Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia

Wenceslaus IV
Detail from the Book of Hours made for King Wenceslaus, 1400-1419
King of Bohemia
Reign	29 November 1378 – 16 August 1419
Coronation	15 June 1363 St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague
Predecessor	Charles IV
Successor	Sigismund
King of Germany
Reign	10 June 1376 – 20 August 1400
Coronation	6 July 1376 Aachen Cathedral
Predecessor	Charles IV
Successor	Rupert
Born	26 February 1361 Nuremberg, Kingdom of Germany, Holy Roman Empire
Died	16 August 1419 (aged 58) Kunratice, Prague, Bohemia
Burial	St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague
Spouses	Joanna of Bavaria Sophia of Bavaria
House	Luxembourg
Father	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Mother	Anna 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.