{"slug": "sigismund-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57124", "qid": "Q57124", "description": "Monarch from the House of Luxemburg (1368-1437)", "entries": 27, "years": 21, "span": [1368, 1437], "span_label": ["1368 CE", "1437 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 5}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "charles-iv-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "hussite-wars", "label": "Hussite Wars", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-bohemia", "label": "Kingdom of Bohemia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "king-of-the-romans", "label": "King of the Romans", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "frederick-i-elector-of-brandenburg", "label": "Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-empire", "label": "Holy Roman Empire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-france", "label": "Kingdom of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wallachia", "label": "Wallachia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ottoman-turks", "label": "Ottoman Turks", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "middle-ages", "label": "Middle Ages", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1368, "year_label": "1368 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1437)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371792677#Births", "title": "1368", "revid": 1371792677, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1378, "year_label": "1378 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 29", "text": "November 29 – Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, dies in Prague. He is succeeded by his son, Wenceslaus, as King of Bohemia, but the office of Holy Roman Emperor falls into abeyance, until Charles's son Sigismund is crowned in 1433.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019926#October–December", "title": "1378", "revid": 1366019926, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1382, "year_label": "1382 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 25", "text": "November 25 – The nobles of Greater Poland assemble at Radomsko and, not wishing to be ruled by Mary' of Hungarys fiancee, the future Sigismund of Luxembourg, choose Mary's younger sister, Jadwiga, to become ruler of Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367364320#October–December", "title": "1382", "revid": 1367364320, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1385, "year_label": "1385 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Sigismund of Luxembourg, Margrave of Brandenburg and son of the late Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, enforces a 1373 agreement of betrothal and marries Mary, Queen of Hungary, citing an agreement that had been made by King Louis I of Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362439687#October–December", "title": "1385", "revid": 1362439687, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17 – Mary of Hungary dies, ending of the reign of Hungary by the Capet-Anjou family. Her co-reigning estranged husband, King Sigismund, becomes sole ruler of Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019527#April–June", "title": "1395", "revid": 1366019527, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1395, "year_label": "1395 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – The death of King Stjepan Dabiša leads to the election of his wife Jelena Gruba as Queen of Bosnia. However, most of the Bosnian land is soon appropriated by King Sigismund of Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366019527#July–September", "title": "1395", "revid": 1366019527, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 28", "text": "March 28 – A War Council in Buda, led by King Sigismund of Hungary is held with representatives of various Christian nations to begin the Nicopolis Crusade against the Muslims of the Ottoman Empire for the liberation of Bulgaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#January–December", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1396, "year_label": "1396 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – Battle of Nicopolis: The Ottomans defeat a joint crusade by Hungary, France, the Holy Roman Empire, and Wallachia, led by King Sigismund of Hungary. This is the last large-scale crusade of the Middle Ages.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360576293#July–September", "title": "1396", "revid": 1360576293, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1401, "year_label": "1401 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – King Zsigmond of Hungary refuses to comply with demands of the Archbishop John Kanizsai and the Palatine Derek Bebek, he is taken prisoner. Sigismund remains captive until October 29.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347806355#April–June", "title": "1401", "revid": 1347806355, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1402, "year_label": "1402 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 19", "text": "February 19 – Sigismund of Křižanov, Prokop of Luxemburg and King Wenceslas IV of Bohemia carry out an unsuccessful raid on the military garrison of Jihlava in an attack against the Kingdom of Croatia, led by Sigismund of Luxembourg. The Bohemians are routed, and Wenceslas is captured.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#January–March", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1405, "year_label": "1405 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – King Zsigmond of Hungary marries for the second time, in a wedding to Barbara of Cilli.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337543539#October–December", "title": "1405", "revid": 1337543539, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1410, "year_label": "1410 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Following the death of Rupert, King of the Romans, on May 18, a council of three electors— Louis III, Elector Palatine; Werner von Falkenstein, Elector of Trier and Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg, Burgrave of Nuremberg votes to elect King Sigismund of Hungary as the new King of the Romans and the informal \"King of Germany\". The rest of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire refuse to accept Sigismund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1337551949#July–September", "title": "1410", "revid": 1337551949, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1411, "year_label": "1411 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Jobst, King of the Romans and Elector of Brandenburg, a member of the House of Luxembourg who had been elected to rule as the German monarch on October 1, dies suddenly at the age of 35 following a suspected poisoning. His death clears the way for Jobst's cousin and rival, Sigismund of Hungary, to become the new King of the Romans, and for control of the Electorate of Brandenburg to pass from the House of Luxembourg to the House of Hohenzollern, with Frederick of Hohenzollern becoming the new Elector in return for supporting the election of Sigismund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354941251#January–March", "title": "1411", "revid": 1354941251, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1414, "year_label": "1414 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "November 8", "text": "November 8 – The coronation of Sigismund of Luxembourg as King of the Romans takes place at Aachen, four years after he had been elected.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368828978#October–December", "title": "1414", "revid": 1368828978, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1415, "year_label": "1415 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Sigismund, King of the Germans, who convened the Council of Constance, meets in Spain with the antipope Benedict XIII, and makes an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Benedict to resign.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371593286#July–September", "title": "1415", "revid": 1371593286, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1416, "year_label": "1416 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Sigismund, King of Germany, and King Henry V of England conclude the Treaty of Canterbury, an alliance of the two nations against France.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829186#July–September", "title": "1416", "revid": 1368829186, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1416, "year_label": "1416 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "December 2", "text": "December 2 – Through the Council of Constance and diplomatic treaties during late 1416, Sigismund, King of Germany unifies the fractured Catholic Church and isolates the Bohemian reformers, providing him with the necessary authority to later initiate the Hussite Wars against Jan Žižka.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829186#October–December", "title": "1416", "revid": 1368829186, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1416, "year_label": "1416 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Sigismund, King of Germany, creates the independent Duchy of Savoy with Count Amadeus the Peaceful becoming the first Duke of Savoy and taking the regnal title Amadeus VIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368829186#January–March", "title": "1416", "revid": 1368829186, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 15", "text": "March 15 – Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor, orders the execution of the Hussite Jan Krása, who had led an uprising against the Empire at Wroclaw.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#January–March", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1420, "year_label": "1420 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 1", "text": "November 1 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Vyšehrad – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, fails and is ejected from Bohemia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365937924#October–December", "title": "1420", "revid": 1365937924, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1421, "year_label": "1421 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28– A treaty is signed at Vienna between Sigismund, King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia and Germany and Albert V, Duke of Austria for Sigismund's daughter Elizabeth of Luxembourg, to marry Albert (on April 19, 1422) and confirming Elizabeth's rights as heiress presumptive to the thrones of Hungary and Bohemia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365656442#July–September", "title": "1421", "revid": 1365656442, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1425, "year_label": "1425 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 1", "text": "August 1 – In Germany, Frederick of Wettin is enfoeffed by Sigismund, King of the Germans at Ofen as the new Elector of Saxony", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360580047#July_–September", "title": "1425", "revid": 1360580047, "section": "Events › July –September"}}, {"year": 1430, "year_label": "1430 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Bratislava Castle is converted to a fortress under Sigismund of Luxembourg.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369561329#Date_unknown", "title": "1430", "revid": 1369561329, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1433, "year_label": "1433 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 31", "text": "May 31 – Sigismund is crowned as the Holy Roman Emperor in Rome. The Imperial throne has been vacant for more than 52 years since the death of Sigismund's father, Charles IV, in 1378.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320602#April–June", "title": "1433", "revid": 1351320602, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1436, "year_label": "1436 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 5", "text": "July 5 – The Hussite Wars effectively end in Bohemia. Sigismund is accepted as King.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351320639#July–September", "title": "1436", "revid": 1351320639, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1368)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#Deaths", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 9", "text": "December 9 – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, dies, and is succeeded by Frederick III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#October–December", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}