Jan Luxemburg (10. 8. 1296 - 26. 8. 1346) - Czech king Margrave of Moravia and Count of Luxembourg. The father of King Charles IV. During his reign was to expand the territory of the Czech kingdom.

The future Czech King John was born in Luxembourg, Luxembourg as the only son of the Earl and Roman King Henry VII.

As a child, he was sent to the French court, where he received the selected manners. Offer to the Czech throne came at a time when he was the father of John crowned king of Germany. His wife Elizabeth became of the P�emyslovci with which Jan fourteen married September 1 1310. Both have been crowned on February 7 next year.

Into a new environment King John, however, did not fit well and far from the ideal was his relationship with Elisabeth. A confident Czech nobility had no interest in a strong and sovereign sought to limit his powers, which she partially succeeded. Endless disputes vygradovaly up in open rebellion against the king, who helped settle the Roman King Ludwig of Bavaria. In 1319, the king told obedience Prague Patricia. On the side Lucemburkov�ch opponents stood and Elizabeth, who would like to see on the throne of their second son Wenceslas.

The king, after failing to reign in Bohemia and ruin marriages, more and more involved in foreign. He himself was a courageous warrior, he had a weakness for tournaments and willingly stepped into various European conflicts. At home, while earning the nickname "King of the stranger," the Czech state, however, as his representative has gained considerable prestige and also expanded the territory of the Kingdom of Cheb, part of Lusatia and Silesia. On the other hand, a country burdened taxes to their often adventurous activities had plenty finance. Four years after the death of Queen Elizabeth was married to Beatrice Bourbon (1334), which was almost twenty-five years younger. John of Luxembourg suffered from eye disease, which resulted eventually completely lost his eyesight. In 1341 the government passed to his son Charles IV. I later went with him to France to participate in the fight against the English. 1346 troops clashed at Crecy. When John saw that the battle was lost, Karla had forcibly take away to safety. Alone, though blind, accompanied by his knights plunged into conflict in which he found death. His body is stored in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Luxembourg.