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  Marie of BOHEMIA - Humphrey of BOHUN , Earl of Hereford 11
\-Gerberge of HENNEBERG, Countess of Kitzinggau Sobjeslav I of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia
\-Gerberge of HENNEBERG, Countess of Kitzinggau Swatopluk II of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia
\-Gerberge of HENNEBERG, Countess of Kitzinggau Vladislav I of BOHEMIA, Duke of Bohemia
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  Wenceslaus II of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
, Polish: Wacław II Czeski) (September 17, 1271 – June 21, 1305) King of Bohemia (1278 - 1305), Duke of Krakow (1291 - 1305), King of Poland (1300 - 1305).
Wenceslaus' second wife was Elisabeth Richeza, daughter of Przemysl II, King of Poland 1295 - 1296.
Jagiellon - Wladislaus II Jagiełło • Wladislaus III of Varna • Casimir IV the Jagiellonian • John I Olbracht Alexander the Jagiellonian • Sigismund I the Old • Sigismund II Augustus
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 Period of the Pøemyslid Kings
Premysl II Otakar whose wealth and military power earned him the nickname "king of iron and gold", also gained control of Carinthia, Styria and Carniola, and set his sights on the crown of the King of the Romans.
Wenceslas II´s son hat to renounce the Hungarian crown and concentrate on maintaining his rule in Poland, where a strong opposition had emerged.
Son of Albrecht I - King of the Romans.Husband of Elise-widow of Wenceslas II.
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 The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg657 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Louis IV Of Bavaria Wittlesbach Kaiser Of Germany [Parents] was born in 1287 in Bavaria Son Of Louis II Of Wittlesbach,,.
Louis II Of Wittlesbach Duke was born in 1228 in Upper Bavaria Aka Louis The Strict,,.
Wenceslas II Of Bohemia was born about 1271 in Bohemia Son Of Ottokar II,,.
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 BS Foundations chapter 9
Wenceslas II (1278-1305) was a minor, and so, for a while, Bohemia ceased to play a major role in international politics.
Wenceslas used the weakness of the Piast kings of Poland to seize the Silesian duchies.
Wenceslas subjugated the nobility, and when he died, the new king, Vladislav I, was able to reestablish the authority of the crown.
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 Timeline Bohemia
1253-1278 Ottocar II, son and successor of Wenceslaus I, served as king of Bohemia.
1347 Charles IV (1316-1378) of the House of Luxenbourg was crowned King of Bohemia.
He served as King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia (1363) and King of the Romans (1378-1400).
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 Vlar's Timeline of the World (Page 8)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Philip II of France defeats Otto IV and the English.
1246 - Frederick II seizes the vacant dukedom of Austria and Syria.
Wenceslas II of Bohemia elected King of Poland.
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 BT - The History and Brewing Methods of Pilsner Urquell
At the city's founding, King Wenceslas gave its 260 citizens the right to make beer and sell it from their houses, a lucrative privilege that was passed down through each family.
The guild honored King Wenceslas II as its patron saint, as well as the memory of King Gambrinus (whose name is probably a corruption of Jan Primus, or Jan the First), the legendary first brewer of beer and an ongoing symbol of beer and brewing.
The hops are grown in the nearby Zatec region of Bohemia.
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 A History of Europe, Chapter 9
Constantine II (900-943) was so humiliated by the battle of Brunnanburh (see Chapter 7), that he eventually abdicated and became a monk.
Parliament declared Edward II deposed in January 1327 (the first time they acted to remove a king), he was imprisoned, and was murdered in Berkeley Castle eight months later.
Bohemia and Moravia remained in the hands of Ottokar's son, Wenceslas II, but Rudolf succeeded in claiming Austria and Slovenia for the Hapsburgs, enlarging his personal estate tremendously.
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Mar 1003 = Polish prince Boleslav "the Brave" reign in Bohemia, Boleslav III.
Sep 1306 = King Henry of Carinthia reign (Bohemia) 16 Oct 1306 = King Rudolf I. of Habsburg "King the Gruel" reign (Bohemia) 15 Aug 1307 = King Henry of Carinthia reign (Bohemia) ??
1775 = Peasant rebellions in Bohemia 04 Jul 1776 = Proclamation of Independence of the U.S.A. Emperor Joseph II.
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 700000 people connected with European Royalty   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Bretislav I Of Bohemia Duke Of Moravia and Judith Of Schweinfurt
Ulrich Of Bohemia Duke Of Bohemia and Duchess Of Bohemia Bozena
Vladislav III Jindrich Bohemia Margrave Of Moravia and Princess Of Bohemia Hedvika
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 A timeline of Poland and Lithuania
: Wenceslas II of Bohemia becomes king of Poland
: the marriage between the Polish queen Jadwiga, daughter of Louis I, and Lithuanian archduke Wladyslaw II Jogaila, who converts to Christianity, changes name to Jagiello and de-facto unites Christian Poland and pagan Lithuania
: Kazimierz IV is elected king of Bohemia
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Together with the enactment of the royal mining law, a reform of coinage was carried out.
Wenceslas II introduced a single currency throughout his kingdom – the Prague groschen.
The Italian Court (Vlašský dvůr) in Kutná Hora became the seat of the central mint, where all minting of these silver coins was concentrated.
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 Pilsner Urquell - A Bohemian Original - Beer and Brewing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
King Wenceslas II of Bohemia, a visionary with the foresight for the merchantibility of resources within his region, established the town of New Plzen on the Redbuza River, an area that was an important trade route between Nuremburg, Saxony and Regensburg.
At the founding of the town in 1307, King Wenceslas gave 260 citizens documentation that validated their right to brew beer and sell it from their houses.
They honored two legends from history: King Wenceslas, their patron saint, and King Gambrinus (a bastardization of the name Jan Primus), the first brewer of beer known to the people of that region.
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 niemeyer artbooks: The Bible of King Wenceslas (Codices Vindobonensis 2759-2764)
(Wenceslas IV of Bohemia, Wenceslas I of Germany)
Manuscript in the "textualis formata", a gothic book type face modeled to the outmost perfection in two columns, in fl and red.
Beauty and importance of this first German Bible-part are so extraordinary that even a "marketeer" saw a chance to make a deal with it as a take-along reduced to just a third (sic!) of its size.
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 Chapter 7: Medieval Silver and Gold
The Kutná Hora discovery in 1298 was lucky for King Wenceslas II of Bohemia, who promptly took the mine as royal property.
Vienna was a natural trading center for the east-west trade between Hungary and the states of Germany, and between Bohemia and Italy, and both the Hungarians and the Bohemians were anxious to keep clear of the growing influence of the Hapsburg Dukes of Austria, whose power was centered on Vienna.
(King Jaime II of Aragon quickly said that he would take the responsibility of enforcing the Papal decrees, and levied the fines himself‹essentially, becoming a shareholder in the trade which he was actively promoting through his ambassadors in Egypt!) Venice typically ignored the Pope, and Genoa reimbursed its merchants for the fines levied on them.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg325 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John the Blind of LUXEMBURG was born 10 Aug 1296 and died 26 Aug 1346.
Premysl Ottokar II the GREAT was born about 1230 and died 26 Aug 1278.
Philip of Swabia HOHENSTAUFEN [Parents] was born 1174.
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 Prague Map with Apartments Wenceslas Prague location at www.traveliana.com
Apartments Prague Central II 3*, Spalena 39, Prague 1
Apartments Wenceslas Karlova 32 Prague 3*, Karlova 32, Prague 1
Apartments Wenceslas Ruzova Prague 3*, Ruzova 17, Prague 1
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 Stará Ľubovňa
In reference to certified data, Stará Ľubovňa is mentioned in an important document of Wenceslas II, King of Bohemia and Voivode of Poland from 1292.
He ruled over the majority of what is modern Slovakia's territory, but died without a heir.
In the spring of 1412, the King Sigismond of Luxembourg pledged the castle together with 16 Spiš towns to the Polish King Vladislav Jagiell II for 37,000 Prague groschen, which he needed to finance his campaigns.
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 Welcome to Adobe GoLive 5
1354-1383: WENCESLAUS I (Wenceslas I) Duke Wenceslaus II (1383-88 and 1411-12)
1714-1740: CHARLES II (Roman Emperor, German King, King of Bohemia, Croatia, Hungary, Naples and Sicily, Archduke of Austria, Duke of Parma)
1740-1780: MARIA THERESA (Marie Therese; Queen of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma)
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 Gambrinus' Castle - Beer History
Hops are first cultivated in bohemia and bavaria.
They have been eaten as delicacies and used for medicinal purposes (antibacterial).
King Wenceslas II of Bohemia founds the town of New Plzen and grants its 260 citizens the right to brew and sell beer from their homes.
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 I41044: Philippe II 'Audex' Duke of BURGUNDY (15 Jan 1341 - 27 Apr 1404)
I41044: Philippe II 'Audex' Duke of BURGUNDY (15 Jan 1341 - 27 Apr 1404)
_Margaret of ANJOU ________________________________+ _John II the Good de Valois King of FRANCE _
_John the Blind (of Luxemburg) King of BOHEMIA _
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 Genealogy Data
CAPET, Robert II Birth : 27 MAR 972 Orleans, France
Death : 1271 Also shown to have died in 1251.
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 Prague Map with Bishop House I, II Prague location at www.traveliana.com
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Nicolas Cathedral, Lesser Town Bridge Towers, Old Town Bridge Towers, Wenceslas Square and National Museum.
Bishops House I, II 4*, Drazickeho namesti 6, Prague 1
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