Editing John of Bohemia (section)

==Early life==
John was the eldest son of [[Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] and [[Margaret of Brabant]], who was the daughter of [[John&nbsp;I, Duke of Brabant]] and [[Margaret of Flanders, Duchess of Brabant|Margaret of Flanders]]. Born in [[Bock (Luxembourg)|Luxembourg]] and raised in [[Paris]], John was French by education but deeply involved in the politics of [[Germany]].

[[File: John of Luxemburg-Wedding.jpg|thumb|left|John's wedding to Elisabeth of Bohemia at [[Speyer]]]]
In 1310, his father arranged the marriage of 14-year-old John to [[Elisabeth of Bohemia (1292–1330)|Elizabeth of Bohemia]].{{sfn|Holladay|2019|p=82}} The wedding took place in Speyer, after which the newlyweds made their way to [[Prague]] accompanied by a group led by the experienced diplomat and expert on Czech issues, [[Peter of Aspelt]], Archbishop of Mainz. Because the emperor had imperial Czech regiments accompany and protect the couple from [[Nuremberg]] to Prague, John was thus forced to invade [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]] on behalf of his wife Elizabeth.{{sfn|Agnew|2004|p=30}} The Czech forces were able to gain control of Prague and [[Deposition (politics)|depose]] the reigning king, [[Henry of Carinthia|Henry of Gorizia, King of Bohemia]], on 3 December 1310. The deposed King Henry fled with his wife [[Anne of Bohemia (1290–1313)|Anne of Bohemia]] (the sister of John's wife) to his duchy (the [[Duchy of Carinthia]]). The [[coronation]] of John and Elizabeth to the Bohemian throne took place on 7 February 1311, making them King and Queen of Bohemia.{{sfn|Agnew|2004|p=30}} The castle at Prague was uninhabitable, so John made residence in one of the houses on the Old Town Square, and with the help of his advisors, he stabilized affairs in the Czech state. He thereby became one of the seven [[prince-elector]]s of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and – in succession of his brother-in-law Wenceslaus III of Bohemia – claimant to the [[History of Poland (966–1385)|Polish]] and [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] throne. His attempts to follow his father as [[King of the Romans]] failed with the election of [[Louis IV of Bavaria]] in 1314. Nevertheless, John later would support Louis IV in his rivalry with [[Frederick the Fair|Frederick the Fair, King of Germany]], culminating in the 1322 [[Battle of Mühldorf]] in which, in return, he received the Czech region of [[Egerland]] as a reward.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}