Louis II of Hungary
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| Louis II painted by Titian. | |
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| Reign | 1516–1526 |
| Predecessor | Ladislaus II |
| Successor | Ferdinand I John Zapolya |
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| Reign | 1516–1526 |
| Predecessor | Ladislaus II |
| Successor | Ferdinand I |
| Spouse | Mary of Habsburg |
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| Illegitimate son: János Wass (from his mistress, Angelitha Wass) | |
| House | Jagiellon dynasty |
| Father | Vladislas II of Hungary |
| Mother | Anne de Foix |
| Born | July 1, 1506 Buda (now Budapest), Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | August 29, 1526 (aged 20) Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary |
Louis II (Hungarian: Lajos, 1 July 1506, Buda – 29 August 1526, Mohács) was King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia from 1516 to 1526.[1]
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[edit] Early life
Louis was the son of Ladislaus II Jagiellon and his third wife, Anne de Foix.
After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the thrones of Hungary and Bohemia. Upon his father's death Louis had been adopted by Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1515. When Maximilian I died in 1519, Louis was raised by his legal guardian, his cousin Georg von Hohenzollern, margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.
[edit] Reign
Louis owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece.
In 1522 Louis II was married to Mary of Habsburg, a Habsburg princess, granddaughter of Maximilian I, as stipulated by the First Congress of Vienna in 1515. His sister Anne was married to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, then a governor on behalf of his brother Charles V, and later Emperor Ferdinand I.
On 29 August 1526, Louis led his forces against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire in the disastrous Battle of Mohács. During the retreat, the nineteen-year-old king died in a marsh.[2] As Louis had no legitimate children Ferdinand was elected as his successor in Kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary, but the Hungarian throne was contested by János Szapolyai, who ruled the areas of the kingdom conquered by the Turks as an Ottoman client.
[edit] Jagiellons in natural line
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Although Louis II's marriage remained childless, he probably had an illegitimate child with his mother's former lady-in-waiting, Angelitha Wass before his marriage. This son was called John (János in Hungarian). This name appears in sources in Vienna as either János Wass or János Lanthos. The former surname is his mother's maiden name. The latter surname may refer to his occupation. "Lanthos" means "lutenist", or "bard". He received incomes from the Royal Treasury regularly. He had further offspring.
[edit] Names in other languages
- Turkish: II. Layoş
- Hungarian: II. Lajos
- German: Ludwig II.
- Czech: Ludvík
- Slovak: Ľudovít II
- Croatian: Ludovik II.
- Polish: Ludwik II.
[edit] References
- ^ Louis II. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 24, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/348775/Louis-II
- ^ Library of World History. VI. Western Press Assoc.. 1914. p. 2582. http://books.google.com/books?id=Z88GAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2582.
[edit] Bibliography
- Takáts, Sándor: II. Lajos király fia (A Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), Századok (Periodical Centuries), pp. 183–185, 1903
[edit] External links
Media related to Louis II of Hungary at Wikimedia Commons
[edit] Ancestry
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| Preceded by Ladislaus II |
King of Bohemia 1516–1526 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand I |
| Preceded by Ladislaus II |
King of Hungary 1516–1526 |
Succeeded by Ferdinand I and John I |
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