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Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia
Louis IV was Landgrave of Thuringia from 1217 to 1227, a son of Hermann I, patron of the Wartburg poets. He married Elizabeth of Hungary, who became famous for her charity and was canonised in 1235. A supporter of Emperor Frederick II, he joined the emperor's crusade but died of illness at Otranto in 1227 before sailing. His brother Henry Raspe succeeded him.
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