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Karel IV Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire

Male 1316 - 1378  (62 years)


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  • Name , Karel IV 
    Suffix Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire 
    Nickname Charles I 
    Birth 14 May 1316  Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
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    Death 29 Nov 1378  Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3269  Puffers
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2020 

    Father Jan\John King of Bohemia,   b. 10 Aug 1296, Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Aug 1346, Crecy-En-Ponthieu, Somme, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Eliska Elizabeth Queen Of Bohemia,   b. 20 Jan 1292, Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1330, Vysehard, Praha, Praha, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years) 
    Family ID F6282  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Blanche de Valois,   b. 1317   d. 1348 (Age 31 years) 
    Children 
     1. Catherine of Bohemia,   b. 1342   d. 1395 (Age 53 years)
    Family ID F6426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 SCHWEIDNITZ, Anna Von,   b. 1339   d. 1362 (Age 23 years) 
    Children 
     1. BOHEMIA, Elisabeth of,   b. 19 Apr 1358   d. 4 Sep 1373 (Age 15 years)
     2. Wenceslaus IV King of Germany,   b. 1361   d. 1419 (Age 58 years)
    Family ID F6427  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 POMERANIA, Elisabeth of,   b. 1345   d. 1393 (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage May 1363 
    Children 
     1. OSTERRIECH, Anna Von,   b. 11 May 1366, Prague, Czechoslovakia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jun 1394, Surry, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)
     2. BOHEMIA, Sigismund of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire,   b. 14 Dec 1368   d. 9 Dec 1437 (Age 68 years)
     3. GORLITZ, John of,   b. 1370   d. 1396 (Age 26 years)
     4. Charles,   b. 13 Mar 1372   d. 24 Jul 1373 (Age 1 year)
     5. BOHEMIA, Margaret of,   b. 1373   d. 1410 (Age 37 years)
     6. Henry,   b. 1377   d. 1378 (Age 1 year)
     7. Sigismund Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia,   b. 15 Feb 1368, Nuremberg, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1437 (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F6428  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

    Family 4 BAVARIA, Anna of,   b. 1329   d. 1353 (Age 24 years) 
    Children 
     1. Wenceslaus,   b. 1350   d. 1351 (Age 1 year)
    Family ID F6429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • On 11 July 1346 Prince-electors had elected him King of the Romans (rex R omanorum) in opposition to Emperor Louis IV. Charles was crowned on 26 N ovember 1346 in Bonn. After his opponent had died, he was re-elected in 1 349 (17 June) and crowned (25 July) King of the Romans. In 1355 he was a lso crowned King of Italy on 6 January and Holy Roman Emperor on 5 Apri l. With his coronation as King of Burgundy, delayed until 4 June 1365, h e became the personal ruler of all the kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empir e.