= Charles I = '''Charles I''', also known as '''Charles Robert''' (''Karoly Robert''), was king of [[Hungary/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Croatia|Croatia]]. <> ---- == History == Charles I was the grandson of '''Mary''', the sister of '''Ladislaus IV'''. Mary contested the claim of '''Andrew III''' and married '''Charles II''' of Naples. After Andrew III died in 1301, the kingdom of Hungary began to disintegrate. A set of oligarchs were ''de facto'' rulers across the realm: '''Matthew Csak''' in modern Slovakia, '''Amadeus Aba''' in the northeast, '''Ivan Koszegi''' in Transdanubia, and '''Ladislaus Kan''' in [[Romania/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Hungary|Transylvania]]. '''Paul I''', the ban of Croatia, arranged for Charles I to travel to [[Croatia/Split|Split]]. He was crowned in [[Hungary/Esztergom|Esztergom]] on May 13. The local nobility favored '''Wenceslaus''', and crowned him in [[Hungary/Szekesfehervar|Szekesfehervar]]. Charles I was confined to the south of Hungary for the next four years. ---- == Reign == Disintegration of power continued under Charles' reign. He expanded the kingdom to the east and established the voivodeship of [[Romania/Monarchs#Principality_of_Moldavia|Moldavia]] as a buffer vassal against the [[WorldHistory/GoldenHorde|Golden Horde]]. '''Dragoș''', voivode of '''Maramureș''' (as elected by the local ''knezes'') was appointed to this office. [[Romania/BogdanI|Bogdan]] led an exodus of ethnic Vlachs (''Wallachians'') out of [[Serbia]], which Charles I welcomed into Maramureș. Bogdan would eventually be elected to that voivodeship and rapidly centralized power against Charles. ---- == Legacy == ---- CategoryRicottone