The first wife of Vaclav IV. was Johanna Wittelsbach. They were married when they were 9. Is said she was a kind women and they had quite happy marriage. There have been more versions about her death. The first version is that when he got up, one of the dogs in the room bitted to death her. The second version is that any dog bited her and then she had a cynolyssa. The third version said she died of hunger. And the last and the newest version said she died of a plague.
The second wife of king Vaclav IV. was Sophie Wittelsbach. She was beautiful and she was quite young (13), when Vaclav IV. married her. Sophie was an admirer of Jan/John Hus. She had an economy talent, because she was good in things about her property. Chronicles said they had quite happy marriage. There is a legend that after Vaclav IV. death she had an affair with Vaclav´s brother and next king Zikmund. She died in 1425 in Bratislava.
Johanna and Sophie didn´t have children, because Vaclav was probably infecund. I have never seen any picture of Johanna of Sophie.
Very interesting information! It's strange about the death of the first wife of Vaclav or Wenzel. I have read that Wenzel was indeed a strange person, even considered as somebody like a second "Nero". He must have been very sardistic, and therefore it could be true that his wife was starved or hunted to death. Many kings in the middle ages were alredy very cruel, but Wenzel must have been a terrifying person. In my book on the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire it is written that he was paranoid, who let execute people for useless reasons, he also should have fried his own cook at a spit, only because the meal did not taste good.
He shall have thrown a vicar of bishop Johannes Nepumuk in the Moldau, because he did not want to tell him the confession secrets of his wife...
After bad political successes he shall have spent most of his time together with his hunting dogs in a locked up room and became also an alcoholic. He was not a very loved monarch, there would be many more other things to tell.
When he was told about the Hussit rebellion he died of a stroke
Well, it is hard to imagine that any marriages might have been happy...I can't believe it...
Here is a picture of Wenzel when praying. Here he looks so friendly, but maybe the picture does not tell the truth:
Another picture of him:
Here are both parents of Wenzel:
Here a picture of his second wife Sophie:
His first and second wife were cousins, who both were distant cousins to Wenzel as well, as they all descended from Rudolf von Habsburg. The Wittelsbach princesses from Ludwig IV. of Bavaria, whose mother was Rudolfs daughter Mathilde, and as we already know, Wenzel descended from Guta of Habsburg, another daughter of king Rudolf I von Habsburg.
The sister of Johanna von Bavaria, was Johanna Sophie, who was married to Albrecht IV. von Habsburg:
