Reign thumb|Seal of Wenceslaus I With the support of the nobles, Wenceslaus took control of the government.Butler, Alban. "St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, Martyr", The Lives of the Saints, Vol. IX 1866 He "reined in the dependent dukes who had become restive under the regency and used Christianity to strengthen his state."Agnew, Hugh LeCaine. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown Palo Alto, California: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2004. n.p.,
Reign thumb|Seal of Wenceslaus I With the support of the nobles, Wenceslaus took control of the government.Butler Alban. ",St. Wenceslas, Duke of Bohemia, Martyr", The Lives of the Saints, Vol. IX 1866 He "reined in the dependent dukes who had become restive under the regency and used Christianity to strengthen his state."Agnew, Hugh LeCaine. The Czechs and the Lands of the Bohemian Crown Palo Alto California: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2004. n.p.,