See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

SIGISMUND (1368-1437)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor and See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary and Bohemia, was a son of the emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles IV. and See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth, daughter of Bogislaus V., See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania . He was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 15th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1368, and in 1374 was betrothed to Maria, the eldest daughter of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis the See also:

• GREAT

Great, king of See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland and Hungary . Having become See also:

• MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

margrave of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg on his f.ither's See also:

• DEATH

death in 1378, he was educated at the Hungarian See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court as king of Hungary that he had succeeded in establishing his authority and in doing anything for the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• LAND

land . Entrusting the government of Bohemia to See also:

• SOPHIA (1630-1714)

Sophia, the widow of See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus, he hastened into Hungary; but the Bohemians, who distrusted him as the betrayer of See also:

• HUSS (or Hus), JOHN (c. 1373-1415)

Huss, were soon in arms; and the See also:

• FLAME (Lat. flamma; the root flag- appears in flagrare, to burn, blaze, and Gr. d, XEryew)

flame was fanned when See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund declared his intention of prosecuting the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against heretics who were also communists . Three See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against the Ilussites ended in disaster; the See also:

• TURKS

Turks were again attacking Hungary; and the king, unable to obtain support from the See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German princes, was powerless in Bohemia . His attempts at the See also:

• DIET

diet of See also:

• NUREMBERG (Ger. Nurnberg)

Nuremberg in 1422 to raise a See also:

• MERCENARY (Lat. mercenarius, from merces, reward, gain)

mercenary See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army were foiled by the resistance of the towns; and in 1424 the See also:

• ELECTORS (Ger. Kurfursten, from Kilren, O.H.G. kiosan, choose, elect, and Furst, prince)

electors, among whom was Sigismund's former ally, See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I. of See also:

• HOHENZOLLERN

Hohenzollern, margrave of Brandenburg, sought to strengthen their own authority at the expense of the king . Although the See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme failed, the danger to See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany from the See also:

• HUSSITES

Hussites led to fresh proposals, the result of which was that Sigismund was virtually deprived of the leadership of the war and the headship of Germany . In 1431 he went to See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan where on the 25th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November he received the Lombard See also:

• CROWN

crown; after which he remained for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time at See also:

• SIENA

Siena, negotiating for his See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation as emperor and for the recognition of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of See also:

• BASEL (Fr. Bale)
• BASEL (Fr. Belle, but Basle is a wholly erroneous form; Ital. Basilea)
• BASEL, CONFESSION OF
• BASEL, COUNCIL OF

Basel by See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• EUGENIUS

Eugenius IV . He was crowned emperor at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome on the 31st of May 1433, and after obtaining his demands from the pope returned to Bohemia, where he was recognized as king in 1436, though his See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power was little more than nominal . On the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1437 he died at See also:

• ZNAIM (Czech Znojmo)

Znaim, and was buried at Grosswardein . By his second wife, See also:

• BARBARA, SAINT

Barbara of See also:

• CILLI (Slovene, Celje)
• CILLI, ULRICH, COUNT OF (1406-1456)

Cilli, he See also:

• LEFT

left an only daughter, Elizabeth, who was married to See also:

• ALBERT
• ALBERT (1490'1545)
• ALBERT (149o-1568)
• ALBERT (1522–1557)
• ALBERT (FRANCIS CHARLES AUGUSTUS ALBERT EMMANUEL) (1819—1861)
• ALBERT (FRIEDRICH RUDOLF ALBRECHT)
• ALBERT, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS
• ALBERT, MADAME (c. 2805—2846)

Albert V., duke of See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, afterwards the German king Albert II., whom he named as his successor . As he left no sons the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct on his death .

Sigismund was brave and handsome, courtly in his bearing, eloquent in his speech, but licentious in his See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners . He was an accomplished See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight and is said to have known seven See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages . He was also one of the most far-seeing statesmen of his See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day, and steadily endeavoured to bring about the See also:

• EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the Turks from See also:

• EUROPE

Europe by uniting Christendom against them . As king of Hungary he approved himself a born See also:

• POLITICAL

political reformer, and the military See also:

• MEASURES

measures which he adopted in that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country enabled the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom to hold its own against the Turks for nearly a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years . His sense of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice and See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour was slight; but as regards the death of Huss he had to choose between condoning the See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act and allowing the council to break up without result . He cannot be entirely blamed for the misfortunes of Germany during his reign, for he showed a willingness to See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt reform; but he was easily discouraged, and was hampered on all sides by poverty, which often compelled him to resort to the meanest expedients for raising See also:

• MONEY

money .