Wenceslaus II of Bohemia - Family

Family

He was married twice:

In 1285 in Eger (Cheb), he married Judith of Habsburg (1271–1297), daughter of Rudolph I of Germany and his wife Gertrude of Hohenburg. She died shortly after their 10th child was born:

  • Přemysl Otakar (6 May 1288 – 19 November 1288).
  • Wenceslaus III (6 October 1289 – 4 August 1306); King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and King of Poland.
  • Agnes (6 October 1289 – soon after 6 August 1296), twin of Wenceslaus; married in 1296 to Rupert, eldest surviving son of German King Adolf of Nassau.
  • Anne (10 October 1290 – 3 September 1313), married in 1306 to Henry of Carinthia.
  • Elisabeth (20 January 1292 – 28 September 1330), married in 1310 to John of Luxembourg.
  • Guta (3 March 1293 – 3 August 1294).
  • John (26 February 1294 – 1 March 1295).
  • John (21 February 1295 – 6 December 1296).
  • Margaret (21 February 1296 – 8 April 1322), married in 1308 to Bolesław III the Generous, Duke of Wrocław.
  • Guta (born and died 21 May 1297).

In 1300, he married Elisabeth Richeza (1286–1335), daughter of Przemysł II. They had one child:

  • Agnes (25 June 1305 – before 4 January 1337), married to Henry I, Duke of Jawor.

Wenceslaus has also numerous illegitimate children, including Jan Volek (?? – 27 September 1351), bishop of Olomouc

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