Louis II of Hungary

Louis II
Louis II painted by Titian.
King of Hungary and Croatia
Reign	1516–1526
Predecessor	Ladislaus II
Successor	Ferdinand I John Zapolya
King of Bohemia
Reign	1516–1526
Predecessor	Ladislaus II
Successor	Ferdinand I
Spouse	Mary of Habsburg
Issue
Illegitimate son: János Wass (from his mistress, Angelitha Wass)
House	Jagiellon dynasty
Father	Vladislas II of Hungary
Mother	Anne de Foix
Born	July 1, 1506(1506-07-01) Buda (now Budapest), Kingdom of Hungary
Died	August 29, 1526(1526-08-29) (aged 20) Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary

Louis II (Hungarian: Lajos, 1 July 1506, Buda – 29 August 1526, Mohács) was King of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia from 1516 to 1526.^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Reign 3 Jagiellons in natural line 4 Names in other languages 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External links 8 Ancestry

Early life

Louis was the son of Ladislaus II Jagiellon and his third wife, Anne de Foix.

After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the thrones 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.

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 led his forces against Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire in the disastrous Battle of Mohács. During the retreat, the nineteen-year-old king died in a marsh.^[2] As Louis had no legitimate children Ferdinand was elected as his successor in Kingdoms 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.

Jagiellons in natural line

Although Louis II's marriage remained childless, he probably had an illegitimate child with his mother's former lady-in-waiting, Angelitha Wass before his marriage. This son was called John (János in Hungarian). This name appears in sources in Vienna as either János Wass or János Lanthos. The former surname is his mother's maiden name. The latter surname may refer to his occupation. "Lanthos" means "lutenist", or "bard". He received incomes from the Royal Treasury regularly. He had further offspring.

Names in other languages

• Turkish: II. Layoş
• Hungarian: II. Lajos
• German: Ludwig II.
• Czech: Ludvík
• Slovak: Ľudovít II
• Croatian: Ludovik II.
• Polish: Ludwik II.

References

Bibliography

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

External links

Media related to [//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Louis_II_of_Hungary Louis II of Hungary] at Wikimedia Commons

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louis II of Hungary

16. Algirdas, Grand Prince of Lithuania               8. Władysław II Jagiełło                       17. Uliana of Tver               4. Casimir IV Jagiellon                             18. Andrew Ivanovich of Halshany               9. Sophia of Halshany                       19. Alexandra Dimitrievna of Drutsk               2. Vladislas II of Bohemia and Hungary                                   20. Albert IV, Duke of Austria               10. Albert II of Germany                       21. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria               5. Elisabeth of Austria                             22. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor               11. Elisabeth of Bohemia                       23. Barbara of Cilli               1. Louis II, King of Hungary and Bohemia                                         24. Gaston I de Foix, Captal de Buch               12. John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal                       25. Marguerite of Albret               6. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale                             26. Sir Thomas Kerdeston               13. Margaret de la Pole, Countess of Candale                       27. Elizabeth de la Pole               3. Anna of Foix-Candale                                   28. John I, Count of Foix and Bigorre               14. Gaston IV, Count of Foix                       29. Joan of Albret               7. Catherine of Foix                             30. John II of Aragon               15. Eleanor of Navarre                       31. Blanche I of Navarre

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 John I

Monarchs of Bohemia Přemyslid c.870–1306 Bořivoj I Spytihněv I Vratislaus I Wenceslaus I Boleslaus I Boleslaus II Boleslaus III Vladivoj Boleslaus III Boleslaus the Brave1 Jaromír Oldrich Jaromír Oldrich Bretislaus I Spytihněv II Vratislaus II Conrad I Bretislaus II Bořivoj II Svatopluk the Lion Vladislaus I Bořivoj II Vladislaus I Sobeslaus I Vladislaus II Frederick Sobeslaus II Bedřich Conrad II Wenceslaus II Ottokar I Bretislaus III Vladislaus III Ottokar I 2 Wenceslaus I Ottokar II Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III Non-dynastic 1306–1310 Henry the Carinthian Rudolph I Henry the Carinthian Luxembourg 1310–1437 John the Blind Charles I Wenceslaus IV Sigismund Habsburg 1437–1457 Albert Interregnum Ladislaus the Posthumous Non-dynastic 1457–1471 George of Poděbrady Matthias Corvinus3 Jagiellon 1471–1526 Vladislaus II Louis Habsburg 1526–1780 Ferdinand I Maximilian Rudolph II Matthias II Ferdinand II Frederick Ferdinand III Ferdinand IV Leopold I Joseph I Charles II Charles Albert3 Maria Theresa Habsburg-Lorraine 1780–1918 Joseph II Leopold II Francis Ferdinand V Francis Joseph Charles III 1 Also duke of Poland from the Piast dynasty. 2 Hereditary kings since 1198. 3 Antiking.

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Persondata
Name	Louis II of Hungary
Alternative names	Ludvík Jagellonský (Czech), II. Lajos (Hungarian)
Short description	King of Bohemia and Hungary
Date of birth	July 1, 1506
Place of birth	Buda (now Budapest), Kingdom of Hungary
Date of death	August 29, 1526
Place of death	Mohács, Kingdom of Hungary