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Karel / ˈkɑːrəl / is a masculine given name in Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, Slovene and Swedish form of Charles, meaning Free Man. [1]
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. [1] It is from the French form Charles of the Proto-Germanic name ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (in runic alphabet) or *karilaz (in Latin alphabet ), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was Ċearl or Ċeorl, as the name of ...
In the Czech Republic, names are simply known as jména ("names") or, if the context requires it, křestní jména ("Christian names"). The singular form is jméno. Generally, a given name may have Christian roots or traditional Slavic pre-Christian origin (e.g. Milena, Božena, Jaroslav, Václav, Vojtěch ). It used to be a legal obligation ...
Czech and Slovak make up a "Czech–Slovak" subgroup. Czech is a member of the West Slavic sub-branch of the Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. This branch includes Polish, Kashubian, Upper and Lower Sorbian and Slovak. Slovak is the most closely related language to Czech, followed by Polish and Silesian.
Charles IV ( Czech: Karel IV.; German: Karl IV.; Latin: Carolus IV; 14 May 1316 – 29 November 1378 [1] ), also known as Charles of Luxembourg, born Wenceslaus ( Czech: Václav, German: Wenzel ), [2] was Holy Roman Emperor from 1355 until his death in 1378. He was elected King of Germany ( King of the Romans) in 1346 and became King of Bohemia ...
Czech police raced to the scene of the shooting at Jan Palach Square shortly after 3pm, and were confronted with the horrifying reality that 13 people had been killed, with the gunman taking his ...
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and St. Charles the Great ( Czech: Kostel Nanebevzetí Panny Marie a svatého Karla Velikého) is located in the Karlov area of Prague. The originally Gothic church was rebuilt and augmented in baroque style. The church is a part of the former convent of the Augustinian Order in Prague's Karlov.
Charles I (Karel I.) 1346–1378 Son of John. Also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles IV. 41 Wenceslaus IV (Václav IV.) 1378–1419 Son of Charles I. Also King of the Romans until 1400. 42 Sigismund (Zikmund) 1419–1437 Brother of Wenceslaus IV. Ruled effective 1436–1437 only (because of the Hussite Revolution). Also Holy Roman Emperor and King ...