Charles IV Quotes
Whenever, and so often as in future, necessity or occasion shall arise for the election of a king of the Romans and prospective emperor and the prince electors, according to ancient and laudable custom, are obliged to journey to such election, each prince elector, if, and whenever, he is called upon to do this, shall be bound to escort any of his fellow prince electors or the envoys whom they shall send to this election through his lands, territories and districts, and even as much beyond them as he shall be able; and to lend them escort without guile on their way to the city in which such election is to be held, and also in returning from it.
When there were elections, sometimes a prince elector, would “arrange” to have a foreign prince elector delayed so as to miss the voting if there were of a different faction or supported a different candidate and the elector had to pass through his lands. Worse, occasionally, “bandits” would assault an elector and sometimes kill him. Most nations which have elections have laws and procedures to prevent opposing factions from interfering with the representative’s travel to the place of election. This is one of the first in Christian Europe.
Charles IV, 1316-1378, French King & Holy Roman Emperor, Dictum, 1356
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Charles IV, was the first King of Bohemia to become Holy Roman Emperor. He was a member of the House of Luxembourg from his father's side and the Czech House of Přemyslid from his mother's side; he emphasized the latter due to his lifelong affinity for the Czech side of his inheritance, and also because his direct ancestors in the Přemyslid line included two saints.
