Charles IV was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House of Luxembourg from h
Portrait detail from Votive Panel of Jan Očko of Vlašim, c. 1371
Bust of Charles IV in St. Vitus Cathedral, 1370s
The Golden Bull of 1356
Statue of Charles IV near Charles Bridge (1848), Prague, by Ernst Julius Hähnel
John of Bohemia
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John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg, was the King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland from 1310, and Count of Luxembourg from 1313. He is well known for having died while fightin
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
…Bohemian side of his inheritance, and also because his direct ancestors in the Přemyslid line included two saints. He was the eldest son and heir of John of Bohemia, King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg, who died at the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346. His mother, Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, was the sister…
14th-century bust of John of Bohemia, St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague with the coats of arms of Bohemia and Luxembourg
Gold florin coin of John the Blind of Bohemia
John's wedding to Elisabeth of Bohemia at Speyer
Seal of John of Bohemia. The Latin inscription on the border of the seal reads: iohannes dei grat boemie et pol rex lvcembvrg comes