The death of Rupert, King of Germany,…
1411 CE
The death of Rupert, King of Germany, in 1410 had avoided a brewing popular war of restoration on behalf of deposed former emperor Wenceslas.
Wenceslas had named himself a candidate for the German throne, but the electors, unwilling to deal with the embarrassment of reelecting him, had named to the kingship his half-brother Sigismund, King of Hungary, and Jobst, or Jossus, Margrave of Moravia.
Jobst, elected in 1410, dies in 1411.
Wenceslas enter his candidacy once again, but Sigismund, party to a scheme whereby Wenceslas will retain his title and receive a pension, procures his own election as King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor-elect.