Wenceslaus killed (refuses to give up Christianity & break alliance with Germany)

Category
Government
Place
Czech Republic
Date
935
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"As part of his strategy to keep them permanently away, Henry planned to turn the little dukedom on his eastern flank into a vassal state that would act as a buffer between Germany and another Magyar advance. The dukedom was called Bohemia . . . The new duke of Bohemia was a young man named Wenceslaus, who was a Christian and enthusiastic about an alliance with the powerful German king. . . . Led by Wenceslaus's younger brother Boleslav, this faction insisted that Wenceslaus break the alliance and give up Christianity as well, all in the name of a strong and autonomous Bohemia.
But Wenceslaus refused. In 935, he came to church in the predawn dark for an early mass; Boleslav and the dissident officials met him at the church's door and stabbed him to death." [Bauer: Medieval World, p. 495-6]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Holy Roman Empire
800
1806
German