Ottokar I (1 August 1444 - 6 June 1522) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1504 and King of Bohemia from 1493. He succeeded his father Henry VIII the Great in Bohemia upon Henry's death, but abstained from seeking the office of Emperor in accordance with his father's wishes. After a series of short-reigned emperors, nicknamed the "Decade of the Five Emperors" and the "Imperial Curse", Ottokar was elected Emperor in 1504, following the sudden death of Frederick IV. Much of his reign as emperor would be preoccupied with the Protestant Reformation, which was precipitated by Konrad Jung around the same time as Ottokar's election. Ottokar would remain a staunch Catholic, and battled frequently with Jungist leaders such as the Thin White Duke, who died or disappeared around the same time as Ottokar's death, if not on the same day exactly, according to legend.
