John Henry, Margrave of Moravia
| John Henry | |
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John Henry bust in St. Vitus Cathedral
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| Margrave of Moravia | |
| Reign | 1349 – 12. November 1375 |
| Predecessor | Charles IV |
| Successor | Jobst of Moravia |
| Count of Tyrol | |
| Reign | 1335-1341 |
| Born | 12 February 1322 |
| Died | 12 November 1375 Brno, Moravia |
| Burial | St. Thomas basilika Brno |
| Spouse |
Margaret Maultasch of Tyrol (div. 1342) Margaret of Opava |
| Issue | Catherine of Moravia Jobst of Moravia Elisabeth of Moravia Anna of Moravia John Sobieslaw of Moravia Prokop of Moravia |
| House | Luxembourg |
| Father | John of Bohemia |
| Mother | Elisabeth of Bohemia |
John Henry of Luxembourg (Czech: Jan Jindřich, German: Johann Heinrich; 12 February 1322 – 12 November 1375) was Count of Tyrol from 1335 to 1341 and Margrave of Moravia from 1349 until his death.
Henry was born at Mělník, the third surviving son of King John of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg and Queen Elisabeth of Bohemia. John Henry therefore was the younger brother of Emperor Charles IV.
His father John had made attempts to reconcile with his former rival Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol, Duke of Carinthia and Count of Tyrol, whom he had deposed as Bohemian King in 1310. In 1327, his son, John Henry, and Henry's daughter, Margaret Maultasch, were betrothed. Henry had no male heirs and John the Blind expected a considerable enlargement of the Luxembourg lands. John Henry and Margaret married on September 16, 1330 at Innsbruck. Nevertheless, Emperor Louis IV in the same year secretly promised the Carinthian duchy including the March of Carniola and large parts of Tyrol to the Austrian dukes Albert II and Otto the Merry from the House of Habsburg.
Thus, after Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol had died in 1335, Emperor Louis IV gave Carinthia and southern Tyrol including the overlordship of Trent and Brixen to the Habsburg dukes, who themselves could refer to their mother Elisabeth of Gorizia-Tyrol, sister of deceased Henry. King John the Blind felt deprived, he put an end to his quarrels with Casimir III of Poland and campaigned the Austrian duchy. A peace was concluded at the city of Enns on October 9, 1336, when John the Blind renounced Carinthia, while Margaret Maultasch and John Henry could inherit Tyrol.
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