Editing Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (section)

==Imperial privileges==
Louis IV was a protector of the [[Teutonic Knights]]. In 1337 he allegedly bestowed upon the Teutonic Order a privilege to conquer [[Lithuania]] and Russia, although the Order had only petitioned for three small territories.<ref>Urban, William. ''The Teutonic Knights: A Military History''. Greenhill Books. London, 2003, p. 136. {{ISBN|1-85367-535-0}}</ref> Later he forbade the Order to stand trial before foreign courts in their territorial conflicts with foreign rulers.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bernd Schneidmüller |year=2013 |title=Kaiser Ludwig IV. Imperiale Herrschaft und reichsfürstlicher Konsens |journal=Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung |volume=40 |issue=3 |pages=369–392 |doi=10.3790/zhf.40.3.369 |jstor=43612325}}</ref>

Louis concentrated his energies also on the economic development of the cities of the empire, so his name can be found in many city chronicles for the privileges he granted. In 1330 the emperor for example permitted the [[Frankfurt Trade Fair]], and in 1340 [[Lübeck]], as the leading member of the [[Hanseatic League]], received the coinage prerogative for golden [[Rhenish guilder|gulden]].<ref name="Clauss2014" />