Wenceslaus III Of Bohemia
Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak: Václav III., German: Wenzel III., Hungarian: Vencel, Polish: Wacław, Croatian: Vjenceslav III, Serbian: Вeнцeслав III, Venceslav III; 6 October 1289 – 4 August 1306) was by inheritance the King of Bohemia (1305–06), the King of Hungary (1301–05) and the King of Poland (1305–06).
Wenceslaus III was the son of Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia and Poland, and Judith of Habsburg, the daughter of Rudolph I, King of the Romans. During his short reign, the teenaged king faced the problem of significant internal quarrels in Hungary and in Poland.
Wenceslaus was the last of the male Přemyslid rulers of Bohemia. His sister Elizabeth married John of Luxembourg, who was elected King of Bohemia four years after his death.
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