Reign of Louis I of Hungary (1340s)

Timeline

1. 1342Visegrád · HungaryAfter Charles I's death, the 16-year-old Louis I (of Anjou) inherited the Hungarian throne, completing his coronation with the support of his mother Elizabeth and the noble Diet, continuing Angevin rule.
2. 1343–1346Kingdom of Hungary · HungaryIn the mid-1340s Louis I carried out currency stabilization and judicial reforms, balancing the interests of great and lesser nobles and consolidating central control over frontier regions such as Transylvania and Slavonia.
3. 1344–1348Wallachian frontier · WallachiaLouis I repeatedly campaigned against the independent Principality of Wallachia, attempting to restore Hungarian suzerainty over the south bank of the Danube, while maintaining intervention in the Balkans and contending with Serbian and Bulgarian powers.
4. 1347–1348Kingdom of Naples · NaplesIn 1347 Louis I led Hungarian forces into Italy, claiming the Neapolitan throne through his mother's status as a Neapolitan princess; the outbreak of the Black Death in 1348 forced the expedition to be halted, but Hungarian influence in southern Italy was thereby initiated.