Wenceslaus II () (1137 – after 1192) was the son of

Soběslav I Soběslav (; ) is a town in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, ur ...

and brother of Soběslav II. He was the

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following Conrad II in 1191.

Life

He was the duke of

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and

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, 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

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. He tried to flee to the

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, but was captured by the margrave of

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, who imprisoned him until his death.

References

1137 births 1192 deaths 12th-century monarchs of Bohemia Roman Catholic monarchs Dukes of Bohemia {{CzechRepublic-bio-stub