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Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

1316 - 1378

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Charles IV (German: Karl IV.; Czech: Karel IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus (German: Wenzel, Czech: Václav), 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 (as Charles I) 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

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor is the 227th most popular politician (up from 258th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 13th 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 227 out of 19,576. Before him are Joanna of Castile, Benjamin Netanyahu, Richard Nixon, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Deng Xiaoping, and Charles X of France. After him are Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Mithridates VI of Pontus, Murad IV, Manmohan Singh, Jacques Chirac, and Bhumibol Adulyadej.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 9 out of 1,200. Before him are Gustav Mahler (1860), Ivana Trump (1949), Gregor Mendel (1822), Antonín Dvořák (1841), Jan Hus (1369), and John Amos Comenius (1592). After him are Bedřich Smetana (1824), Milan Kundera (1929), Oskar Schindler (1908), Alphonse Mucha (1860), Václav Havel (1936), and Rainer Maria Rilke (1875).

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Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ranks 1. After him are Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), Edvard Beneš (1884), Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1892), Ottokar II of Bohemia (1233), Miloš Zeman (1944), Klement Gottwald (1896), Václav Klaus (1941), Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1289), Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), and Emil Hácha (1872).

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