Germany: 'King Sigismund in the Court Church of Lucerne, 1417', watercolour drawing from the Luzerner Schilling by Diebold Schilling the Younger (1460-1515), c. 1513.

Sigismund (1368-1437) was the son of Emperor Charles IV and younger brother of King Wenceslaus. He led the last West European Crusade, the Crusade of Nicopolis, in 1396, leading a combined Christian army against the Turks. He was elected as King of Germany in 1411 after the death of King Rupert. He also became King of Bohemia in 1419 and managed to be crowned King of Italy in 1431. Sigismund marched into Rome and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 1433.