Wenceslaus

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Wenceslaus (also Wenceslas, Wenzelslaud or Wenzel)) was the name of several European monarchs:

Saint Wenceslaus, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929)
Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (?–1192)
Wenceslaus I, King of Bohemia (1205–1253)
Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia and Poland (1271–1305)
Wenceslaus III, King of Hungary, Bohemia, and Poland (1289–1306)
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Namysłów, Legnica, Chojnów, and Lubin (c.1310–1364)
Wenceslaus II, Duke of Legnica (1348–1419)
Wenceslaus IV Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, King of the Romans (1361–1419)
Wenceslaus, Duke of Oświęcim and Zator (?–1465)
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Cieszyn, Bytom, Siewierz, and Bielsko (c.1415–1474)
Wenceslaus III the Posthumous, Duke of Cieszyn (1524–1579)

There is also a Christmas carol, "Good King Wenceslas", about the first individual named above.

Charles IV (1306-1378), Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia, was born as Wenceslaus.

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