Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV

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Duke of Bavaria Holy Roman Emperor King of the Romans Wittelsbach dynasty member

Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire known for his conflicts with the papacy and efforts to consolidate imperial authority in Central Europe.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor	14
Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV canonical	4
Louis IV of Bavaria	2
Emperor Louis IV	1
King Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor	1
Louis IV	1
Ludwig IV	1
Ludwig IV, Holy Roman Emperor	1
Ludwig IV.	1
Ludwig IV., römisch-deutscher Kaiser	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T447542 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
Context triple: [Duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, foundedBy, Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV]

A. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor was a late medieval ruler who served as King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Germany, King of Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor, playing a central role in European politics and church affairs, including the Council of Constance.
B. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 17th-century Habsburg ruler who helped end the Thirty Years' War and strengthened Habsburg influence in Central Europe.
C. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was an early 18th-century Habsburg ruler best known for his efforts to secure the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for leading the Austrian Monarchy through the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession and subsequent European conflicts.
D. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor was an 18th-century Bavarian ruler who briefly broke Habsburg dominance by becoming the first non-Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor in over three centuries.
E. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia who transformed Prague into a major political and cultural center of Europe.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV
Target entity description: Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire known for his conflicts with the papacy and efforts to consolidate imperial authority in Central Europe.

A. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor was a late medieval ruler who served as King of Hungary and Croatia, King of Germany, King of Bohemia, and Holy Roman Emperor, playing a central role in European politics and church affairs, including the Council of Constance.
B. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 17th-century Habsburg ruler who helped end the Thirty Years' War and strengthened Habsburg influence in Central Europe.
C. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor was an early 18th-century Habsburg ruler best known for his efforts to secure the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his daughter Maria Theresa’s succession and for leading the Austrian Monarchy through the final stages of the War of the Spanish Succession and subsequent European conflicts.
D. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor was an 18th-century Bavarian ruler who briefly broke Habsburg dominance by becoming the first non-Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor in over three centuries.
E. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, was a 14th-century ruler of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Bohemia who transformed Prague into a major political and cultural center of Europe.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Duke of Bavaria ⓘ Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of the Romans ⓘ Wittelsbach dynasty member ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Louis IV of Bavaria ⓘ linked to: Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV Ludwig IV ⓘ linked to: Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV Ludwig der Bayer ⓘ
birthDate	1282-02-01 ⓘ
birthPlace	Duchy of Bavaria ⓘ Munich ⓘ
burialPlace	Munich Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) ⓘ linked to: Cathedral of Our Lady (Munich)
causeOfDeath	stroke ⓘ
conflict	Papal–imperial conflict ⓘ linked to: Investiture Controversy Rivalry with Frederick the Fair ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
crownedBy	Sciarra Colonna (representing the Roman people) ⓘ
deathDate	1347-10-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	Duchy of Bavaria ⓘ Puch near Fürstenfeldbruck ⓘ
era	14th century ⓘ
father	Louis II, Duke of Bavaria ⓘ
givenName	Louis ⓘ
imperialCoronationDate	1328-01-17 ⓘ
imperialCoronationPlace	Rome ⓘ
issuedDocument	Licet iuris ⓘ
mother	Matilda of Habsburg ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Wittelsbach ⓘ
notableAction	appointed an antipope (Nicholas V) ⓘ asserted imperial authority independent of papal approval ⓘ entered Rome without papal invitation for imperial coronation ⓘ supported the Spiritual Franciscans against the papacy ⓘ
notableFor	conflicts with the papacy ⓘ efforts to consolidate imperial authority in Central Europe ⓘ
opponent	Pope Benedict XII ⓘ Pope John XXII ⓘ
positionHeld	Duke of Upper Bavaria ⓘ linked to: Duke of Bavaria Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ King of Germany ⓘ linked to: King of the Romans King of the Romans ⓘ
predecessor	Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
reignAs	King of the Romans ⓘ
reignEnd	1347-10-11 ⓘ
reignStart	1314-10-19 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Beatrix of Świdnica ⓘ Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut ⓘ linked to: Countess of Hainaut
successor	Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
territorialPolicy	acquired Brandenburg for the Wittelsbachs ⓘ acquired Tyrol through marriage policy ⓘ expanded Wittelsbach influence in Bavaria ⓘ

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