Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia

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Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia

Louis Jagiellon (July 1, 1506, Buda

Buda

Buda is the western part of the Hungary capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian....
(now Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
), Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
– August 29, 1526 in Mohács

Mohács

Moh?cs is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest....
, Hungary

Hungary

List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
and King of Bohemia

List of rulers of Bohemia

This is a list of Monarch of Bohemia. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia are territories which are or have been considered Czech lands or Lands of the Bohemian Crown ....
from 1516 to 1526.
s was the son of Ladislaus V

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary

Vladislas II, also known as Ladislaus Jagiellon ; was King of Bohemia from 1471 and King of Hungary from 1490 until his death in 1516. He was also a knight of the Order of the Dragon....
Jagiellon

Jagiellon dynasty

The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty originating from Lithuanian House of Gediminas dynasty that reigned in Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century....
and his third wife, Anne de Foix.

After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne of Hungary

List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
and Bohemia

List of rulers of Bohemia

This is a list of Monarch of Bohemia. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia are territories which are or have been considered Czech lands or Lands of the Bohemian Crown ....
upon his father's death.

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Louis Jagiellon (July 1, 1506, Buda

Buda

Budapest

Hungary

Mohács

Moh?cs is a town in Baranya county, Hungary on the right bank of the Danube, 115 miles south of Budapest....
, Hungary

Hungary

List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
and King of Bohemia

List of rulers of Bohemia

This is a list of Monarch of Bohemia. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia are territories which are or have been considered Czech lands or Lands of the Bohemian Crown ....
from 1516 to 1526.

Early life

Louis was the son of Ladislaus V

Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary

Jagiellon dynasty

List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
and Bohemia

List of rulers of Bohemia

This is a list of Monarch of Bohemia. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia are territories which are or have been considered Czech lands or Lands of the Bohemian Crown ....
upon his father's death. Louis had been adopted by Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
Maximilian I

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
in 1515. When Maximilian

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
I died in 1519, Louis was raised by his legal guardian, his cousin Georg von Hohenzollern

George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

George the Pious was a Margrave of Principality of Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern....
, margrave of Brandenburg

Brandenburg

Brandenburg is one of the sixteen states of Germany of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany....
-Ansbach

Ansbach

Ansbach, or Anspach, originally Onolzbach, is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk of Mittelfranken....
.

Reign

Louis owed allegiance to the Imperial Habsburgs as a member of the Order of the Golden Fleece

Order of the Golden Fleece

The Order of the Golden Fleece is an order of chivalry founded in 1430 by Duke Philip III, Duke of Burgundy of Duchy of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage to the Portugal princess Isabel, Duchess of Burgundy....
.

In 1522 Louis II was married to Mary of Habsburg, a Habsburg

Habsburg

The House of Habsburg was an important royal house of Europe and is best known as supplying all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1452 and 1740, as well as rulers of Spanish Empire and the Austrian Empire....
princess, granddaughter of Maximilian I

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I of Habsburg was Holy Roman Empire from 1508 until his death, but had ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his reign, from circa 1483....
, as stipulated by the First Congress of Vienna

First Congress of Vienna

The First Congress of Vienna was held in 1515, attended by the Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and the Jagiellonian brothers, Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia, and Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania....
in 1515. His sister Anne

Anna of Bohemia and Hungary

Anna of Bohemia and Hungary, also sometimes known as Anna Jagellonica was, by marriage to Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Romans and later Holy Roman Emperor, Queen of the Romans....
was married to Archduke Ferdinand of Austria

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I was a Central European monarch from the Habsburg. He was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary and Croatia from 1526....
, then a governor on behalf of his brother Charles V

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I of Spain, of the Spanish realms from 1516 until his abdication in 1556....
, and later Emperor Ferdinand I

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Ferdinand I was a Central European monarch from the Habsburg. He was Holy Roman Emperor from 1558, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary and Croatia from 1526....
.

On 29 August, 1526, Louis was killed in the Battle of Mohács

Battle of Mohács

The Battle of Moh?cs was fought on August 29, 1526 near Moh?cs, Hungary. In the battle, forces of the Kingdom of Hungary led by King of Hungary Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia were defeated by forces of the Ottoman Empire led by Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent....
while leading his forces against Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman the Magnificent

Suleiman I, His Imperial Majesty , was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1520 to his death in 1566. He is known in Western world as Suleiman the Magnificent and in Eastern world, as the Lawgiver , for his complete reconstruction of the Ottoman legal system....
of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
. He had no legitimate children. Ferdinand was elected as his successor in Kingdom of Bohemia

List of rulers of Bohemia

This is a list of Monarch of Bohemia. Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, and Lusatia are territories which are or have been considered Czech lands or Lands of the Bohemian Crown ....
and Hungary

List of Hungarian rulers

This is a list of all rulers of Hungary since ?rp?d.See Heads of state of Hungary for a list of post-1918 presidents....
, but the Hungarian throne was contested by János Szapolyai, who ruled the areas of the kingdom conquered by the Turks as an Ottoman client.

Ancestry

**Louis II's ancestors in three generations**
Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia	Father: Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary Vladislas II, also known as Ladislaus Jagiellon ; was King of Bohemia from 1471 and King of Hungary from 1490 until his death in 1516. He was also a knight of the Order of the Dragon....	Paternal Grandfather: Casimir IV Jagiellon Casimir IV Jagiellon Casimir IV Jagiellon of the Jagiellon dynasty, was List of Lithuanian rulers from 1440, and List of Polish monarchs from 1447, until his death....	Paternal Great-grandfather: Jogaila Jogaila Jogaila, later Wladyslaw II Jagiello , was Grand Duchy of Lithuania and King of Poland. He ruled in Lithuania from 1377, at first with his uncle, Kestutis....
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia of Halshany Sophia of Halshany Sophia of Halshany , was a Lithuanians princess of Halshany, Queen of Poland from , and the last wife of Jogaila....
		Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth of Austria	Paternal Great-grandfather: Albert II of Germany Albert II of Germany Albert II of Habsburg , Holy Roman emperor. He was King of Germany from 1438 until his death. He was also King of Bohemia, King of Hungary, as Albrecht, duke of Luxembourg and, as Albert V, archduke of Duchy of Austria from 1404....
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth II of Bohemia Elisabeth II of Bohemia Elisabeth of Bohemia was the only daughter of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia, by his second wife Barbara of Celje. Her father was the last male descent of the House of Luxemburg on the Imperial Throne....
	Mother: Anna of Foix-Candale Anna of Foix-Candale Anna of Foix was the third Queen consort of King Vladislaus II of Hungary, and his only wife to produce an heir....	Maternal Grandfather: Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale Gaston de Foix, Earl of Kendal and Count of Benauges was a French of high nobility in last decades of Middle Ages.He was a cadet member of the important Foix family in Southern France....	Maternal Great-grandfather: John I de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Margaret de la Pole, Countess of Kendal
		Maternal Grandmother: Infanta Catherine of Navarre Infanta Catherine of Navarre Catherine de Foix was a France noblewoman.She was a daughter of Gaston IV, Count of Foix, Count of Foix and Eleanor of Navarre, daughter of John II of Aragon and Blanche I of Navarre....	Maternal Great-grandfather: Gaston IV of Foix
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor of Navarre Eleanor of Navarre Eleanor of Aragon , Regent and the List of Navarrese monarchs in 1479. She was crowned on 28 January 1479 in Tudela, Navarre....

Jagiellons in Natural Line

Although Louis II's marriage remained childless, he probably had an illegitimate offspring with his mother's former lady-in-waiting

Lady-in-waiting

A lady-in-waiting is a female personal assistant at a noble court, attending to a Monarch, a princess or other nobility. A lady-in-waiting is often a noblewoman of lower rank than the one she attends to, and is not considered a servant....
, Angelitha Wass

Angelitha Wass

Angelitha Wass [pronunciation in IPA: ??g?lit? v??/English: ongeleeto vosh] was a Hungarian Lady-in-waiting of Anne de Foix Queen of Hungary and a Mistress of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia Jagiellon King of Hungary....
before his marriage. This child was called John

János Wass

J?nos Wass [pronunciation in IPA: ja:no? v??/English: yaanosh vosh] or "Prince" John was an unlearnt bastard son of King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia Jagiellon, the ill-fated king, who died young and in mysterious circumstances at the Battle of Moh?cs by a liaison with his mother's former Lady-in-waiting, Angelitha Wass....
(János in Hungarian

Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
) and his name appears in the sources of the Chamber in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
as either János Wass

János Wass

Bard

In Celts society, a bard was a professional poet, paid by a monarch to praise the sovereign's activities.The term acquired generic meanings of an epic author/singer/narrator or any poets, especially famous ones....
'. He received incomes from Royal Treasury regularly. He had further offsprings.

Bibliography

Takáts, Sándor: II. Lajos király fia (A Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), Századok (Periodical Centuries), pp. 183-185, 1903

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