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
Statue of Charles IV near Charles Bridge (1848), Prague, by Ernst Julius Hähnel
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown were the states in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods with feudal obligations to the Bohemian kings. The crown lands primarily consisted of the
Coats of arms of the Holy Roman Empire and the Bohemian Crown on the Tower of Charles Bridge in Prague.
Atlas Van der Hagen KW1049B10 052 REGNUM BOHEMIA, ANNEXAE PROVINCIAE, UT DUCATUS SILESIA, Marchionatus MORAVIA, et LUSATIA quae sunt TERRAE HAEREDITARIAE IMPERATORIS