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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: 1378 births, 1378 deaths, 1378 disestablishments, 1378 elections, 1378 establishments, 1378 in Europe, Conflicts in 1378, Avignon Papacy, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Gregory XI, Pope Callixtus III, Lorenzo Ghiberti, War of Chioggia, War of the Eight Saints, Papal conclave, 1378, ura I Bal i, Infante Fernando, Lord of Eca, Martha of Armagnac, Biligtu Khan Ayushiridara, Tr n Thu n Tong, Walter Hungerford, 1st Baron Hungerford, Owain Lawgoch, John Hardyng, Joanna of Bourbon, Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, Kingdom of Arles, Secondotto, Marquess of Montferrat, John of Arkel, Joan II, Countess of Auvergne, John de Strivelyn, Ciompi, Kuld ga, Alexius, Metropolitan of Moscow, Hongxi Emperor, List of state leaders in 1378, Adam de Lanark, Galeazzo II Visconti, Catherine of Hungary, Alice FitzAlan, Pope Matthew I of Alexandria, Catherine of Valois, Countess of Montpensier, Aizpute, Jovan Draga, Vittorino da Feltre, Zhou Man, Louis III, Elector Palatine, David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, Battle of the Vozha River, Zhu Quan, Jaume Cascalls, Thomas of Metsoph, Gilles Aycelin de Montaigu, Qasim Ali Zahir Nejad, Elisabeth of Cleves, Timur-Malik, Jelena ubi . Excerpt: Charles IV (Czech: , German: , Latin: ) (14 May 1316 - 29 November 1378), born Wenceslaus (Vaclav), was the second king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and Holy Roman Emperor. He was the eldest son and heir of John the Blind, who died (in the Battle of Crecy) on 26 August 1346. Charles inherited the County of Luxembourg and the Kingdom of Bohemia. On 2 September 1347 Charles was crowned King of Bohemia. On 11 July 1346 Prince-electors had elected him King of the Romans (rex Romanorum) in opposition to Emperor Louis IV. Charles was crowned on 26 November 1346 in Bonn. After his opponent had died, he was re-elected in 1349 (17 June) and cro...