Emperor Sigismund was the last male member of the House of Luxembourg.
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38 Facts About Emperor Sigismund
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Emperor Sigismund fought to restore and maintain authority to the throne.
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In 1396, Emperor Sigismund led the Crusade of Nicopolis, but was decisively defeated by the Ottoman Empire.
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Emperor Sigismund was one of the driving forces behind the Council of Constance that ended the Papal Schism, but which led to the Hussite Wars that dominated the later period of his life.
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Emperor Sigismund realized the need to carry out reforms of the Empire and the Church at the same time.
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Emperor Sigismund was named after Saint Sigismund of Burgundy, the favourite saint of Sigismund's father.
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Emperor Sigismund did not hesitate to use violent methods, but from the river Sava to the south his control was weak.
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In 1403, Hungarian possessions in northwestern regions of Serbia, were given to despot Stefan, who pledged his allegiance to king Emperor Sigismund, remaining the king's loyal vassal until death in 1427.
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Emperor Sigismund founded his personal order of knights, the Order of the Dragon, after the victory at Dobor.
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Emperor Sigismund encouraged international trade by abolishing internal duties, regulating tariffs on foreign goods and standardizing weights and measures throughout the country.
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Emperor Sigismund ordered his most loyal friend Stibor of Stiboricz to set up the attack on Poland.
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Jalal al-Din was an ally of the Polish and Lithuanian rulers in their ?ght against the Teutonic Order, and according to some reconstructions of the events, Emperor Sigismund wanted to rely on the Tatars against the Ottoman threat.
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The complicity of Emperor Sigismund in the death of Hus is a matter of controversy.
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Emperor Sigismund had granted Hus a safe conduct and protested against his imprisonment; and Hus was burned during Sigismund's absence.
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Also, Emperor Sigismund awarded Brandenburg to Frederick of Hohenzollern, burgrave of Nuremberg, in 1415.
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The close relationship that developed between Henry V and the Emperor resulted in Sigismund being inducted into the Order of the Garter.
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Bohemians, who distrusted him as the betrayer of Hus, were soon in arms; and the flame was fanned when Emperor Sigismund declared his intention of prosecuting the war against heretics.
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Emperor Sigismund's rule relied on key allies and the culture of associative political mechanisms in Germany.
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Not all of Emperor Sigismund's projects came to fruition, and he could not always control the longer-term outcomes of his policies, but the notion that there were phases of an 'Empire without a king' during his reign clearly does not stand up to the abundant evidence of his interactions with regional clients and associations.
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In 1428, Emperor Sigismund led another campaign against the Turks, but again with few results.
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In 1435, Emperor Sigismund sent Fruzhin, a Bulgarian nobleman, to negotiate an alliance with the Albanians.
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Emperor Sigismund sent Daud, a pretender to the Ottoman throne, in early 1436.
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Emperor Sigismund married twice but had little luck in securing the succession to his crowns.
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Emperor Sigismund's first-born child, probably a son, was born prematurely as a result of a horse riding accident suffered by Queen Mary of Hungary when she was well advanced in pregnancy.
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Emperor Sigismund was known to speak fluent Hungarian, wore Hungarian-style royal clothes, and even grew his beard in the Hungarian fashion.
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Emperor Sigismund, in terms of the quality of his face and the greatness of his stature, was a fairly great man, the world's chief creator blessed him with a beautiful face, curly, bluish hair, and a gentle look.
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Emperor Sigismund wore a long beard out of his attraction to the Hungarians because they wore long beards once upon a time.
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Emperor Sigismund gave a ring to the boy's mother when he was born, but one day in the forest a raven stole it from her, and the ring was only recovered after the bird was hunted down.
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Emperor Sigismund adopted the Hungarian reverence for Saint Ladislaus I of Hungary, who was considered to be an ideal Christian knight at that time.
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Emperor Sigismund went on pilgrimage several times to his tomb in Nagyvarad.
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Bloodline of Emperor Sigismund connects through three princesses to the royal Hungarian Arpad dynasty.
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