Under the leadership of Jobst, the Moravian lords joined with Sigismund in open revolt against the King, which had less to do with the Olomouc estates than with the legitimacy of the rule of Wenceslas, who in the meantime had been stripped of the Imperial Crown by the imperial electors for his incompetence and unwillingness to rule. The event that triggered the Margraviate Wars was that Wenceslas occupied the vacated estates of the Olomouc Archdiocese, which by law belonged to the nobles. During his time as king, the lands of the Bohemian Crown underwent several wars and conflicts involving his relatives - his own brother Sigismund and his cousins, the Moravian Margraves. He was more interested in hunting, alcohol, courtesans and pleasures of the court. Already during his lifetime he was known for being a weak, idle and moody ruler who was afflicted with many ailments, as well as difficulties meeting his royal obligations, despite the fact that he had been groomed for rule since early childhood (he was crowned Bohemian King at the age of only two years). However, he did not inherit his father's predisposition for ruling. He inherited the Bohemian throne and attained the German crown by election. Wenceslas IV of Luxembourg was the son of the highly successful monarch Charles IV.
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