On 29 November Wenceslaus's father Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor died, and Wenceslaus acceded to the throne.
Civil unrest in Bohemia prevented Wenceslaus from effectively administering the empire or to seek coronation as Holy Roman Emperor.
Because of Wenceslaus's weak rule and his failure to stamp out civil unrest or resolve the Western Schism, three of the prince-electors of the empire convened to remove him.
They were: The three electors at Frankfurt chose Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
Frederick I was murdered on his way home from the meeting on 5 June by Henry VII, Count of Waldeck.