In 1301, the Hungarian crown was offered to Otto, duke of Lower Bavaria, grandson of prior king Béla IV of Hungary; Otto didn't accept until 1305, however. Wencesalus III of Bohemia, Otto's rival, renounced the Hungarian throne, and Otto arrived in Buda in disguise.
Otto was crowned king, taking the name Béla V. His reign was troubled from the beginning, as his opponent Charles of Anjou took several critical cities, including Buda. In 1307 Otto went to the Voivode of Transylvania (to seek help?) and promptly got himself imprisoned. Otto abdicated the following year after being released and returned to Lower Bavaria.
Is it possible to salvage Otto's "reign", and get a stable Wittelsbach Hungary for at least a century or two?
@Jan Olbracht @Fehérvári @Kellan Sullivan
Otto was crowned king, taking the name Béla V. His reign was troubled from the beginning, as his opponent Charles of Anjou took several critical cities, including Buda. In 1307 Otto went to the Voivode of Transylvania (to seek help?) and promptly got himself imprisoned. Otto abdicated the following year after being released and returned to Lower Bavaria.
Is it possible to salvage Otto's "reign", and get a stable Wittelsbach Hungary for at least a century or two?
@Jan Olbracht @Fehérvári @Kellan Sullivan
Last edited: