Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Monarch from the House Luxemburg, 1387 to 1437 King of Hungary, 1410 to 1437 King of Germany, 1419 to 1437 King of Bohemia and 1433 to 1437 Holy Roman Emperor

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1368

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1437

Profession: monarch

Nationality: Hungary, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

  • Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 in Nuremberg – 9 December 1437 in Znaim, Moravia) 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 from 1433 until 1437, and the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.
  • In 1396 he led the Crusade of Nicopolis, which attempted to liberate Bulgaria and save the Byzantine Empire and Constantinople from Ottoman rule.
  • Afterwards, he founded the Order of the Dragon 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 also led to the Hussite Wars that dominated the later period of Sigismund's life.

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