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Childhood and youth (1326–1342) Louis's birth depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle. Born on 5 March 1326, Louis was the third son of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland.
Louis of Hungary. Louis of Hungary may refer to: Louis I of Hungary (king 1342–1382) Louis II of Hungary (king 1516–1526)
King Louis II of Hungary ( Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664) After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne of Hungary and Croatia. Louis was adopted by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1515. When Maximilian I died in 1519, Louis's cousin George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, became his legal guardian.
Elizabeth of Poland. Louis I the Great Croatian: Ludovik I) (March 5, 1326, Visegrád – September 10, 1382, Nagyszombat/Trnava) was King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem and Sicily from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370. Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty. He was one of Hungary 's most active and ...
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Louis I (born March 5, 1326—died Sept. 10, 1382, Nagyszombat, Hung.) was the king of Hungary from 1342 and of Poland from 1370, who, during much of his long reign, was involved in wars with Venice and Naples.
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Louis I (king of Hungary) views 2,594,515 updated. Louis I or Louis the Great, 1326–82, king of Hungary (1342–82) and of Poland (1370–82). He succeeded his father, Charles I, in Hungary, and his uncle, Casimir III, in Poland.
Jan 15, 2024 · Louis established a university in Pécs in 1367, but it was closed within two decades because he did not arrange for sufficient revenues to maintain it. Louis inherited Poland after his uncle's death in 1370. In Hungary, he authorized the royal free cities to delegate jurors to the high court hearing their cases and set up a new high court.
