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Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch who reigned as King of Hungary and Croatia 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 ...
Jobst died in 1411, and Wenceslaus agreed to give up the crown, so long as he could keep Bohemia. This settled the issue, and after 1411, Sigismund reigned as king and later also became Holy Roman Emperor. The bishops and secular leaders, tired of the Great Schism, supported Sigismund when he called the Council of Constance in 1414. The goal of ...
Sigismundo ( Nuremberga, 15 de fevereiro de 1368 – Znojmo, 9 de dezembro de 1437) [ 1] foi o Imperador Romano-Germânico de 1433 até sua morte, além de Rei da Germânia, Hungria, Croácia e Boêmia e também Eleitor de Brandemburgo. Era filho do imperador Carlos IV e sua última esposa Isabel da Pomerânia . Sigismundo era considerado um ...
Sigismund of Luxemburg KG (Hungarian: Zsigmond, Croatian: Žigmund, Czech: Zikmund) (14 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387, of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also King of Italy from 1431, and of Germany from 1411.[1] Sigismund was one of the driving ...
Sigismund of Luxembourg (Czech: Zikmund Lucemburský) (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437), also referred to as the Red Fox (Czech: liška ryšavá) by Bohemians, was King of Hungary and Croatia, Germany, Bohemia, Italy and at a later point in life the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. He was a son of Charles IV and younger half-brother of Wenceslas IV of Bohemia. The actions of him and his ...
After the death of the German king and uncrowned Holy Roman Emperor Rupert in 1410, both Sigismund and his cousin, Jobst of Moravia, claimed victory in the imperial elections. Since Sigismund's half-brother Wenceslaus, who had been deposed from the German throne in 1400, had never waived his title, there were, for a time, three rulers of Germany.
Apr 14, 2024 · Search for: 'Sigismund' in Oxford Reference ». (1368–1437)Holy Roman Emperor (1411–37), king of Hungary (1387–1437), Germany (1411–37), Bohemia (1419–37), and Lombardy (1431–37), the last emperor of the House of Luxemburg. In 1396 he was defeated by the Turks at Nicopolis but went on to acquire and secure a large number of ...
