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Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

1289–1306 · 14th century · Also known as Ladislaus V of Hungary

Wenceslaus III was king of Hungary from 1301 to 1305, as Ladislaus V, and king of Bohemia and Poland in 1305–1306. Son of Wenceslaus II, he was elected in Hungary after the extinction of the Árpád dynasty but lost ground to Charles Robert of Anjou and handed his claim to Otto of Bavaria. His murder at Olomouc in 1306 ended the Přemyslid dynasty.

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