Death of would be Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund

Hi guys, I need a feasibility check on a divergence point for 1410. I plan to have Sigismund (future Holy Roman Emperor) die while competing for the title King of the Romans with Jobst of Moravia (who survives longer in this timeline). First, is this feasible? Neithr Sigismund or Jobst strike me as the sort to back down from something they desire, but could the competition turn violent (perhaps even break out into a war)?

Second, while I can see some of the consequences immediately, I'll admit I can't speak to all of them. If Sigismund dies, he leaves several thrones vacant, the catholic schism of the popacy unresolved, and Jan Hus still alive to spread his message of reform. Anyone care to help me chart the consequences of all this?
 
Not a period I'm familiar with, but if you want someone to die, having them fall ill and fail to recover is a pretty easy POD in this period (the whole "Before 1900").
 
Not familiar with Jobst of Moravia, although I'm prepared to hit the books and check back. We've had a few attempts to keep the Hussites alive and kicking, which I believe requires the crown to be functionally vacant; any Emperor could or would crush the Hussites, so there must not really be an Emperor. I settled for Zizka taking Sigismund prisoner for years, but this might work as well.
 
Shawn, would your time line diverge at the battle of grunwald then? I wasn't sure of Sigismund took direct action in that conflict or not.
 
Let us say that Sigismund died in October 1410 after being elected king of the Romans in opposition to Jobst of Moravia. Jobst was almost 60 when he died in OTL, so he would still have likely died in 1411 regardless of whether Sigismund predeceased him. The deaths of both Sigismund and Jobst would have left the thrones of both Hungary and the Empire vacant. In OTL, Albert V of Austria was Sigismund’s successor, but in TTL, he would be only 14 years old and not married to Sigismund’s 1 year old daughter Elizabeth of Luxemborg, so Albert would not be a candidate for the vacant thrones. Elizabeth of Luxemborg would have the support of her formidable mother, Barbara of Celje, for the throne of Hungary, but I don’t see the Hungarian nobles electing a 1 year old girl as their queen. Wenceslaus, king of Bohemia and Sigismund’s brother had been deposed as king of the Romans in 1400, so I can’t see the electors re electing him king in TTL. In TTL, the landing candidate to be elected king of the Romans would most likely be Louis III, Elector Palatine and son of Rupert, king of the Romans. The vacant Hungarian throne would have possibly been filled by one of the Hungarian nobles, maybe Nicholas II Garay who was the Palatine of Hungary for over 30 years in OTL. By the way, the death of Sigismund would have butterflied away the granting of the margraviate of Brandenburg to Frederick I of Hohenzollern which would have huge repercussions to the future of Germany in TTL.

The papal schism’s resolution would depend on who was elected king of the Romans. If Louis III, Elector Palatine elected king, I suspect (based on his behavior in OTL) that he would have been able to resolve the schism in a similar way to how Sigismund did in OTL. As for the Hussites, in TTL, the attitude of Louis toward Jan Hus would be of paramount importance. If Louis were to invite Hus to a Church council under safe conduct, and actually honor that safe conduct, then it is possible the Hussite movement would have a less violent nature than what happened in OTL. However, Jan Hus would still have to go back to Bohemia and deal with Wenceslaus and/or his successor on the Bohemian throne.
 
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