Yep, this actually happened.
In the summer of 1306, 17-year-old King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia was at the height of power on paper, at least. He held the titles of King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Poland, but in reality, his rule was shaky. Rebellions were brewing, enemies surrounded him, and his court was a mess of politics and paranoia.
Then one day, while staying in the Moravian town of Olomouc, Wenceslaus did something completely ordinary: he went to the toilet.
Now, medieval toilets privies weren’t exactly secure. They were basically wooden seats built over a vertical shaft. And that’s where things took a turn.
Someone stabbed him.
According to old reports, the assassin crept up and thrust a blade up through the floorboards, striking Wenceslaus as he sat. One of the wounds supposedly hit him in the groin. Then, either from the attack or sheer bad luck, the wooden floor collapsed, and the teenage king fell down into the waste pit below.
That’s how he died. Not in battle. Not on a throne.
On a toilet.
To make things even more dramatic, no one was ever caught. The murder remains a mystery. But with Wenceslaus dead, the entire Přemyslid dynasty one of the oldest royal families in Europe suddenly ended.