Wenceslas I (Vaclav I) King of Bohemia 
Wenceslas I (Vaclav I) King of was born in 1205 in Prague, Bohemia. Wenceslas I (Vaclav I) King of's father was Premysl Otakar I King of Bohemia and his mother was Constantia Princess of Hungary. His paternal grandparents were Vladislav II King of Bohemia and Jutte Princess of Thuringia; his maternal grandparents were Bela III King of Hungary and Margaret Princess of France. He had a sister named Anna Princess of. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 48 on September 23rd, 1253.General Notes
Wenceslas I, King of Bohemia from 1230 who brought Austria under his dynasty while using the influence of German colonists and craftsmen to keep Bohemia strong, prosperous and culturally progressive.
Succeeding his father Premysl Otakar I, in 1230, Wenceslas prevented Mongol armies from attacking Bohemia (1241), but could not defend Moravia, which was subsequently ravished by the Mongols before the moved into Hungary. The King's main foreigh policy objective then became the acquisition of Austria. On the death of the last Babenberg Duke of Austria, Frederick II (1246), Wenceslas secured the hand of the Duke's niece for his son Vladislas. But Vladislas soon died, and Wenceslas lost Austria. After suppressing a Bohemian revolt in 1248-9, however, he finally forced the Austrian estates to accept his son Premysl Otakar II as their Duke in 1251. Bohemia prospered under Wenceslas' reign. Towns grew and German merchants and colonists added considerably to the wealth of the country, while German influence at the court caused a rich flowering of the arts, expecially literature and architecture. [Encyclopedia Britannica]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1073 in Prague, Bohemia d.12 Apr 1125
- b.~ 1117 in Prague, Bohemia d.18 JAN 1173/74 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.~ 1085 in Schelkingen, Donaukreis, Wurttemberg d.~ 1125
- b.~ 1155 in Prague, Bohemia d.15 Dec 1230
- b.1090 in Thuringia, Germany d.12 JAN 1139/40
- b.~ 1131 in Thuringia, Germany d.09 Sep 1174
- b.Jun 1075 in Tyskland, Germany d.04 Dec 1137
- b.1113 in Thuringia, Germany d.1148
- b.~ 1083 in Northeim, Luxemburg d.10 Jun 1141
- b.1205 in Prague, Bohemia d.23 Sep 1253
- b.1068 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergo, Hungary d.1129 in Domos, Greece
- b.~ 1105 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergo, Hungary d.13 FEB 1140/41 in Szekesfehervar, Fejer, Hungary
- b.~ 1085 in Kiev, Ukraine d.> 1128
- b.~ 1125 in Tolna, Hungary d.31 May 1161
- b.~ 1105 in Serbia
- b.1148 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergo, Hungary d.18 Apr 1196
- b.1076 in Kiev, Ukraine d.15 Apr 1132
- b.~ 1130 in Kiev, Ukraine d.~ 1180
- b.~ 1082 in Novogorod, Russia d.1168
- b.~ 1185 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergo, Hungary
- b.1081 in Herbst, France d.01 Aug 1137 in Bethizy Castle, Paris, France
- b.~ 1120 in Rheims, Marne, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France
- b.~ 1092 in Savoy, France d.18 Nov 1154
- b.~ 1158 in Paris, Seine, France d.1198 in Acre, Palestine
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1144 in Castile, Spain d.04 Oct 1160 in (in child birth)
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France d.1128
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