Sigismund
[ sij-is-muh nd, sig-is-; German zee-gis-moo nt ]
/ ˈsɪdʒ ɪs mənd, ˈsɪg ɪs-; German ˈzi gɪsˌmʊnt /
noun
1368–1437, Holy Roman emperor 1411–37.
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Sigismund
/ (ˈsɪɡɪsmənd) /
noun
1368–1437, king of Hungary (1387–1437) and of Bohemia (1419–37); Holy Roman Emperor (1411–37). He helped to end the Great Schism in the Church; implicated in the death of Huss
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