Poland
In 1305, Wenceslaus III married Viola of Teschen, a daughter of Mieszko I, Duke of Teschen; the marriage was childless. Wenceslaus III, however, wanted to claim his hereditary right to the Polish throne, but was murdered under mysterious circumstances in Olomouc, Moravia, on 4 August 1306 while on a campaign to that end.
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