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The House of Luxembourg was a mediæval Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
ian noble family. In 1308, Henry
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VII was the King of Germany from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first emperor of the House of Luxembourg. During his brief career he reinvigorated the imperial cause in Kingdom of Italy and inspired the praise of Dino Compagni and Dante Alighieri....
, Count of Luxembourg, became German king, his son, John of Luxembourg, shortly afterwards received the Bohemian crown. The dynasty's rule in the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 was interrupted by the Wittelsbach
Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
 twice. With the death of Emperor Sigismund
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund was Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, and the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also one of the longest ruling King of Hungary, reigning for fifty years from 1387 to 1437....
, the dynasty died out and was succeeded by the Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
s.








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The House of Luxembourg was a mediæval Luxembourg
Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany....
ian noble family. In 1308, Henry
Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VII was the King of Germany from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first emperor of the House of Luxembourg. During his brief career he reinvigorated the imperial cause in Kingdom of Italy and inspired the praise of Dino Compagni and Dante Alighieri....
, Count of Luxembourg, became German king, his son, John of Luxembourg, shortly afterwards received the Bohemian crown. The dynasty's rule in the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
 was interrupted by the Wittelsbach
Wittelsbach

The Wittelsbach family is a European royal family and a Germany dynasty from Bavaria. Their major principal roles were as List of rulers of Bavaria , Electoral Palatinate , List of rulers of Brandenburg , Counts of Holland, County of Hainaut and Zeeland , List of bishops and archbishops of Cologne , Duchy of J?lich and Berg , Kings of Sweden...
 twice. With the death of Emperor Sigismund
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund was Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, and the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also one of the longest ruling King of Hungary, reigning for fifty years from 1387 to 1437....
, the dynasty died out and was succeeded by the Habsburg
Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
s.

Notable members

  • Henry VII
    Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor

    Henry VII was the King of Germany from 1308 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1312. He was the first emperor of the House of Luxembourg. During his brief career he reinvigorated the imperial cause in Kingdom of Italy and inspired the praise of Dino Compagni and Dante Alighieri....
     (1275–1313) — King of the Romans
    King of the Romans

    King of the Romans was the title used by the Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, the Imperator futurus prior to his imperial coronation performed by the Pope, ....
    , Holy Roman Emperor
    Holy Roman Emperor

    Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
    .
  • John of Luxembourg (1296–1346) — son of Henry. King of Bohemia.
  • Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier
    Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier

    Baldwin of Luxembourg was the Archbishop of Trier and Archchancellor of Kingdom of Burgundy from 1307 to his death. From 1328 to 1336, he was the administrator of the Archdiocese of Mainz and from 1331 to 1337 of those of Diocese of Worms and Diocese of Speyer....
     (reigned 1307–54) — brother of Henry
  • Charles IV
    Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor

    Charles IV , born Wenceslaus , was the eleventh king of Bohemia from the House of Luxembourg, and Holy Roman Emperor.He was the eldest son and heir of John of Bohemia, who died on 26 August 1346, thus Charles inherited the Count of Luxembourg and the King of Bohemia....
     (1316–78) — son of John. King of Bohemia, Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Wenceslaus (1361–1419) — son of Charles. King of Bohemia, King of the Romans.
  • Sigismund
    Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

    Sigismund was Holy Roman Emperor for four years from 1433 until 1437, and the last Emperor of the House of Luxemburg. He was also one of the longest ruling King of Hungary, reigning for fifty years from 1387 to 1437....
     (1368–1437) — son of Charles. King of Bohemia, King of Hungary
    King of Hungary

    The King of Hungary was the head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 to 1918.From year 1097 onwards, Croatia was governed by a ban, because of the personal union of the two states....
    , King of Croatia
    Croatia

    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
    , Holy Roman Emperor.
  • Elisabeth II of Bohemia
    Elisabeth II of Bohemia

    Elisabeth of Bohemia was the only daughter of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, by his second wife Barbara of Celje. Her father was the last male descent of the House of Luxemburg on the Imperial Throne....
     (1409–42), Empress consort and queen of Hungary
    Hungary

    Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
     and Bohemia
    Bohemia

    History...
    , wife of Albert V of Austria, the heiress who conveyed the major portion of Luxembourg inheritance to Habsburg
    Habsburg

    The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
    s and then Jagellos.


Luxemburg family tree

Staufen Dynasty