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Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

King of Hungary, Bohemia and Poland. Born at Prague. Died at Olomouc.

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Reigned

1305–1306	King of Poland
1305–1306	King of Bohemia

Last of the Přemyslids, aged 16

Wenceslaus III was crowned king of Hungary at 11 and became king of Bohemia and Poland at 15. On 4 August 1306, aged 16, he was stabbed in Olomouc by an assassin never identified, and the Přemyslid line of kings ended with him.

Family

Father: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
Mother: Judith of Habsburg
Married: Viola of Teschen 1306
Siblings (4): Anne of Bohemia 1290
Elizabeth of Bohemia 1292
Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Wroclaw 1296
Agnes of Bohemia, Duchess of Jawor 1305

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Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was the 15× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was the 13× great-uncle of Victoria.
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was the 9× great-uncle of Louis XIV of France.