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Sigismund of Burgundy. Sigismund ( Latin: Sigismundus; died 524 AD) was King of the Burgundians from 516 until his death. He was the son of king Gundobad and Caretene. He succeeded his father in 516. Sigismund and his brother Godomar were defeated in battle by Clovis 's sons, and Godomar fled.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Sigismund (born Feb. 15, 1368, probably Nürnberg—died Dec. 9, 1437, Znojmo, Bohemia) was the Holy Roman emperor from 1433, king of Hungary from 1387, German king from 1411, king of Bohemia from 1419, and Lombard king from 1431. The last emperor of the House of Luxembourg, he participated in settling the Western Schism and the Hussite wars in ...
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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 and 1411–1415). As the husband of Mary, Queen of Hungary, he ...
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Other articles where Sigismund is discussed: France: The conquest of Burgundy: …moved into Burgundy, whose king, Sigismund, Theodoric’s son-in-law, had assassinated his own son. Sigismund was captured and killed. Godomer, the new Burgundian king, defeated the Franks at Vézeronce and forced them to retreat; Clodomir was killed in the battle. Childebert I, Chlotar I, and Theodebert I, the ...
Nov 18, 2016 · Saint Sigismund was a King of Burgundy (Eastern France) at the start of the 6th century. The 6th century was a tumultuous time in Europe; the Western Roman Empire had fallen and various groups of peoples were creating new nations from the skeleton of Rome’s empire throughout Europe and Africa. The powerful Franks took control of a large swath ...
St. Sigismund. ST. SIGISMUND. Feast: May 1. The era of the Merovingian kings of France was brutal and barbaric, and these kings were especially noted for their savagery and cruelty. But it was also a period of high sanctity, some saints martyred and others converting or converted St. Sigismund was the king of Burgundy, whose father had been an ...
In 1410, after the death of Emperor Rupert, Sigismund was finally elected German king, that is, king of the Romans. Coronation was impeded by the wars among factions of German princes; but finally, on Nov. 8, 1414, he was crowned king at Aachen. In his new role Sigismund attempted to achieve the unity of the Empire and the Church.
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