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Louis II of Hungary

Type Figure Region Hungary Time 1506–1526 Also known as Louis II (Hungary)

Louis II was the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia (1516–1526); he ascended the throne at age ten and remained long under noble regency.…

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  1. 1511–1515Buda · HungaryAs the only son of Vladislaus II, he received a noble education at the Buda court. At the double wedding in Vienna in 1515 he married Maria of Habsburg, consolidating the alliance with Austria and laying the diplomatic groundwork for his later accession.
  2. 1516–1520Buda · HungarySucceeded at the age of ten after his father's death in 1516, with government in the hands of regent nobles and the diet. Around 1520, after Ottoman Sultan Selim I conquered Syria and Egypt, pressure on Hungary's southern frontier sharply increased, and the crown was unable to rebuild an effective defensive system.

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