Louis II of Hungary
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| Louis II of Hungary II. Lajos |
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| King of Hungary, King of Bohemia | |
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| Reign | 1516 – 1526 |
| Predecessor | Ladislaus II |
| Successor | Ferdinand I János Szapolyai |
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| Reign | 1516 – 1526 |
| Predecessor | Ladislaus II |
| Successor | Ferdinand I |
| Spouse | Mary of Habsburg |
| House | Jagiellon dynasty |
| Father | Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary |
| Mother | Anne de Foix |
| Born | 1506 July 1 Buda (now Budapest), Kingdom of Hungary |
| Died | 1526 August 29 Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary |
Louis Jagiellon (July 1, 1506, Buda (now Budapest), Hungary – August 29, 1526 in Mohács, Hungary) was King of Hungary and King of Bohemia from 1516 to 1526[1].
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[edit] Early life
Louis was the son of Ladislaus V Jagiellon and his third wife, Anne de Foix.
After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne 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 was killed in the Battle of Mohács while leading his forces against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire. He had no legitimate children. Ferdinand was elected as his successor in Kingdom 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] Ancestry
| Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia | Father: Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary |
Paternal Grandfather: Casimir IV Jagiellon |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Jogaila |
| Paternal Great-grandmother: Sophia of Halshany |
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| Paternal Grandmother: Elisabeth of Austria |
Paternal Great-grandfather: Albert II of Germany |
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| Paternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Bohemia |
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| Mother: Anna of Foix-Candale |
Maternal Grandfather: Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale |
Maternal Great-grandfather: John I de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Margaret de la Pole, Countess of Kendal |
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| Maternal Grandmother: Infanta Catherine of Navarre |
Maternal Great-grandfather: Gaston IV of Foix |
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| Maternal Great-grandmother: Eleanor of Navarre |
[edit] 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, Angelitha Wass before his marriage. This child was called John (János in Hungarian) and his name appears in the sources of the Chamber in Vienna as either János Wass or János Lanthos, which can refer to the fact that he used his mother's name first, then that of his 'jobs's', Lanthos that means 'lutanist, bard'. He received incomes from Royal Treasury regularly. He had further offsprings.
[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
[edit] Bibliography
- Takáts, Sándor: II. Lajos király fia (A Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), Századok (Periodical Centuries), pp. 183-185, 1903
[edit] Names in other languages
- Hungarian: II. Lajos
- German: Ludwig II.
- Czech: Ludvík
- Slovak: Ľudovít II
- Croatian: Ludovik II.
- Polish: Ludwik II.
[edit] External links
Media related to Louis II of Hungary at Wikimedia Commons
| 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 János I |
