Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia: Statue of Saint Wenceslaus in Olomouc (Czech Republic).

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Biography

Name:	Wenceslas
Variant Name:	Vaclav
Birth Date:	0903
Death Date:	September 28, 0935
Place of Birth:	Prague, Bohemia
Place of Death:	Stara Boleslav, Bohemia
Nationality:	Czech
Gender:	Male
Occupations:	feudal lord, king

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Biography of Wenceslas
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The medieval Czech ruler of the duchy of Bohemia, Wenceslas (ca. 903-935) is best known to the English-speaking world as the pious and kind leader immortalized in the English Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas." He is one of the Slavic peoples'...

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Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia Information
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Wenceslaus or Wenceslas (Czech: Václav, Help:IPA [ˈva:tslaf] (help·info)) (c. 907 – September 28, 935) was duke (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until his death. Wenceslas is best known in the English-speaking world as the subject of the Christmas...

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The Independent - London

Czech point ; For most of us, the name Wenceslaus evokes the popular Christmas carol. But who was he, and why is he still so beloved by his countrymen? Simon Calder follows in the Good King's footsteps
12/23/2006: 2,447 words, approx. 8 pages

Snow upon snow? No, row upon row - of tenement blocks, through which a man with the stocky build of a steelworker, wearing an imitation-leather coat and a brown corduroy hat, is leading me, silently. Our sole verbal communication so far has comprised one...

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The Village Voice

Bohemia on toast
05/14/2002: 1,206 words, approx. 4 pages

DAWN POWELL'S VILLAGE A possibly spurious anecdote the author Dawn Powell liked to relate finds a niece from Ohio dedining an invitation to lunch. I'd just love to, Aunt Dawn," she explained, 'only we've planned to take a tour of Greenwich Village and...

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