14 Facts About Wenceslaus II

Wenceslaus II was the only son of King Ottokar II of Bohemia and Ottokar's second wife Kunigunda.

Wenceslaus II was born in 1271, ten years after the marriage of his parents.

Wenceslaus II's great-grandfather was the German king Philip of Swabia.

Wenceslaus II was the grandfather of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV.

In 1290, Wenceslaus II had Zavis beheaded for alleged treason and began ruling independently.

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Wenceslaus II took control of the mine by making silver production a royal monopoly and issued the Prague groschen, which became the most popular of the early Groschen-type coins.

In 1300, Wenceslaus II issued the new royal mining code Ius regale montanorum.

Wenceslaus II was one of the relatives who claimed the throne, and he accepted it from a party of Hungarians on behalf of his young son, betrothed to Andrew's only child, Elizabeth.

At that time the Kingdom of Hungary was split into several de facto principalities, and young Wenceslaus II was only accepted as the King of Hungary by the rulers in Upper Hungary, in modern day Burgenland and on territory around the capital, Buda.

Wenceslaus II's father took a large army and invaded Buda, but having considered the situation, he took his son and the Hungarian crown and returned to Bohemia .

Wenceslaus II is considered one of the most important Czech kings.

Wenceslaus II built a great empire stretching from the Baltic Sea to the Danube river and established numerous cities, such as Plzen in 1295.

Wenceslaus II created Prague Groschen, which was an important European currency for centuries.

Wenceslaus II planned to build the first university in Central Europe.