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.

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Aachen Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany View →

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Jobst View → Sigismund View → Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia View →

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Moravian Margravate View → Bohemia, Kingdom of View → Holy Roman Empire View →

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German Civil War of 1400-11 View →

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