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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

1316 - 1378

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Charles IV (Czech: Karel IV.; German: Karl IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus (Czech: Václav, German: Wenzel), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany (King of the Romans) in 1346 and became King of Bohemia that same year. He was a member of the House of Luxembourg from his father's side and the Bohemian House of Přemyslid from his mother's side; he emphasized the latter due to his lifelong affinity for the 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor has received more than 1,904,159 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor is the 353rd most popular politician (up from 442nd in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Politician.

Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, is most famous for being the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1355-1378. He was the son of Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV and Beatrice of Sicily. Charles IV became Holy Roman Emperor when his father died in 1347. He was the last Holy Roman Emperor to be crowned in Rome.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 353 out of 15,577Before him are Turhan Hatice Sultan, Hafsa Sultan, Mustafa II, Stepan Bandera, Philip I of Castile, and Cambyses II. After him are Edward VIII, Golda Meir, Barack Obama, Herod Antipas, Shimon Peres, and George V.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1316, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1After him are John I of France, Robert II of Scotland, Magnus IV of Sweden, Choe Yeong, Simeon of Moscow, Blanche of Valois, Fa Ngum, Albert of Saxony, John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, and John Barbour. Among people deceased in 1378, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1After him are Pope Gregory XI, Joanna of Bourbon, and Galeazzo II Visconti.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 13 out of 973Before him are Oskar Schindler (1908), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Edmund Husserl (1859), Milan Kundera (1929), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875), and Václav Havel (1936). After him are Ferdinand Porsche (1875), Miloš Forman (1932), Alphonse Mucha (1860), Karel Čapek (1890), John of Nepomuk (1350), and Joseph Schumpeter (1883).

Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1After him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Miloš Zeman (1944), Edvard Beneš (1884), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Klement Gottwald (1896), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Emil Hácha (1872), Václav Klaus (1941), and Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein (1940).