Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak Václav, Hungarian Vencel, Polish Wac?aw), (October 6, 1289 – August 4, 1306) was the king of Hungary (1301 - 1305) and king of Bohemia (1305 - 1306).

Kingdom of Hungary

His father accepted the crown of Hungary on behalf of Wenceslaus III in 1301. On August 27 1301, Wenceslaus III was crowned in Székesfehérvár as the King of Hungary and as such assumed the name Ladislaus V (Hungarian: V. László, Czech and Slovak: Ladislav V.). At that time the Kingdom of Hungary was de-facto split into several principalities ruled by the corresponding nobles and Wenceslaus was only accepted as the king of Hungary by the rulers in Slovakia (Matthew Csák and the Omodejs) and western present-day Hungary (the Güssings ). Within the chaos in Hungary, the Omodejs and Matthew Csák switched the sides in 1303 and started to support Wenceslaus' antiking Charles Robert of Anjou. Consequently, the young Wenceslaus, sitting in Buda, became afraid and wrote to his father in Prague for help. His father took a large army and invaded Buda, but having considered the situation, he took his son and the Hungarian crown and they went home to Bohemia. Ivan of Güssing was named to represent Wenceslaus III in Hungary. After his father's death, Wenceslaus III definitively decided to waive the Hungarian throne, and on December 6 1305 he relinquished the crown to Otto, Duke of Lower Bavaria. But even Otto, who was still only supported by the Güssings, was jailed in 1307 and waived the throne in 1308, so that Charles Robert became the only ruler of Hungary.

Related Topics:
August 27 - 1301 - Székesfehérvár - Kingdom of Hungary - Slovakia - Matthew Csák - Omodej - Güssing - Charles Robert of Anjou - Buda - Prague - Otto, Duke of Lower Bavaria - Charles Robert

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