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German Emperor from 1411 to 1437, was born in 1368, and at his father’s death became Margrave of Brandenburg. He was crowned King of Hungary in 1387, and, becoming involved in a war with Turkey, he fled to Greece in 1396. On his return home in* 1401 he was imprisoned, and the throne given to Ladishaus of Naples; but he escaped and reduced Hungary to submi ion. In 1411 he was crowned Emperor of Germany, and in 1414 took leading part in the Council of Con stance, but disgraced himself by allowing John Hu to be put to death after granting him letters of safe-conduct; so in 1419, when their king died, the Hu ites refused to accept him as King of Bohemia till he signed a compact at Basle in 1431. He was then crowned Emperor