Can anyone tell me a brief history of the carol " Good King Wenceslas".. "Here we come awassailing..

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and "I saw three ships"

Answer 1

King Wenceslas was the monarch of what is now the Czech Republic (Bohemia and Moravia). His statue is up on the great mall in the center of Prague.

Here is more info:http://www.royalty.nu/Europe/Wenceslas.html