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Louis II of Hungary and Mohacs
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Mary, Queen of Hungary
Louis II of Hungary and Mohacs
Archduchess Mary of Austria travelled to Hungary in June 1521, two and a half years after Emperor Maximilian's death. She was anointed and crowned as queen of Hungary by Simon Erdody, Bishop of Zagreb and the royal marriage with Louis II of Hungary was blessed on the beginning of 1522 in Buda and the anointment and coronation of the Queen of Bohemia which took place in mid-1522, afterwards she is known as Mary of Hungary or Mary of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
Mary and Louis fell in love when they were reunited in Buda and at first, Queen Mary had no influence in the politics of Hungary and her court was replete with Germans and Dutch.
During her term as queen she was interested in Martin Luther who dedicated four psalms to her in 1526, despite her brother, Ferdinand’s strong disapproval, she herself would be converted back to Catholicism later due to her brother and husband’s efforts.
Louis II of Hungary spent their free time riding and hunting in the open country near the palace and they tried to unsuccessfully mobilize the Hungarian nobility against an imminent Ottoman invasion. Louis had inherited a crown of a country whose noblemen were fighting among themselves and against the peasantry.
Louis II and Mary of Austria would be blessed with three children named;
Vladislaus b. October 2, 1523
Anne b. May 10, 1525
Louis b. November 15, 1530
Mary of Bohemia October 2, 1532
By the end of 1525, it became clear that the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I was planning to invade.
On the end of August 1526, Suleiman and his army broke through Hungary's southern defenses. Louis and his entire government marched with a small army of 20,000 men. The Battle of Mohacs was over in less than two hours, with the entire Hungarian army virtually Annihilated. Louis was able to successfully flee the site of the battle, however, large swathes of Hungary has been taken by the ottomans.
Mary of Austria would support Bona Sforza in her plans to attach Silesia to the Polish throne in exchange of Bari and Rossano, however this would result in Upper Silesia, which are Opole-Raciborz and Cieszyn passing to Polish suzerainty which gave the control of the Duchy of Opole-Raciborz to Poland due its reversion to Poland in 1530’s after the death of the last duke of Opole and Raciborz and gave the control of Poland to the roots of Vistula.
On 1532, the King Louis II of Hungary would die due to a disease leaving Hungary to a regency council headed by Mary of Austria for her son, Vladislaus III of Hungary.
Mary, Queen of Hungary
Louis II of Hungary and Mohacs
Archduchess Mary of Austria travelled to Hungary in June 1521, two and a half years after Emperor Maximilian's death. She was anointed and crowned as queen of Hungary by Simon Erdody, Bishop of Zagreb and the royal marriage with Louis II of Hungary was blessed on the beginning of 1522 in Buda and the anointment and coronation of the Queen of Bohemia which took place in mid-1522, afterwards she is known as Mary of Hungary or Mary of Austria, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
Mary and Louis fell in love when they were reunited in Buda and at first, Queen Mary had no influence in the politics of Hungary and her court was replete with Germans and Dutch.
During her term as queen she was interested in Martin Luther who dedicated four psalms to her in 1526, despite her brother, Ferdinand’s strong disapproval, she herself would be converted back to Catholicism later due to her brother and husband’s efforts.
Louis II of Hungary spent their free time riding and hunting in the open country near the palace and they tried to unsuccessfully mobilize the Hungarian nobility against an imminent Ottoman invasion. Louis had inherited a crown of a country whose noblemen were fighting among themselves and against the peasantry.
Louis II and Mary of Austria would be blessed with three children named;
Vladislaus b. October 2, 1523
Anne b. May 10, 1525
Louis b. November 15, 1530
Mary of Bohemia October 2, 1532
By the end of 1525, it became clear that the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman I was planning to invade.
On the end of August 1526, Suleiman and his army broke through Hungary's southern defenses. Louis and his entire government marched with a small army of 20,000 men. The Battle of Mohacs was over in less than two hours, with the entire Hungarian army virtually Annihilated. Louis was able to successfully flee the site of the battle, however, large swathes of Hungary has been taken by the ottomans.
Mary of Austria would support Bona Sforza in her plans to attach Silesia to the Polish throne in exchange of Bari and Rossano, however this would result in Upper Silesia, which are Opole-Raciborz and Cieszyn passing to Polish suzerainty which gave the control of the Duchy of Opole-Raciborz to Poland due its reversion to Poland in 1530’s after the death of the last duke of Opole and Raciborz and gave the control of Poland to the roots of Vistula.
On 1532, the King Louis II of Hungary would die due to a disease leaving Hungary to a regency council headed by Mary of Austria for her son, Vladislaus III of Hungary.
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