Saint Wenceslas (circa 907 - September 28, 935) - Prince of the P�emyslids, martyr and the main patron of the Czech lands, the symbol of Czech statehood.

Birthday legendary Prince is not known with certainty can not be determined or the year of his death. Older literature suggests the year 929 September 28, today historians tend rather to the year 935. The parents were Prince Wenceslas Vratislav I. and his wife Drahom�ra. His grandfather Prince Bo�ivoj I was the first historically documented P�emyslid Prince, St. Ludmila grandmother raised him in the castle Tet�n.

On the Czech throne, the young Wenceslas after his father died in the year 921. Initially, however, ruled under the tutelage Ludmila. But it was in September of that year killed a guardianship took Drahom�ra. As an independent ruler began V�clav act already in 922. Two years later he left to Prague Castle to transport the remains of his grandmother Ludmila from her aunt's. V�clav promoted Christianity, legends depict him as a very pious man. The opposition, represented mainly by his younger brother Boleslav, he blamed his excessive binding to Saxony, which has deterred tax Czech principality. Hostility to Wenceslas culminated in the murder Boleslav, where he lured his brother. Immediately afterwards, he and his entourage occupied Prague Castle and had to declare the prince. Boleslava however, probably caught conscience, because soon left body of Wenceslas transferred to the newly built St. Vitus Cathedral at Prague Castle.

Vaclav people attributed miracles, was seen as heavenly ruler and protector of the state, his cult soon spread to the Russian-speaking regions of Europe. Charles IV. had made St. Wenceslas crown, which became a symbol of Czech statehood. Today, as a relic of inestimable value stored at the Church. Vit.

The legendary Prince Wenceslas became apparently nevyobrazovan�j�� historical figure on the Czech coins, medals but also the sealer. His portrait began to appear regularly already on denars from the time of Prince Jaromir (1004 - 1012. As a rider on horseback began V�clav be displayed during the reign of Vladislav II. (1140-1172), later a saint fame spread gold ducats. The equestrian portrait of St. Wenceslas, supplemented text "Saint Wenceslas, perish forbid us and future," moreover also adorn contemporary Czech twenty crowns.