Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Mon, 27 Jul 2026 07:05:18 +0200Ludmila, the first Czech saint, grandmother of Wenceslas, martyred 1100 years agohttps://english.radio.cz/ludmila-first-czech-saint-grandmother-wenceslas-martyred-1100-years-ago-8727350© 2026 Radio Prague International Saint Ludmila, the first historically documented Duchess of Bohemia, was martyred 1100 years ago this September – strangled by assassins sent by her own daughter in law. Best known today as the grandmother and educator of the Czech patron saint “good King Wenceslas”, Saint Ludmila was among the few women in history to de facto rule over Bohemia. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/3b7529624f74b75af24a7ac7c464c3c6.jpg?timestamp=1691495357 Ludmila, the first Czech saint, grandmother of Wenceslas, martyred 1100 years ago https://english.radio.cz/ludmila-first-czech-saint-grandmother-wenceslas-martyred-1100-years-ago-8727350 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9