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Sarah Jane looks at Harry and remarks, "Good King Wenceslas." In the 2007 Christmas special entitled "Voyage of the Damned", an alien tour guide on board an alien spaceship replica of the Titanic mistakenly believes that Good King Wenceslas is the current monarch of the United Kingdom while explaining Earth's history.
Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ⓘ; c. 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good [5] was the Prince of Bohemia from 921 until his death, probably in 935. According to the legend, he was assassinated by his younger brother, Boleslaus the Cruel .
Wenceslaus IV (also Wenceslas; Czech: Václav; German: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle"; [1] 26 February 1361 – 16 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he was deposed in 1400.
Saint Ludmila was the grandmother of Saint Wenceslaus, [2] who is widely referred to as Good King Wenceslaus. Saint Ludmila was canonized shortly after her death. As part of the process of canonization, in 925, Wenceslaus moved her remains to St. George's Basilica, Prague.
Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on St. Stephen's day, known as Boxing Day in the UK. An Anglo-Catholic , Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy .
He escaped the murderers of Wenceslas, but later met his end after avenging the murder of Duke Wenceslaus. [1] It is said that after killing the chief conspirator of the assassination, he fled to the forest seeking forgiveness. He was surrounded by Prince Boleslaus I's retainers and dragged to the gallows. The chroniclers tell us that his body ...
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907–935 or 929), saint and subject of the Christmas carol "Good King Wenceslas" Wenceslaus II, Duke of Bohemia (died 1192) Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205–1253), King of Bohemia; Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271–1305), King of Bohemia and Poland; Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289–1306), King of Hungary ...
Piae Cantiones is a 16th-century Finnish songbook containing a number of songs that are well known as Christmas carols. The category includes both the original Latin titles and, if the song is better known under a translated or alternative name (such as "Good King Wenceslas"), also its Latin first line redirect (i.e. Tempus adest floridum).