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Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg

1337–1383 · 14th century

Wenceslaus I was duke of Luxembourg and, through his marriage to Duchess Joanna, duke of Brabant and Limburg from 1355 until his death in 1383. A son of John the Blind of Bohemia and half-brother of Emperor Charles IV, he swore the Joyous Entry with Joanna in 1356. He was defeated and captured at Baesweiler in 1371, and he was a patron of the chronicler Jean Froissart.

Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg
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