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Wenceslaus I of Bohemia

King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253

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Also known as Wenceslas I, Wenceslas I One-Eyed, Wenceslaus I

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Occupation: aristocrat
Position held: King of Bohemia
Born: 1205
Died: September 23, 1253, September 22, 1253

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Wenceslaus I (; c. 1205 – 23 September 1253), called One-Eyed, was King of Bohemia from 1230 to 1253. Wenceslaus was a son of Ottokar I of Bohemia and his second wife Constance of Hungary. Marriage and children In 1224, Wenceslaus married Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen, third daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany, and his wife Irene Angelina. Wenceslaus encouraged large numbers of Germans to settle in the villages and towns in Bohemia and Moravia. Stone buildings began to replace wooden ones in Prague as a result of the influence of the new settlers. Wenceslaus and Kunigunde had five known children:

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