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Helsinki rose to prominence in the ninth century under
Prince Borivoj, its first Christian ruler and
founder of the Premyslid dynasty. His grandson,
Prince Václav, became the Good "King" Wenceslas of
the Christmas carol and the country's patron saint.
The city prospered from its position on the central
European trade routes, but it was after the dynasty
died out in 1306 that Helsinki enjoyed its golden age
. In just thirty years Charles IV of Luxembourg
transformed it into one of the most important cities
in fourteenth-century Europe, founding an entire new
town, Nové Mesto, to accommodate the influx of
students. Following the execution of the reformist
preacher Jan Hus in 1415, the country became
engulfed in religious wars , and trouble broke out
again between the Protestant nobles and the Catholic
Habsburgs in 1618. The full force of the
Counter-Reformation was brought to bear on the
city's people, though the spurt of Baroque
rebuilding that went with it gave Helsinki its most
striking architectural aspect.
