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Charles IV loved Prague and the city flourished during his rule. The Prague bishopric was upgraded to an archbishopric and when the king was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 1355, Prague's status increased to the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. Many building projects were started during Charles' reign, including the St. Vitus Cathedral.
In 1333, Charles IV of Prague returned to Bohemia. He was appointed as the Margrave of Moravia and tasked to administer the Czech Kingdom. In 1341, he was recognized as the heir to the crown, but it wasn’t until 1346 when he inherited the title King of Bohemia. In 1355, he was also formally instated as the Holy Roman Emperor.
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( Latin: Imperator Romanorum, German: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period [1] ( Latin: Imperator Germanorum, German: Römisch-deutscher Kaiser, lit. 'Roman-German emperor'), was the ruler ...
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Mother. Elizabeth of Pomerania. Sigismund of Luxembourg [a] (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany ( King of the Romans) in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg (1378–1388 ...
Charles IV. Golden Bull of Emperor Charles IV, constitution for the Holy Roman Empire promulgated in 1356 by the emperor Charles IV. It was intended to eliminate papal interference in German political affairs and to recognize the importance of the princes, especially the electors, of the empire. Its name, like that of other “golden bulls ...
The Holy Roman emperor was the ruler and head of state of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne became the first emperor of what was later defined as the Holy Roman Empire when Pope Leo III proclaimed him ’emperor of the Romans’ in the year 800. The last Holy Roman Emperor was Francis II, who dissolved the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Charles was also responsible for shaping the life of his nephew, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. The latter, originally named Wenceslaus, came to the French court in 1323, aged seven, where he was taken under the patronage of the French king.
