Seven electors pick an emperor
Charles IV, a Luxembourg, issued the Golden Bull of 1356, which fixed how seven electors chose the king of the Romans. Its rules held for more than four hundred years.
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Charles IV
1316–1378 · Luxembourg
Holy Roman Emperor. Born at Prague. Died at Prague.
See Charles IV on the tree On the map Thrones
Reigned
| 1333–1349 | Margrave of Moravia |
| 1346–1378 | King of Bohemia |
| 1346–1353 | Count of Luxembourg |
| 1355–1378 | Holy Roman Emperor |
Family
- Father
- John of Bohemia
- Mother
- Elizabeth of Bohemia
- Married
- Blanche of Valois 1323
Anne of Bavaria 1349
Anna von Schweidnitz 1353
Elizabeth of Pomerania 1363 - Children (8)
- Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary 1335
Catherine of Bohemia 1342
Elisabeth of Bohemia 1358
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia 1361
Anne of Bohemia 1366
Sigismund 1368
John of Görlitz 1370
Margaret of Bohemia, Burgravine of Nuremberg 1373 - Siblings (6)
- Margaret of Bohemia, Duchess of Bavaria 1313
Bonne de Luxembourg 1315
Nicolaus of Luxemburg 1322
John Henry 1322
Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Austria 1323
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg 1337
Related to
- Charles IV was the 16× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Charles IV was the 11× great-grandfather of Victoria.
- Charles IV was the 7× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.