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Bohemia, John of Luxembourg, 1/2 Gross (silver coin
replica) 1310 - 1346
OBV: +IOHANNES...PRIMVS, crowned bust facing.
R: + DEI...GRATIA...REX...BOEMIE, Czech lion left.
From Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia:
John the Blind of
Luxemburg (German:
Johann der Blinde von Luxemburg; Czech:
Jan Lucemburský; August
10, 1296
– August
26, 1346)
was King of Bohemia
and Count of Luxemburg.
He was the eldest son of the Holy
Roman Emperor Henry
VII of Luxembourg and his wife Margaret of Brabant.
In 1310
John married Elizabeth
of Bohemia and thereby became king of Bohemia and so one of the
seven electors of the Holy Roman Empire. He retained his crown even
after her death in 1330.
He then married Beatrix, daughter of Louis
I, Duke of Bourbon.
He was killed fighting
(though blind!) alongside the French
against the English
at the Battle
of Crecy, and was succeeded as king of Bohemia by his eldest son
Charles (later Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor).
His children by Elizabeth
of Bohemia were:
-
Margaret,
(1313-1341), who married Henry Duke of Upper Bavaria
-
Bonne
(1315-1349), who married John
II of France
-
Charles
IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316-1378), King of Bohemia
-
Otakar
"Otto" (1318-1320), Prince of Bohemia
-
Anna (1319-1328),
Princess of Bohemia, Twin of Elizabeth
-
Elizabeth
(1319-1344), Twin of Anna, married Albert III, Duke of Austria
-
Jan Jindrich
"John Henry" (1322-1375), margrave
of Moravia
By Beatrix of Bourbon he
had one son:
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