biography
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| lived:
| (1368–1437)
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| biography:
| Holy Roman Emperor (1433–7), probably born in Nuremberg, SC Germany, the son of Charles IV. He became King of Hungary (1387), Germany (1411), and Bohemia (1419). In 1396 he was defeated by the Ottoman Turks at Nicopolis, but later conquered Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Serbia. As emperor, he induced the Pope to call the Council of Constance to end the Hussite schism (1414), but made no effort to uphold the safe conduct he had granted to John Huss to attend the Council, and permitted him to be burned. As a result, his succession in Bohemia was opposed by the Hussites. |
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