c . Wenzel or Wenceslaus , 1378-1400, Karls...succeeding; continued King of Bohemia till his death by...
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The Works of Voltaire: A Contemporary Version [Ancient and Modern History, V. I: Charlemagne, A. D. 742 to Henry VII, 1313 - Vol. 31
Book by William F. Fleming, Voltaire; E. R. DuMont, 1901
...Poland, after a series of troubles, elects for its king Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia. This prince establishes some sort of order in...before. It was he who instituted the senate. This Wenceslaus gives his son as king to the Hungarians, who demanded...
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Three Verse Eulogies of Anne of Bohemia
Journal article by Michael Van Dussen; Medium Aevum, Vol. 78, 2009
Subjects: Anne, Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England--Death of, Anne, Queen, consort of Richard II, King of England--Influence, English history--Political aspects, Eulogies--Analysis, Queens--Death of, Queens--Influence
...devoted, was (as I have already said...Annes brother and King of Bohemia. The explanation...duplicate the kings signature (though, as I have mentioned...either the book of Wenceslaus (Vaclav), knight...eulogy of Anne of Bohemia on fol. 90r begins...
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Clare of Assisi and Isabelle of Longchamp: Further Light on the Early Development of the Franciscan Charism
Journal article by Beth Lynn; Magistra, Vol. 3, 1997
Subjects: Christianity, Clergy, Females, Gender, History, Literature, Religion, Spirituality, Women
...blood; Agnes was the sister of Wenceslaus I, the King of Bohemia and Isabelle was the sister of...as did Henry III of England. Bohemia was an alliance worth courting...Lancaster and brother of Edward I, king of England. Blanche was...
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Creeds, Cultures and the 'Witchery of Music'
Journal article by C.M. Hann; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 9, 2003
Subjects: Central Europe--Religious aspects, Churches, Orthodox Eastern, Religion and music--History, Religion and music--Social aspects
...name, the Semitic king who bore the name...ethnomusicologists. (1) I return to the topic...of this tradition. I begin by outlining...or civilizations. I then turn to fieldwork...stretches from King Wenceslaus of Bohemia in the early tenth...
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The Eighty-third Annual Meeting of the American Catholic Historical Association
Journal article; The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. 89, 2003
Subjects: American Catholic Historical Association, Associations, Committees, Meetings
...Eric Jarvis from Kings College presented...Presidential Address: "I Will Observe...was martyred in Bohemia in that year...the command of King Wenceslaus IV in 1393...reveal to the king the secrets of...national martyr of Bohemia. In 1961, however...


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The View from Prague
Magazine article by Peter Davis; The Nation, Vol. 278, May 31, 2004
Subjects: Authors, Czech--Homes and haunts, Czech Republic--History, Czech writers--Homes and haunts, Kafka, Franz--Homes and haunts, Prague, Czech Republic--Description and travel, Torture--History
...turned from the great kings and queens, courtiers...45. Liberators. I cheered their tanks...tanks came, in 68, I did not cheer...IV of Prague was King of Bohemia and later Emperor...Czech weaponry. I stopped after counting...quartered. Good King Wenceslaus himself, the patron...


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On This Day
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), September 28, 2006
...gasped - then dropped dead. 929: King Wenceslaus of Bohemia, Good King Wenceslas of the Christmas Carol...Boleslaw 1745: God Save The King was first performed at Drury Lane...aged 75. 1978: Pope John Paul I died after only 33 days as Pontiff...
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Merry Quizmas; OUR CUTOUT AND KEEP QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR FESTIVE KNOWLEDGE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), December 24, 2006
...What country was Good King Wenceslas from? (a) Turkey (b) Bohemia (c) Germany A:(b...the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935). 39 Who...consecutively from 1963 to 1965 - I Want To Hold Your Hand...


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encyclopedia articles on: Wenceslaus I King of Bohemia  - 14 results

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Wenceslaus II , King of Bohemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WENCESLAUS II , king of Bohemia 1271 1305, king of Bohemia (1278 1305) and of Poland...appointed by the German king Rudolf I of Hapsburg. Otto abused his...daughter Judith was the wife of Wenceslaus, led to Zaviss downfall. In...
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Wenceslaus I , King of Bohemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WENCESLAUS I , king of Bohemia d. 1253, king of Bohemia (1230 53), son and successor of Ottocar I. He invited large numbers of Germans...invasion of Batu Khan (1241), Wenceslaus and his nobles built or rebuilt...
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Wenceslaus, Saint , Duke of Bohemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...enmity of the German king, Henry I (Henry the Fowler...Henry; Henry invaded Bohemia. Wenceslaus, who had then begun...strengthen Christianity in Bohemia. His religion and his...relations with Henry I caused much discontent...
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Bohemia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...was elected king in 1310...established the kings of Bohemia as electors...emperors Wenceslaus and Sigismund...Hungary (in Bohemia, Ladislaus I). George...succeed him as king in 1458...reverted to the kings of Hungary...Ferdinand I ) began the...domination of Bohemia. Ferdinand...
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Charles I , King of Hungary
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
CHARLES I , king of Hungary 1288 1342, king...but the Hungarians elected Wenceslaus III of Bohemia; in 1308 the Hungarian diet...his second son to Joanna I of Naples and took as his...daughter of King Ladislaus I of Poland. In 1339 he secured...
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