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Wenceslaus IV of Luxembourg
King of Bohemia and King of the Romans, although the electors deposed him from the latter office. The religious and political tensions of his time preceded the Hussite Wars.
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Key details
Birth: 1361 Pending review
Death: 1419 Pending review
Role: King
Dynasty: Luxembourg · ES
Territories: Bohemia (ES) · Germany (ES) · Moravia (ES) · Silesia (ES)
Recorded governments and reigns
King of the Romans · Germany · Reign Pending review1376–1378Co-rulerElected or crowned during the predecessor’s lifetime; authority was not exclusive.
King of the Romans · Germany · Reign Pending review1379–1400Effective rule
King · Bohemia · Reign Pending review1378–1419Effective rule
Margrave · Moravia · Margraviate Inferred1411–1419Effective ruleBrno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.
Sovereign · Silesia · Government Inferred1378–1419Effective ruleThe enfeoffed princes and the bishop of Nysa retain their own governments. The area represents superior sovereignty; Schweidnitz-Jauer was incorporated in 1392. Greater Poland, Lusatia and Glatz are excluded. This does not derive from the imperial office.
Recorded relationships
Parents
Charles IV of LuxembourgPending reviewAnna of Świdnica · ESPending review
Their titles over time
Follow the changing territories and offices of Wenceslaus IV of Luxembourg. Each title retains its own status.
Governments in 1378
- Holy Roman Empire (Germany)King of the Romans
View titles and jurisdictions
- Germany · ESKing of the Romans · Co-ruler1376–1378 · Elected or crowned during the predecessor’s lifetime; authority was not exclusive.
- Crown of Saint Wenceslaus2 titles and offices
View titles and jurisdictions
- Bohemia · ESKing · Effective rule1378–1419
- Silesia · ESSovereign · Effective rule · Overlordship of the Bohemian crown over the Silesian duchies; not direct ducal possession1378–1419 · The enfeoffed princes and the bishop of Nysa retain their own governments. The area represents superior sovereignty; Schweidnitz-Jauer was incorporated in 1392. Greater Poland, Lusatia and Glatz are excluded. This does not derive from the imperial office.
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Corona regni Bohemiae), constituted by Charles IV in 1348 and placed under Saint Wenceslaus’s patronage: the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Margraviate of Moravia and the Silesian duchies effectively governed by this person. Provincial titles are retained; Prussian Silesia is not assigned to a Habsburg monarch. Source for this grouping
Annual dates: overlap within one year does not prove that two offices were held on the same day. Regencies and co-rulerships retain their labels.
Evidence for this profile
9 recorded claims · 7 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (0/2 with a precise source)
- BirthPending review
1361
A precise source has not yet been added. - DeathPending review
1419
A precise source has not yet been added.
Family and relationships (0/2 with a precise source)
- FatherPending review
Charles IV of Luxembourg
A precise source has not yet been added. - MotherPending review
Anna of Świdnica
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (2/5 with a precise source)
- GovernmentPending review
King of the Romans · Germany · 1376–1378
A precise source has not yet been added. - GovernmentPending review
King of the Romans · Germany · 1379–1400
A precise source has not yet been added. - GovernmentPending review
King · Bohemia · 1378–1419
A precise source has not yet been added. - GovernmentInferred
Margrave · Moravia · 1411–1419
Brno and Olomouc are regional urban centres; they are not equated with the monarch’s exclusive ownership of Moravia and do not erase seigneurial or episcopal jurisdictions. Olomouc begins with the privilege of 1378 and is excluded during the documented Swedish and Prussian occupations.Archivo municipal de Brno · privilegio de 17 de febrero de 1411 · Wenceslaus IV remits Brno’s taxes after Jobst’s death; reference to the original in the Brno Archive, collection of letters and mandates.City of Olomouc · history of the city · Jobst’s privilege in 1378; loyalty to Sigismund; election of Corvinus in 1469 and agreement of 1479; Frederick of the Palatinate in 1620; Swedish occupation, 1642–1650, and Prussian occupation, 1741–1742; royal confirmation by Maria Theresa in 1762.Olomouc Municipal Archives · original charter of Jobst · Olomouc District Archive, City Archive collection, Charters, inventory 37: Margrave Jobst’s permission of 1378 to build a town hall and merchants’ hall. - GovernmentInferred
Sovereign · Silesia · 1378–1419
The enfeoffed princes and the bishop of Nysa retain their own governments. The area represents superior sovereignty; Schweidnitz-Jauer was incorporated in 1392. Greater Poland, Lusatia and Glatz are excluded. This does not derive from the imperial office.City of Wrocław · history · The Duchy of Wrocław (Breslau) was incorporated into the Crown of Bohemia in 1335 after the death of Henry VI; Habsburg from 1526; Prussian conquest in 1741.Archiwa Państwowe · original royal charter of 1469 · In 1469 Matthias Corvinus confirmed the privileges of Wrocław and Środa Śląska granted by John and Wenceslaus. Effective regional authority despite his rival title in Bohemia.Homann · Ducatus Silesiae, 1716 · David Rumsey Collection · Regional map of Upper and Lower Silesia and its duchies. Crown sovereignty is distinguished from each prince’s local government.German Historical Institute · Growth of the Habsburg Empire, 1282–1918 · Map of acquisitions: Austria and Styria in 1282, Carinthia in 1335, Tyrol in 1363, Bohemia and Silesia in 1526, Hungary in 1699 and the Banat in 1718. Imperial office did not confer dominion over all imperial states.
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
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