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Also Known As Vaclav II
Born September 17, 1271
Died June 21, 1305 (aged 33)
Title / Office king (1300-1305), Poland • king (1278-1305), Bohemia
House / Dynasty house of Přemysl

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Wenceslas III
king of Bohemia and Hungary
Smetana
Bedřich Smetana
Bohemian composer
Jan Rokycana
Bohemian archbishop
John of Luxembourg
John
king of Bohemia
George
George
king of Bohemia
Wenceslas I
Wenceslas I
prince of Bohemia
Otakar II
king of Bohemia
Břetislav I
Bohemian prince
Wenceslas I
Wenceslas I
king of Bohemia
Vladislas II
king of Bohemia and Hungary
Prokop The Bald
Bohemian priest
Boleslav II
prince of Bohemia
Otakar I
king of Bohemia
Boleslav I
prince of Bohemia
Boleslav III
prince of Bohemia
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland
Jan Hus
Jan Hus
Bohemian religious leader
Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk
prime minister of Poland
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa
Holy Roman empress
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman

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