Sigismund of Luxembourg
| Sigismund | |
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Emperor Sigismund, aged approximately 50
(attributed to Pisanello) |
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| Holy Roman Emperor | |
| Reign | 1433–1437 |
| Coronation | 31 May 1433 in Rome |
| Predecessor | Charles IV |
| Successor | Frederick III |
| King of Hungary and Croatia | |
| Reign | 1387–1437 |
| Coronation | 31 March 1387 in Székesfehérvár |
| Predecessor | Mary |
| Successor | Albert |
| King of Germany | |
| Reign | 1411–1437 |
| Coronation | 8 November 1414 in Aachen |
| Predecessor | Rupert |
| Successor | Albert II |
| King of Bohemia | |
| Reign | 1419–1437 |
| Coronation | 27 July 1420 in Prague |
| Predecessor | Wenceslaus IV |
| Successor | Albert |
| Born | 14 February 1368 Nuremberg, Kingdom of Germany |
| Died | 9 December 1437 (aged 69) Znojmo, Kingdom of Bohemia |
| Burial | Oradea |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | Elizabeth of Luxembourg |
| House | House of Luxemburg |
| Father | Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor |
| Mother | Elizabeth of Pomerania |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Sigismund of Luxemburg (14 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was Prince-elector of Brandenburg from 1378 until 1388 and from 1411 until 1415, King of Hungary and Croatia from 1387, King of Germany from 1411, King of Bohemia from 1419, King of Italy from 1431, and Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, the last male member of the House of Luxemburg. Sigismund von Luxembourg was the leader of the last West European Crusade - the Crusade of Nicopolis of 1396. Afterwards he founded the Dragon Order to fight the Turks. He was regarded as highly educated, spoke several languages (among them; French, German, Hungarian, Italian, and Latin) and was an outgoing person who also took pleasure in the tournament. Sigismund was one of the driving forces behind the Council of Constance that ended the Papal Schism, but which in the end also led to the Hussite Wars that dominated the later period of Sigismund's life.
Born in Nuremberg, Sigismund was the son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV, and of his fourth wife, Elizabeth of Pomerania, the granddaughter of King Casimir III of Poland, and the great-granddaughter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania, Gediminas. He was named after Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, the favourite saint of Sigismund's father. From Sigismund's childhood he was nicknamed the "ginger fox" (liška ryšavá) in the Crown of Bohemia, on account of his hair colour.
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