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Coat of arms of the House of Luxembourg–Bohemia Arms of Charles IV as Holy Roman Emperor. Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378 [1]), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus (German: Wenzel, Czech: Václav), [2] was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378.
King John's eldest son Charles IV was elected King of the Romans in 1346 and succeeded his father as King of Bohemia in the same year. Charles IV created the Bohemian Crown lands on the foundation of the original Czech lands ruled by the Přemyslid dynasty until 1306, together with the incorporated provinces in 1348.
Charles IV (Karel I.) 1346–1378 Son of John. Also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles IV. Wenceslaus IV (Václav IV.) 1378–1419 Son of Charles I. Also King of the Romans until 1400. Sigismund (Zikmund) 1419–1437 Brother of Wenceslaus IV. Ruled effective 1436–1437 only (because of the Hussite Revolution). Also Holy Roman Emperor and King of ...
His eldest son, Charles IV succeeded him on the Bohemian throne. Emperor and King Charles IV. Luxembourg. Earlier in 1346, the Pope Clement VI declared the Emperor Louis IV a heretic and demanded a new Imperial election. Charles IV was the pope's preferred candidate and he was crowned as the King of Romans in November 1346 in Bonn. Charles had ...
Son of John. Also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles IV. 41 Wenceslaus IV (Václav IV.) 1378–1419 Son of Charles I. Also King of the Romans until 1400. 42 Sigismund (Zikmund) 1419–1437 Brother of Wenceslaus IV. Ruled effective 1436–1437 only (because of the Hussite Revolution). Also Holy Roman Emperor and King of Hungary. House of Habsburg; 43 ...
Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine (1604–1675) Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740), Duke of Brabant and King of Sicily as Charles IV; Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751–1819), styled "Charles IV of England and Scotland" by Jacobites; Charles IV of Spain (1748–1819) Charles IV of Norway (1826–1872), also known as Charles XV in ...
The beginnings of the Czech nobility can be seen in the time of the first Přemyslid princes and kings, i.e. in the 9th century. As a legally defined state of nobility in the Czech lands, it arose in the course of the 13th century, when members of noble families began to own newly built stone castles.
The brief reign of Joseph I (1705–1711) was followed by that of Charles VI (1711–1740). Between 1720 and 1725, Charles concluded a series of treaties by which the various estates of the Habsburg lands recognized the unity of the territory under Habsburg rule and accepted hereditary Habsburg succession, including the female line.