Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia
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Wenceslaus II (1137–1192) was the son of Sobeslav I
and brother of Sobeslav II. He was the duke of Bohemia following Conrad II
in 1191.
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.
Sobeslav I of Bohemia
Sobeslaus I was Duke of Bohemia from 1125 until his death. He was a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, the youngest son of Vratislaus II , the first Bohemian duke to also rule as king, with his third wife Svatava of Poland.-Life:...
and brother of Sobeslav II. He was the duke of Bohemia following Conrad II
Conrad II of Bohemia
Conrad II Otto was a member of Přemyslid dynasty, son of Duke Conrad II of Znojmo. He was the duke of Znojmo from 1177 until he was made margrave of Moravia from 1182 to 1186. He was then duke of Bohemia from 1189 to his death...
in 1191.
He was the duke of Olomouc
Olomouc
Olomouc is a city in Moravia, in the east of the Czech Republic. The city is located on the Morava river and is the ecclesiastical metropolis and historical capital city of Moravia. Nowadays, it is an administrative centre of the Olomouc Region and sixth largest city in the Czech Republic...
and Brno
Brno
Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
, but was deposed by Duke Frederick
Frederick of Bohemia
Frederick was the duke of Olomouc from 1164 and then duke of Bohemia from 1172 to 1173 and again from 1178 to his death. He was the son of King Vladislaus II, who abdicated in 1172 in his favour...
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
Ottokar I of Bohemia
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. He tried to flee to the Emperor Henry VI, but was captured by the margrave of Lusatia
Lusatia
Lusatia is a historical region in Central Europe. It stretches from the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers in the east to the Elbe valley in the west, today located within the German states of Saxony and Brandenburg as well as in the Lower Silesian and Lubusz voivodeships of western Poland...
, who imprisoned him until his death.