Editing Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

== Family and issue ==
Sigismund married twice but had little luck in securing the succession to his crowns. Each of his two marriages resulted in the birth of one child. His [[Childbirth| firstborn]] child, probably a son, was born prematurely as a result of a horse riding accident suffered by Queen [[Mary of Hungary]] when she was well advanced in pregnancy. Mother and child both died shortly after the birth in the hills of [[Buda]] on 17 May 1395. This caused a deep succession crisis because Sigismund ruled over [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]] by right of his wife, and although he managed to keep his power, the crisis lasted until his second marriage to [[Barbara of Celje]]. Barbara's only child, [[born in the purple]] on 7 October 1409, probably in the castle of [[Visegrád]], was [[Elisabeth of Luxembourg]],{{sfn|Hoensch|2000|p=351}} the future [[queen consort]] of Hungary, Germany, and Bohemia. Queen Barbara was unable to give birth to any further issue. [[Elizabeth of Luxembourg]] was thus the only surviving legitimate offspring of Sigismund.

=== Hungarian affiliations ===
[[File:Coa Hungary Family Hunyadi János (extended) v2.svg|right|thumb|Coat of arms of John Hunyadi.]]

Sigismund was known to speak fluent [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], wore Hungarian-style royal clothes, and even grew his beard in the Hungarian fashion.<ref>Hóman Bálint: Magyar középkor II. Attraktor, Gödöllő, Hungary, 2003.</ref> {{Blockquote|''Emperor Sigismund, in terms of the quality of his face and the greatness of his stature, was a fairly great man, the world's chief creator blessed him with a beautiful face, curly, bluish hair, and a gentle look. He wore a long beard out of his attraction to the Hungarians because they also wore long beards once upon a time.''|[[Johannes de Thurocz|John Thuróczy]]: ''[[Chronica Hungarorum]]''<ref>''Johannes Thuróczy: Chronica Hungarorum'' http://thuroczykronika.atw.hu/pdf/Thuroczy.pdf</ref>}}He also spent huge amounts of money during his reign to rebuild the Gothic castles of [[Buda Castle|Buda]] and [[Visegrád]] in the Kingdom of Hungary, ordering the transportation of materials from Austria and Bohemia.<ref>Mályusz Elemér: Zsigmond király uralma Magyarországon 1387–1437, Gondolat, Budapest, 1984.</ref>

His many affairs with women led to the birth of several [[legend]]s, as the one that existed decades later during the reign of the King [[Matthias Corvinus]] of Hungary. According to this, [[John Hunyadi]] was Sigismund's illegitimate son. Sigismund gave a ring to the boy's mother when he was born, but one day in the forest a raven stole it from her, and the ring was only recovered after the bird was hunted down. It is said that this incident inspired the coat of arms of the [[Hunyadi family|Hunyadi]]s, and later also appeared in the coat of arms of Matthias "Corvinus".<ref>Dümmerth Dezső: A két Hunyadi. Panoráma, Budapest, 1985.</ref>

Sigismund adopted the Hungarian reverence for Saint [[Ladislaus I of Hungary]], who was considered to be an ideal Christian knight at that time. He went on pilgrimage several times to his tomb in Nagyvárad. Before Sigismund died, in [[Znojmo|Znaim]], [[Moravia]], he ordered to be buried next to the king saint.<ref>C. Tóth Norbert: Luxemburgi Zsigmond uralkodása 1387–1437. Magyarország története 6. Főszerk.: Romsics Ignác. Bp.: Kossuth Kiadó, 2009.</ref>

The bloodline of Sigismund connects through three princesses to the royal Hungarian [[Árpád dynasty]].

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