Sigismund of Luxembourg Characters

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February 14 1368 - December 9 1437
Sigismund of Luxembourg, son of Charles IV and his fourth wife Elizabeth of Pomerania, was king of Hungary and Croatia, then king of Germany, Bohemia and Lombardy.
His upbringing at the Hungarian court taught him the hard rules of politics. After his abduction by Hungarian nobility, he hardened towards them and tried to increase his prestige by gaining the imperial title of his brother Wenceslas IV.
Sigismund was rather positively received by the Bohemian nobility. However, some of them continued to support Wenceslas IV, which led to a prolonged military conflict. Sigismund, with the help of Bohemian and Moravian lords and an army reinforced by Cuman mercenaries, ravaged Bohemia in an attempt to destroy Wenceslas’ allies. Eventually, however, he was forced to retreat back to Hungary to suppress a noble rebellion.
He entered Bohemian history as an erudite, pragmatic ruler. He acted as a defender of Christianity against the expanding Ottoman Empire. After the death of his brother, he fought against the Hussite uprising, which did not acknowledge him as the rightful king. He called for four unsuccessful crusades against them and died shortly afterwards, just after being crowned Holy Roman Emperor.

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