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In 1945, Hungarian and German forces in Hungary were defeated by advancing Soviet armies. [5] Approximately 300,000 Hungarian soldiers and more than 600,000 civilians died during World War II, including between 450,000 and 606,000 Jews [6] and 28,000 Roma. [7] Many cities were damaged, most notably the capital Budapest.
During World War II Hungary came under German occupation in 1944, then under Soviet occupation until the end of the war. After World War II, the Second Hungarian Republic was established within Hungary's current-day borders as a socialist People's Republic, lasting from 1949 to the end of communism in Hungary in 1989.
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Louis I, also Louis the Great or Louis the Hungarian, was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370. He was the first child of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland, to survive infancy. A 1338 treaty between his father and Casimir III of Poland, Louis's maternal uncle, confirmed Louis's right to inherit the Kingdom of Poland if his uncle died without a ...
Mar 22, 2024 · 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. Louis was crowned king of Hungary in succession to his father, Charles I, on July 21, 1342.
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Louis I of Hungary; King of Hungary, Croatia, Dalmatia, Jerusalem, Sicily from 1342, Poland from 1370: Reign: July 21, 1342 – September 10, 1382 Born: March 5, 1326 Visegrád Died: September 10, 1382 Nagyszombat, Hungary (today Trnava, Slovakia) Predecessor: Charles I of Hungary: Successor: Mary of Hungary Consort: Margaret of Luxembourg ...
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.
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