Ancestral Trails 2016 » Charles I of HUNGARY (1288-1342)

Personal data Charles I of HUNGARY 

• He was born in the year 1288 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary.
• Title: King of Hungary and Croatia
• (Ancestry) : Capetian House of Anjou.
• He died on July 16, 1342 in Visegrád, Pest, Hungary, he was 54 years old.
• He is buried July 1342 in Székesfehérvár Basilica, Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary.
• A child of Charles I MARTEL and Clementia von HABSBURG

Household of Charles I of HUNGARY

(1) He is married to Elizabeth of POLAND.

They got married on July 6, 1320, he was 32 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeta of HUNGARY  ± 1335-1367
2. Stephan of SLAVONIA  1332-1354
3. Andreas of CALABRIA  1327-1345
4. Ludwig I of HUNGARY  1326-1382 

• The couple has common ancestors.



(2) He is married to Maria of BYTOM.

They got married about 1306.




(3) He is married to Beatrix of LUXEMBOURG.

They got married between 12 and November 17, 1318 at Prague, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, he was 30 years old.

• The couple has common ancestors.



Notes about Charles I of HUNGARY

Charles I, also known as Charles Robert (Hungarian: Károly Róbert; 1288 - 16 July 1342) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1308. He was a member of the Capetian House of Anjou. His paternal grandmother, Mary, was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. Charles inherited the claim of his father, Charles Martel, Prince of Salerno, to the Kingdom of Hungary in 1295. However, most Hungarian prelates and lords refused to acknowledge his claim and remained loyal to Andrew III of Hungary. Charles's paternal grandfather, Charles II of Naples, made Charles's uncle, Robert, heir to the Kingdom of Naples even though Robert was a younger brother of Charles's father.

He was the only son of Charles Martel, Prince of Salerno, and his wife, Klementia of Habsburg. He was born in 1288; the place of his birth is unknown. Charles Martel was the firstborn son of Charles II of Naples and Charles II's wife, Mary, who was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary. After the death of her brother, Ladislaus IV of Hungary, in 1290, Queen Mary announced her claim to Hungary, stating that the House of Árpád (the royal family of Hungary) had become extinct with Ladislaus's death. However, the Hungarian lords and prelates preferred a distant cousin of hers, Andrew III of Hungary, who was crowned king on 23 July 1290. She renounced her claim to Hungary in favor of Charles Martel in January 1292. The Babonići, Frankopans, Šubići and other Croatian and Slavonian noble families seemingly acknowledged Charles Martel's claim, but in fact their loyalty vacillated between Charles Martel and Andrew III.

Charles Martel died in autumn 1295, and his seven-year-old son, Charles, inherited his claim to Hungary. Charles would have also been the lawful heir to his grandfather, Charles II of Naples, in accordance with the principles of primogeniture. However, Charles II, who preferred his third son, Robert, to his grandson, bestowed the rights of a firstborn son upon Robert on 13 February 1296. Pope Boniface VIII confirmed Charles II's decision on 27 February 1296, excluding the child Charles from succeeding his grandfather in the Kingdom of Naples.

Charles's "first consort, Maria ... was of the Polish nation" and she was "the daughter of Duke Casimir", according to the Illuminated Chronicle. According to Sroka, she married Charles in 1306. Kristó writes that the marriage of Charles and Mary of Bytom probably took place in the first half of 1311. According to the Illuminated Chronicle, she died on 15 December 1317, but a royal charter issued on 12 July 1318 stated that her husband made a land grant with her consent.

Charles's next-second or third-wife was Beatrice of Luxembourg, who was a daughter of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, and the sister of John, King of Bohemia. Their marriage took place before the end of February 1319. She died in childbirth in early November in the same year.

Charles's last wife, Elisabeth, daughter of Władysław I, King of Poland, was born around 1306. Their marriage took place on 6 July 1320.

Most 14th-century Hungarian chroniclers write that Charles and Elisabeth of Poland had five sons. Their first son, Charles, was born in 1321 and died in the same year according to the Illuminated Chronicle. However, a charter of June 1323 states that the child had died in this month. The second son of Charles and Elisabeth, Ladislaus, was born in 1324. The marriage of Ladislaus and Anne, a daughter of King John of Bohemia, was planned by their parents, but Ladislaus died in 1329. Charles's and Elisabeth's third son, Louis, who was born in 1326, survived his father and succeeded him as King of Hungary. His younger brothers, Andrew and Stephen, who were born in 1327 and 1332, respectively, also survived Charles.
SOURCE: Wikipedia


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