Background

He was the fourth and youngest son of Henry VIII the Sparrow, Duke of Głogów by his wife Katharina, daughter of Duke Władysław of Opole. After his father"s early death in 1397, Wenceslaus and his older brothers succeeded him in his lands as co-rules, but remained under the care of their mother and settled their residence in Kożuchów, who, together with Zielona Góra, was her Oprawa wdowia.

Career

In 1417 was made a new division, this time in the Duchy of Głogów: Henry IX the Older and Henry X Rumpold retained Głogów and Szprotawa, and Wenceslaus received the towns of Krosno Odrzańskie, Świebodzin and Bytnica. Wenceslaus died around 1431, after accidentally shot himself while handling a gun without precaution.

Achievements

• The official guardianship of the young princes and the regency of the Duchy were held by the Duke Rupert I of Legnica until 1401, when Wenceslaus"s older brother January I attained his majority and assumed the government of the Duchy and the custody of his younger brothers by himself.