In 1290 Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia, a part of the Holy Roman Empire, inherited the independend dukedom of Krakow from his cousin Henry IV and he took over the government of Kraków and its duchy, which carried the overlordship of Poland.
In 1290 Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia, a part of the Holy Roman Empire, inherited the independend dukedom of Krakow from his cousin Henry IV Probus, (Henry of Breslau). He then took over the government of Kraków and its duchy, which carried the overlordship of Poland.