Emperor Wenceslaus
Wenceslaus (1361–1419), Holy Roman emperor (1378–1400) and king of Bohemia (1378–1419). He succeeded his father, Emperor Charles IV, of the House of Luxemburg, to both thrones. Wenceslaus was a weak ruler faced with crises far beyond his ability to handle. One was a struggle for power between the Bohemian nobles and the towns; another, the Great Western Schism of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1400 Wenceslaus was deposed as emperor. The king then became involved with the reformer John Huss, first supporting him but after his death turning against Huss's followers.