Prokop of Luxembourg Characters

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1354/5 - 24 September 1405
Prokop of Luxembourg, son of John Henry of Luxembourg, was a provincial governor of the kingdom and Margrave of Moravia from 1375 to 1405. Together with his brother Jobst, he was to rule Moravia, but most of the time they fought disputes over succession and the future of the Luxembourg dynasty, which had ambitions to win the Polish and Hungarian crowns.
After the death of Charles IV, he initially supported the policies of Sigismund of Luxembourg and fought against Wenceslas in the so-called Margraviate Wars. But after the Bohemian nobility imprisoned Wenceslas, he sided with him and became his ally.
The relations between the Luxembourgs, Prokop and Jobst illustrate very aptly the intrigues of the time. Jobst and Prokop waged wars against each other for years, only to ally themselves with Wenceslas against Sigismund and then betray the King and side with Rupert of the Palatinate.
When Sigismund once again kidnapped the King and imprisoned him in 1402, Prokop was also captured as his ally in Pressburg (Bratislava) and held for two years. His illegitimate son George of Luxembourg was the last descendant of the Luxembourg dynasty, who could not inherit any property or titles.

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