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Second son of Emperor Charles IV; through his marriage to Queen Mary he became king of Hungary in 1386, and organised a crusade against the Ottoman Turks, who were attacking the southern part of the country in 1396; King of Bohemia from 1419; accused of complicity in the execution of the religious reformer Jan Hus, leading to the Hussite wars ...
In 1422 Albert married Elisabeth of Luxemburg, the daughter and heiress of the King Sigismund of Hungary (later also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia), and his second wife, the Slovenian noblewoman Barbara of Celje. Besides Hungary, Albert's marriage brought him claims to several Slavic kingdoms and principalities as well.
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars
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 ...
Sigismund of Luxembourg was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437. He was elected King of Germany in 1410, and was also King of Bohemia from 1419, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg. As the husband of Mary, Queen of Hungary, he was also King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387. He was the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.
Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch who as King of Hungary and Croatia (jure uxoris) from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1437, as well as prince-elector of Brandenburg (1378–1388 and 1411–1415). He was the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.
Sigismund of Luxembourg was born on 15 February 1368, in Nuremberg, an important town under the Holy Roman Empire. His father, Charles IV, was the King of Bohemia and also the Holy Roman Emperor. His mother, Elizabeth of Pomerania, was his father’s fourth and final wife. Born second of his parents’ eight children, he had three surviving ...
