(8740) Václav = 1998 AS8
Discovered 1998 Jan. 12 by M. Tichý and Z. Moravec at Kleť.
Named for Czech prince Václav (c.908-c.929), Czech kings
Václav I (1205-1253), Václav II (1271-1305) and his son Václav III (1289-1306),
all from royal dynasty of Přemyslids, and Czech king and
Roman emperor Václav IV of Luxembourg (1361-1419),
the son of Charles IV. Prince Václav was killed by his brother,
Boleslav I. Later he was worshipped as a saint and from eleventh century
he became patron of the Czech lands and the symbol of the Czech
statehood. King Václav III was also killed, and he was the
last male descendant of the Přemyslids dynasty. Václav is still the most
common Slavonic name in the Czech Republic. Name endorsed
by J. Tichá.
(MPC 34628 – 1999 May 4)
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