700. výročí úmrtí Václava III. - vymření Přemyslovců po meči
weight: 31.1 g
purity: 999,9/1000 Au
edge: plain - číslováno
r. 2006 quality proof - limited mintage 200 pcs
Objednávkový kód: CRM84
Vclav III. - (6. 10. 1289 - 4. 8. 1306) - Czech, Polish and Hungarian king. The last ruler of the Pemyslovci.
Vclav III. was the son Wenceslas II. and Guty Habsburg. His sisters were Pemyslovny Anna, Elizabeth, Margaret and Agnes youngest, whose mother was the second wife and heiress Vclavova Polish throne Richenza (Rejka).
As a nine-year Wenceslas III. engaged, the only daughter of Hungarian King Andrew III. August 27, 1301 and was under the name of Ladislav V. crowned king of Hungary. Opposition to Pfemyslids in Hungary, however, was extremely strong and intensified. At the local throne edged teeth Charles Robert of Anjou, who with the support of the Pope and the domestic nobility eventually Wenceslas III. from Buda routed. The besieged city had Pemyslovci even help young father Vclav II. After his death in 1305 he inherited Vclav III. Czech and Polish crown.
He canceled his engagement to Elizabeth, which will also give up claim to the Hungarian throne and took to wife Viola Tnsk relatively insignificant branch of the Piast dynasty. What had made this step, it is not entirely clear. Maybe he wanted to strengthen his influence over the strategically important Tnsk who walked the route to the then major city of Krakow in Lesser Poland. There are militarily engaged prince Wadysaw I the Elbow-high, who strived for the Polish crown. Wenceslas` allies invaded and eventually conquered the castle of Cracow, who held the Czech crew. Vladislav Vclav against organized military expedition, but he did not come to Poland. Do not seventeen King was assassinated on August 4 Olomouc. His death marked the end of the male line of the family Pemyslovc in Bohemia. Who and why he killed the king, with certainty about never know.