Charles IV (1316-1378) King of Bohemia, King of Rome, King of Germany, King of Burgundy, Holy Roman Emperor
Chari IV was the "Father of the Nation" of the Czech Republic, considered a dedicated, talented, pragmatic ruler who was once named "the greatest Czech" by the media.
He was the eldest son of John of Luxembourg, king of Bohemia, and at the age of 17 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the army by his father, and accompanied his father on his expeditions to the world.
In June 1346, his father was killed in battle, and he officially succeeded to the bohemian throne. After buying off the five German electors, at the instigation of his teacher Pope Clement VI, Cha IV became the undisputed King of Germany.
In 1354, taking advantage of the fact that the princes of Northern Italy were fighting each other and many people were looking forward to a powerful ruler to stabilize the situation, he led a large army into Northern Italy, and the following year received the Iron Crown in Milan and was officially crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
In 1356, cha-4 convened the Imperial Council, at which the Golden Edict was promulgated, which avoided the role of the Pope and the Holy See in the election of the Emperor, effectively depriving the Pope of the right to appoint.
During the reign of Chas 4, Bohemia became the nucleus of the Divine Luo, and the Golden Edict stipulated that the king of Bohemia was the head of the seven electors. Cha-4's policy was aimed at strengthening the power of the crown and weakening the power of the Czech nobility.
The means of political struggle differed from that of most German kings, and was not mainly achieved by conquest, but by money to buy, marry, promise and conclude covenants, and although several wars were waged, they were small in scale, more like the removal of mountain thieves.
Cha-4's Golden Edict established a pattern of Germany with the great princes as political entities, a pattern that did not change qualitatively until the end of Shen Luo's life in 1806. This is his greatest influence on history.
Chad IV adopts a policy of encouraging production and trade. Prague became the most beautiful and rich city with his efforts.
What made him even more famous was his construction of Prague. He personally participated in urban planning, built towers, walls, etc., and built the University of Prague, the first university in Central Europe.
The "Charles Bridge" on the Vltava River enjoys the reputation of "the most artistically valuable stone bridge of the 14th century" and the "European open-air Baroque sculpture art museum", and the beauty and vision conveyed by it are irrevocable.
Chadh 4 points out: "Whoever is full of hatred will not receive love and be destroyed in his anger." All means must be taken in advance to avoid confrontation; doctors should strive to treat patients without knives, and emperors should learn this. ”
Charles IV was known as the "King of Scholars", who read the works of Cicero and Dante, translated the works of Augustine, and enjoyed socializing with scholars.
His love and patronage of literature and art caused the passion of the Renaissance movement to begin to burn in the German lands, and later, the Hussite movement and Martin Luther's Reformation both took place in Germany, and there should be a certain relationship with this.