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	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third and last German Emperor and fourth Bohemian king of the Luxembourg dynasty, Sigismund, second son of the Emperor Charles IV, was born in Nuremberg.
		Sigismund was margrave of Brandenburg from 1378, succeeding his father, until 1388 when he handed it to his cousin Jobst of Moravia.
		As emperor, Sigismund was instrumental in helping convene the Council of Constance (1414 - 1418), which ended the Papal schism and — of great consequence to Sigismund's future career — burned the Czech religious reformer Jan Hus at the stake for heresy in July 1415.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor (560 words)

	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
		The fourth and last German Emperor and Bohemian king of the Luxembourg dynasty, Sigismund, second son of the Emperor Charles IV, was born in 1368 in Nuremberg.
		It was as king of Bohemia from 1419 in succession to his elder half-brother Wenceslaus IV that Sigismund faced the greatest challenge of his reign.
		Accused of complicity in the burning of the Czech religious reformer Jan Hus by the the Catholic Church leadership in Rome (1415), Sigismund was ejected by the Hussite forces on his attempt to take over the country (1420).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/em/Emperor_Sigismund.html (251 words)

	Sigismund - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sigismund Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1368–1437)
		Sigismund III Vasa, King of Sweden (as Sigismund I) and Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania (1566–1632).
		Sigismund, a famous bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, cast in 1520
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigismund (162 words)

	Sigismund of Luxembourg - 30-05-2001 - Radio Prague
		Sigismund was born in 1368, and Sigismund 's mother, Elizabeth of Pomerania, was Charles' fourth wife.
		Sigismund was Charles' second son, and therefore the second heir to the throne.
		Sigismund's position in the Czech Lands was a difficult one and till the end of his life he had to fight for at least some respect.
	www.radio.cz /en/article/11864 (1369 words)

	Timeline Luxembourg
		1346 Nov 26, Charles IV of Luxembourg was elected Holy Roman Emperor in Germany.
		The Battle of the Bulge was the final major German counter-offensive of the war and thrust deep into allied territory in N and E Belgium and Luxembourg.
		1973 Ruth Lewis Farkas (1907-1996), was appointed ambassador to Luxembourg by Pres.
	timelines.ws /countries/LUXEMBOURG.HTML (636 words)

	Zawisza Czarny Online Research :: Information about Zawisza Czarny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1416 he went with Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor the King of Germany and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire to Aragon where he participated in a tournament in Perpignan.
		In 1419 he went to Sigismund again, as a deputy of King JagieÅÅo, to ask for the hand of Ofka, the widow of Sigismundâs brother Wenceslaus, Holy Roman Emperor King of Bohemia.
		He left probably with the King Sigismund to fight the Turks and in 1428 during the Battle of Golubac on the Danube (Serbia) he was captured by the Turks and probably murdered.
	in-northcarolina.com /search/Zawisza_Czarny.html (521 words)

	A XV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1387 Queen Maria’s husband, Sigismund of Luxembourg was also crowned king, and they reigned jointly until the death of Maria in 1395.
		In 1401 the rebellious barons invited Ladislas of Naples, the son of Charles II to the throne.
		Sigismund’s successor was his son-in-law Albert of Hapsburg, who fell seriously ill in the autumn of 1439 and died on the way from Visegrád to Vienna.
	web.axelero.hu /visegradmuz/visegrad/eng/to706_09.htm (554 words)

	Royalty.nu - Grand Dukes and Duchesses of Luxembourg, the House of Nassau
		Luxembourg is a constitutional monarchy; the grand duke is the head of state, but he swears to observe the country's laws and has little political power.
		Luxembourg had fallen into chaos during the rule of her father, Henry IV, but Ermesinde regained lost territories and reorganizing the government.
		France conquered the Austrian Netherlands in 1795, and for the next 20 years Luxembourg was France's "Department of Forests." In 1815, after the overthrow of Napoleon I, the Congress of Vienna granted Luxembourg independence as a grand duchy and gave it to King William I of the Netherlands.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Luxembourg.html (1059 words)

	Ancestors and Family of Barbara Celjska (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Barbara of Cilli (Slovene: Barbara Celjska) or Barbara of Celje was the daughter of Herman II, Count of Celje and his wife Anna von Schaunberg.
		Barbara married Sigismund of Bohemia, son of Charles IV of Bohemia and Elzbieta of Slupsk, in 1408.
		(Sigismund of Bohemia was born on 14 Feb 1368 in Nuremberg and died on 9 Dec 1437.)
	nygaard.howards.net /files/3/25024.htm (59 words)

	Radio Prague: From the Archives
		Vaclav's death and Sigismund's claim to the throne sparked an explosion of violence.
		Sigismund's thirty-thousand-strong army of crusaders, which stood outside Prague at the end of June 1420, didn't intend to destroy the city, but to starve it out.
		Sigismund was accepted as the king of Bohemia, although his powers were somewhat restricted, and by the year 1436, the movement, which had started more than twenty years earlier with the aim of reforming the weakened Catholic church in Europe, was over.
	archiv.radio.cz /english/archive/15-7-98.html (1182 words)

	SIGISMUNDUS - Rex et Imperator
		The marriage of Queen Mary and Sigismund of Luxembourg
		European crusaders are led against the ottomans by Sigismund, the crusade ends with defeat at the battle of Nicopolis
		Death of Sigismund at Znojmo, burial at the cathedral of Várad
	www.sigismundus.hu /zsigcsasz_eng.htm (429 words)

	Sigismund of Luxembourg (from Hungary) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Sigismund of Luxembourg (from Hungary) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Luxembourg has come under the control of many states and ruling houses in its long history, but it has been a separate, if...
		The last emperor of the House of Luxembourg, he participated in settling the Western Schism and the Hussite wars in Bohemia.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-34792 (698 words)

	Fortress
		In 1392 they entertained their royal guest, Sigismund of Luxembourg here.
		When Sigismund confiscated the Lackfis' property because of treason, he only retained the land in Tata for himself, while distributing the rest of their lands among his supporters.
		The buildings of his father, King Charles IV, must have been in his mind, when Sigismund, Hungary's king and emperor of the Holy Roman Empire developed the castle into a palace that could meet any royal claim.
	members.tripod.com /~kainczk/ang4.htm (383 words)

	Battle of Nicopolis, 25 September 1396
		The crusader army was based on the Hungarian army of Sigismund of Luxembourg, with a large French element led by some of the greatest French nobles, including Marshal Boucicautalong with German, Polish, Italian and English elements.
		Sigismund proposed to use his own horse-archers as the first attack, with the Crusader cavalry in reserve to deliver the decisive blow against the Ottoman lines.
		Sigismund's force was engaged with the Ottoman cavalry, when it was ambushed by the Serbian allies of Sultan Bajazet, led by Stephen Lazarevitch, who had retained his lands at the price of becoming an Ottoman vassal.
	www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/battles_nicopolis.html (426 words)

	decendents of Henry VII of Luxembourg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		of_Luxembourg, Baldwin [85721] archbishop-elector of Trier, 1307-1354 b.1285
		of_Luxembourg, Charles IV [85717] count of Luxembourg king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, 1347-1378
		of_Luxembourg, Wenzel [85714] count of Luxembourg king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor, 1378-1400 king of Bohemia, 1378-1419 b.1361
	www.hdhdata.org /roots/i3690.shtml (81 words)

	Portrait of Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg by PISANELLO
		Portrait of Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg by PISANELLO
		The artist depicted Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387-1437), King of Hungary and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, full face, turned slightly away from the plane of the picture.
		On all four sides the face and the neck are encircled by soft, brown fur, identical in colour and texture.
	www.wga.hu /html/p/pisanell/sigismun.html (329 words)

	Luxembourg Heads
		After the death of her father, Sigismund of Luxembourg, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, the Hungarian States recognized her as Lady of the Land (Landesherrin), which pawed the way for her first husband, Albert von Habsburg's election as king of Hungary.
		1596-1621 Duchess Isabella Clara Eugenia of Habsburg-Spain of Luxembourg and Franche-Comté
		Her full title was By the Grace of God Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Duchess of Nassau, Countess-Palatine and Electress of the Rhine, Countess of Sayn, Hadenburg, Königstein, Krazenborgen and Dietz, Burgravine of Hammerstein, Dame of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg and Eppstein.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Luxembourg_Heads.htm (722 words)

	Order of the Dragon
		It was created in 1408 by the Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund (then the king of Hungary).
		Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Hungary, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire (after 1410)
		After the death of Sigismund in 1437, the Order of the Dragon lost much of its prominence, though its iconography was retained on the coats-of-arms of several noble families.
	www.rodoslovlje.com /medieval_serbia/eng/history-dragon.htm (274 words)

	Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Sigismund (February 14/15, 1368 - December 9, 1437) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 to 1437.
		His rivals to the title were his elder half-brother Venceslaus of Bohemia, who had never accepted his deposition as emperor ten years earlier, and Jobst of Moravia, who was elected in a rival election.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Sigismund_of_Hungary (520 words)

	Who's Tzepesh
		In the eve of the XV-th century a Romanian prince called Vlad was sent by the emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg to rule in the state of Wallachia situated between the Carpathian mountains and the Danube river.
		As a sign of appreciation, the emperor Sigismund gave to Vlad a necklace with a dragon.
		This dragon became the emblem of the state of Wallachia and Vlad was surnamed Vlad Draco (or Dracu).
	www.tzepesh.ro /html/who_s_tzepesh.html (397 words)

	Stirpes - Battle of Nicopolis, 25 September 1396 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The crusader army was based on the Hungarian army of Sigismund of Luxembourg, with a large French element led by some of the greatest French nobles, including
		Sigismund himself managed to escape downstream to Constantinople, but the Sultan, apparently enraged by earlier massacres of Turkish prisoners, killed all but a dozen of his French captives.
		At the military council before the battle, Sigismund advised a cautious approach and proposed to use his own horse-archers as the first attack, with the Crusader cavalry in reserve to deliver the decisive blow against the Ottoman lines.
	forum.stirpes.net /printthread.php?t=1551 (3259 words)

	www.Lietuva.lt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On May 3, 1413 Benedict Makra, an arbitrator sent by Emperor Sigismund von Luxembourg, officially recognised that the lands reaching from the mouth of the Nemunas River and Klaipeda are part of Lithuania.
		The Polish border patrol did not permit passage of the envoys of Emperor Sigismund von Luxembourg.
		These envoys were attempting to deliver the royal crown and the legal acts, related to the coronation.
	www.lietuva.lt /?Lang=5&ItemId=29448 (2458 words)

	The Titles of the European Rulers
		Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Germany and Hungary, regained Brandenburg after the death of his cousin Jost of Luxembourg (1411), Margrave of Moravia.
		Sigismund appointed Frederick VI of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg, to govern the Margraviate of Brandenburg (1411).
		Sigismund of Luxembourg, King of Germany and Hungary, ceded Brandenburg with the Electoral rights to Frederick VI of Hohenzollern, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1415).
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/brandenburg.html (6640 words)

	Johannes de Thurocz: Chronica Hungarorum
		In that time one of the members of the family Ondrej from Turiec was on the Court of King Sigismund of Luxembourg.
		For his services to the Court of King Sigismund, he obtained the locality called Pýr as a donation, which after him his brother Peter inherited, father of the chronicler called Ján.
		The period of the reign of King Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387-1437) and also of Matthias Corvinus (1458- to 1487) was described on the basis of diplomatic sources as privilegiums, donations, letters and correspondence of significant dignitaries (for example letters of Jan Vitez of Sredna to Jan Hunyadi).
	www.caslin.sk /htdoc/diglib/chrohung/descr.htm (1541 words)

	thePeerage.com - Person Page 11401
		She married Sigismund de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Charles IV de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth von Pommern, in 1385.
		She married Sigismund de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, son of Charles IV de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth von Pommern, in 1408.
		He was the son of Charles IV de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor and Elisabeth von Pommern.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11401.htm (885 words)

	Sigismund of Luxembourg (from Hungary) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Sigismund of Luxembourg (from Hungary) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a country of only 999 square miles (2,586 square kilometers), surrounded by Belgium, Germany, and France.
		After centuries as one of the most powerful nations of Europe, proud Austria was forced to divide its empire with Hungary in 1867.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-34792 (700 words)

	Villa Gerechen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Its church has been in existence for a thousand years and was noted as a place of pilgrimage since 1345 when Pope Kelemen 6th mentions it in a letter that was dated in September of that year.
		One of the nicest legends regarding the village is in connection with Sigismund of Luxembourg.
		The later to be Holy Roman Emperor, Czech and Hungarian king was forced into asylum in the nearby Siklós Castle, after this, he spent some time in the village.
	www.gorcsony.hu /ujsag/villag_angol.htm (655 words)

	A Brief History About The Dracul
		He possibly spent a period of his youth at the court of Sigismund I of Luxembourg, the king of Hungary, as a token of faithfulness of Mircea's alliance with Sigismund.
		He resided in Sighisoara, where toward the end of the year his second son, Vlad (later called Vlad the Impaler or Dracula) was born.
		Shortly after the child's birth, it became known that Sigismund had selected Vlad as his candidate to rule Wallachia.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Forum/2853/dracul.htm (1027 words)

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