Joanna of Bavaria
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Joanna of Bavaria, a member of the House of Wittelsbach, was Queen of Germany from 1376 and Queen of Bohemia from 1378 until her death, by her marriage with the Luxembourg king Wenceslaus.
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