On 17 April 1330 Hungarian magnate Felician Záh with his son and servants attempted to murder King Charles Robert of Hungary and his family in royal palace in Visegrád. Charles Robert was in dining room with his wife Elizabeth of Poland and their sons Louis and Andrew, when Felician entered the room with sword in his hand. Felician lightly wounded King and cut off four fingers of Queen Elizabeth before King's knights killed him. That regicide attempt was likely politically motivated, although according to older theories it was personal revenge (allegedly Elizabeth's brother, Casimir of Poland, raped Klara Záh, daughter of Felician, during his visit in Visegrád). So how if Felician is partially successful and managed to kill Queen and her older son Louis? It is hard to imagine worse repression against Záh family than IOTL (IOTL Felician's body was quartered and send to main Hungarian towns for public display, his only son died pulled by horses through the streets, all relatives of Felician up to second degree of kinship were sentenced to death, his daughter Klara had her lips, nose and fingers cut off and was displayed in cage on marketplaces, forced to confess guilt of her father).
So now Charles Robert is widowed (likely would remarry) and ties between Poland and Hungary are weakened, Łokietek is in deeper troubles than IOTL. But Andrew still lives and would still be regarded as heir to the Polish throne if Casimir dies childless. Now, Andrew being only living son of Charles Robert, would not be send to Naples to marry Joanna (so he'd avoid murder). Charles Robert could look for a wife in Bohemia (Anjou-Luxembourg marriages were quite common, so that is obvious direction) Jutta of Luxembourg, OTL wife of John II of France, is available, although she is niece of his second wife Beatrice of Luxembourg, so dispensation would be needed.
Another thing, that would likely change: Hungary is not as good place for Piast dukes (like Władysław Opolczyk) to make careers, and Stephen Kontromanić, Ban of Bosnia, is less likely to marry his OTL Kuiavian Piast wife. Sword of Felician Záh would quickly affect things not only in whole Central Europe, but also as Far as in France...
So now Charles Robert is widowed (likely would remarry) and ties between Poland and Hungary are weakened, Łokietek is in deeper troubles than IOTL. But Andrew still lives and would still be regarded as heir to the Polish throne if Casimir dies childless. Now, Andrew being only living son of Charles Robert, would not be send to Naples to marry Joanna (so he'd avoid murder). Charles Robert could look for a wife in Bohemia (Anjou-Luxembourg marriages were quite common, so that is obvious direction) Jutta of Luxembourg, OTL wife of John II of France, is available, although she is niece of his second wife Beatrice of Luxembourg, so dispensation would be needed.
Another thing, that would likely change: Hungary is not as good place for Piast dukes (like Władysław Opolczyk) to make careers, and Stephen Kontromanić, Ban of Bosnia, is less likely to marry his OTL Kuiavian Piast wife. Sword of Felician Záh would quickly affect things not only in whole Central Europe, but also as Far as in France...
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