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Mary of Hungary
Mary of Hungary (1371–1395), daughter of Louis I, became queen of Hungary in 1382, the country's first formal queen;…
Timeline
- 1382–1385Buda · HungaryCrowned in 1382 after the death of her father Louis I according to his will, she maintained rule under the regency of her mother Elizabeth and the nobles, and resisted early pressure to marry an heir of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1385–1387Sopron · HungaryShe married Sigismund of Luxembourg in 1385 to secure the throne, but was deposed and imprisoned that December by a coup of Charles III of Naples; the situation further deteriorated after her mother Elizabeth was assassinated in 1386.
- 1388–1390Buda · HungaryBetween 1388 and 1390 she briefly recovered the royal title with Sigismund's support, but actual governance was largely directed by her husband, as the Hungarian crown gradually passed to the House of Luxembourg.
Sources
- Mary | queen of Hungary — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-queen-of-Hungary