Puffer Genealogy
Wencellas Duke of Luxemburg & Brabant
1337 - 1383 (46 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Wencellas Duke of Luxemburg & Brabant was born on 25 Feb 1337 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (son of Jan\John King of Bohemia and BOURBON, Beatrice of); died on 7 Jul 1383 in Luxembourg. Other Events and Attributes:
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Wencellas married Joan Dutchess of Brabant on 13 Mar 1352. Joan (daughter of BRABANT, John III of Duke of Brabant) was born on 24 Jun 1332; died on 1 Dec 1406. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Jan\John King of Bohemia was born on 10 Aug 1296 in Prague, Czechoslovakia (son of Heinrich VII Emperor of The Holy Roman Empire and Marguerite Countess pf Brabant); died on 26 Aug 1346 in Crecy-En-Ponthieu, Somme, France; was buried in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
He is known for having died while actively fighting in a military battl e at age 50, after having been blind for a decade.
Jan\John married BOURBON, Beatrice of on 31 Aug 1310 in Speyer, Pfalz, Bavaria. Beatrice was born in 1321; died on 27 Dec 1383. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. BOURBON, Beatrice of was born in 1321; died on 27 Dec 1383. Other Events and Attributes:
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Notes:
n 1334, Beatrice married John of Luxembourg who had been a widower sinc e the death of his first wife, Elisabeth of Bohemia, in 1330. Since the t wo were related in a prohibited degree, Pope Benedict XII had to give d ispensation for the marriage. The dispensation was given at the request o f King Philip VI of France. The wedding was solemnized in Château de Vi ncennes. The marriage contract stipulated that if a son was born from t he marriage, the County of Luxembourg, as well as lands belonging to it , would go to him. [1] Beatrice arrived in Bohemia in 1336. The new Queen of Bohemia and Count ess of Luxembourg brought with her an annual income of 4,000 livres. Sh e was crowned Queen of Bohemia in St. Vitus Cathedral on 18 May 1337. [ 1] Beatrice was not popular in Bohemia. Shortly after her coronation, in J une 1337, she left the kingdom and went to live in Luxembourg. John die d in 1346 and Beatrice ceased to be queen.
Children:
- 1. Wencellas Duke of Luxemburg & Brabant was born on 25 Feb 1337 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; died on 7 Jul 1383 in Luxembourg.
Generation: 3
4. Heinrich VII Emperor of The Holy Roman Empire was born in 1274 in Luxembourg; died on 24 Aug 1313. Other Events and Attributes:
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Heinrich married Marguerite Countess pf Brabant on 9 Jun 1292. Marguerite was born on 4 Oct 1276 in Brabant, Belgium; died on 14 Dec 1311. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Marguerite Countess pf Brabant was born on 4 Oct 1276 in Brabant, Belgium; died on 14 Dec 1311. Other Events and Attributes:
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Children:
- 2. Jan\John King of Bohemia was born on 10 Aug 1296 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; died on 26 Aug 1346 in Crecy-En-Ponthieu, Somme, France; was buried in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
- LUXEMBOURG, Marie De was born in 1305 in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; died on 25 Mar 1324 in Issoudun, France; was buried in Montargis, Loiret, Centre, France.
- Beatrix Princess of Luxembourg was born in 1305 in Prague, Czechoslovakia; died on 11 Nov 1319; was buried in Varadin.