Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

Wenceslaus IV
Detail from the Book of Hours made for King Wenceslaus, 1400-1419
King of Bohemia
Reign29 November 1378 – 16 August 1419
Coronation15 June 1363
St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague
PredecessorCharles IV
SuccessorSigismund
King of Germany
Reign10 June 1376 – 20 August 1400
Coronation6 July 1376
Aachen Cathedral
PredecessorCharles IV
SuccessorRupert
Born26 February 1361
Nuremberg, Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire
Died16 August 1419 (aged 58)
Kunratice, Prague, Bohemia
Burial
Spouses
HouseLuxembourg
FatherCharles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
MotherAnna von Schweidnitz

Wenceslaus IV (also Wenceslas; Czech: Václav; German: Wenzel, nicknamed "the Idle";[1] 26 February 1361 – 16 August 1419), also known as Wenceslaus of Luxembourg, was King of Bohemia from 1378 until his death and King of Germany from 1376 until he was deposed in 1400. As he belonged to the House of Luxembourg, he was also Duke of Luxembourg from 1383 to 1388.