Elisabeth Richeza Of Poland
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (Czech: Eliška Rejčka; Polish: Ryksa Elżbieta ) (1 September 1286 – 18 October 1335) was a daughter and the only surviving child of Przemysl II of Poland (originally prince of Greater Poland and Poznan) and his second wife Richeza of Sweden, herself a daughter of Valdemar I of Sweden and Sofia of Denmark.
Her name at birth was Richeza; she adopted the name Elizabeth after her first marriage. She became queen consort of Bohemia as the second wife of Wenceslaus II and remained such as wife of Rudolph of Habsburg who succeeded Wenceslaus as King of Bohemia.
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