Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia

Duke of Bohemia

Wenceslaus II
Duke of Bohemia
Reign	September – December 1191
Predecessor	Conrad II
Successor	Ottokar I

Born	1137
Died	c. 1192 (aged c. 55) Margravate of Meissen
Dynasty	Přemyslid
Father	Soběslav I

Wenceslaus II (Czech: Václav II.) (1137 – after 1192) was the son of Soběslav I and brother of Soběslav II. He was the duke of Bohemia following Conrad II in 1191.

Life

He was the duke of Olomouc and Brno, but was deposed by Duke Frederick in 1179 and exiled. He returned from exile after thirteen years on Conrad's death.

Wenceslaus was deposed after a reign of three months by Frederick's half-brother Ottokar. He tried to flee to the Emperor Henry VI, but was captured by the margrave of Lusatia, who imprisoned him until his death.

References

Preceded by

Conrad II

Duke of Bohemia
1191–1192

Succeeded by

Ottokar I

Monarchs of Bohemia

Přemyslid

Legendary	Czech Krok Libuše Přemysl the Ploughman Valasca Nezamysl Mnata Vojen Vnislav Křesomysl Neklan Hostivít
c. 870–1198 (Dukes)	Bořivoj I Spytihněv I Vratislaus I Saint Wenceslaus Boleslaus I Boleslaus II Boleslaus III Vladivoj Boleslaus the Brave¹ Jaromír Oldřich Bretislaus I Spytihněv II Vratislaus II (I)² Conrad I Bretislaus II Bořivoj II Svatopluk the Lion Vladislaus I Sobeslaus I Vladislaus II (I)² Frederick Sobeslaus II Frederick Conrad II Otto Wenceslaus II Ottokar I Henry Bretislaus Vladislaus III Henry
1198–1306 (Kings)	Ottokar I Wenceslaus I Ottokar II Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III

Non-dynastic

1306–1310	Henry the Carinthian Rudolph I

Luxembourg

1310–1437	John the Blind Charles IV (I) Wenceslaus IV Sigismund

Habsburg

1437–1457	Albert Interregnum Ladislaus the Posthumous

Non-dynastic

1457–1471	George Matthias I³

Jagiellonian

1471–1526	Vladislaus II Louis

Habsburg

1526–1780	Ferdinand I Maximilian Rudolph II Matthias II Ferdinand II Frederick⁴ Ferdinand III Leopold I Joseph I Charles II Charles Albert (II)^3, ⁵ Maria Theresa