= Mary = '''Mary''' (''Maria'') was queen of [[Hungary/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Hungary|Hungary]] and [[Croatia/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Hungary_and_Croatia|Croatia]] in her own right. She was married to [[Hungary/Sigismund|Sigismund]], who reigned as king ''jure uxoris''. <> ---- == History == Mary was the second daughter of [[Hungary/LouisI|Louis I]] and [[Hungary/Elizabeth|Elizabeth]]. After her elder sister '''Catherine''' died at the age of 8, she became heir presumptive. Before her first birthday, a marriage was arranged with [[Hungary/Sigismund|Sigismund]], the second son of [[Czechia/CharlesIV|Charles IV]]. The marriage required a papal dispensation as they were cousins. ---- == Reign == === First Reign === [[Hungary/LouisI|Louis I]] died on September 10, 1382. Mary was immediately crowned in her own right. For the entirety of Mary's reign, her mother [[Hungary/Elizabeth|Elizabeth]] served as regent. The [[Poland/Monarchs#Kingdom_of_Poland|Polish]] nobility demanded that their monarch live within Poland, effectively demanding that Elizabeth's second daughter [[Poland/Jadwiga|Jadwiga]] inherit and be removed from her influence. During this interregnum, [[Poland/WladyslawII|Władysław II]] consilidated power as an alternative candidate for the monarchy. In 1384 Elizabeth was forced to concede and Jadwiga was recognized as heir to Poland. Mary's reign was contested by '''Charles II''', the senior [[Hungary/Monarchs#Angevin|Angevin]] male, who already held the duchal titles of Croatia, Dalmatia, and Slavonia. [[Hungary/Sigismund|Sigismund]] occupied [[Slovakia/Bratislava|Bratislava]] seeking to enforce the marital contract. They married in [[Hungary/Budapest|Buda]] in October 1385, but he was neither granted a royal title nor given a place in Hungarian government. He departed Hungary thereafter. === Interregnum === Charles II seized [[Hungary/Budapest|Buda]] and the Hungarian crown in December 1385. Elizabeth had him assassinated in February, restoring Mary to the throne. === Second Reign === In July 1386, both Mary and Elizabeth were captured by '''John Horvat''', the ban of Macso. Sigismund intervened militarily, but Elizabeth was executed as his army approached Novigrad in January 1387. Mary would finally be freed in July 1387. During the imprisonment, Hungarian nobility had elected Sigismund first as regent and then king. He was crowned in March 1387. Mary was quickly set aside from governmental powers. Mary was injured while pregnant on May 17, 1395. She and her prematurely-born son died that day. ---- == Legacy == Mary left no heirs for the [[Hungary/Monarchs#Angevin|Angevin dynasty]] in Hungary. [[Hungary/Sigismund|Sigismund]] would re-marry and eventually arrange for his daughter's marriage into the [[Hungary/Monarchs#Habsburg|Habsburg dynasty]]. ---- CategoryRicottone