Editing Mary, Queen of Hungary (section)

== Childhood (1371–1382) ==

Mary was born in the latter half of 1371 to [[Louis I of Hungary|Louis the Great]], [[King of Hungary]] and [[King of Poland|Poland]], and his second wife, [[Elizabeth of Bosnia]].{{sfn|Csukovits|2012|p=120}}{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}} She was the second daughter of her parents.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}} They had been childless for over a decade before Mary's older sister, [[Catherine of Hungary (1370–1378)|Catherine]], was born in 1370.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=169}} Mary and Catherine gained another sibling, [[Jadwiga of Poland|Jadwiga]], in 1374.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=169}}{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=56}}

Since Louis had fathered no sons, the expectation that he would bequeath Hungary, Poland, and his claims to the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and [[County of Provence|Provence]] to his daughters made them desirable spouses for members of the European royal families.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=169}} Before Mary's first birthday, her father made a promise to [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor]], that Mary would marry the emperor's second son, [[Sigismund of Luxembourg]].{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=170}} Louis confirmed his promise in a deed in June 1373.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}}{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=222}} Mary and Sigismund were closely related, because her paternal grandmother, [[Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary|Elizabeth of Poland]], was the sister of his great-grandfather, [[Casimir III the Great|Casimir III of Poland]].{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}} [[Pope Gregory XI]] issued the [[papal dispensation|dispensation]] necessary for their marriage on 6{{nbsp}}December 1374.{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=55}} The leading Hungarian and Polish lords confirmed Louis's promise of Mary's and Sigismund's marriage on 14{{nbsp}}April 1375.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=67}}

[[File:HAZU 77 17 lipnja 2008.jpg|thumb|alt=Woman handing a sarcophagus to a saint with her three daughters kneeling in front of her|Mary praying with her sisters while their mother presents a [[Chest of Saint Simeon|chest]] to St.{{nbsp}}Simeon]]

Mary's older sister, Catherine, who had been betrothed to [[Louis I, Duke of Orléans|Louis of France]], died in late 1378.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=169}}{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=224}} Louis the Great confirmed his earlier promise of Mary's and Sigismund's marriage to Sigismund's brother, [[Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia|Wenceslaus]], [[King of the Romans]], in [[Zólyom]] (now Zvolen in Slovakia) in 1379.{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=224}}{{sfn|Süttő|2002|pp=67–68}} Louis and Wenceslaus also agreed that they would acknowledge [[Pope Urban VI|Urban VI]] as the lawful pope against [[Antipope Clement VII|Clement VII]].{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=224}} Mary was formally engaged to Sigismund in [[Nagyszombat]] (now Trnava in Slovakia) in the same year.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|pp=67–68}}{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=170}} Sigismund, who had meanwhile become [[Margrave of Brandenburg]],{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=69}} came to Hungary.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=68}}

Louis summoned the Polish prelates and lords to [[Košice|Kassa]] (now Košice in Slovakia) in September 1379, persuading them to acknowledge Mary's right to succeed him in Poland.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=170}}{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=71}} The contemporaneous [[Jan of Czarnków]], who was biased against Louis, recorded that the Poles yielded to the monarch's demand only after he had prevented them from leaving the town by shutting its gates.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=170}}{{sfn|Halecki|1991|pp=57,71}} At a meeting with [[Leopold III, Duke of Austria]] in early 1380, Louis strongly hinted that he would bequeath Hungary to his younger daughter, Jadwiga, who had been engaged to Leopold{{nbsp}}III's son, [[William, Duke of Austria|William]].{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=73}} Upon Louis's demand, a delegation of the Polish noblemen again paid homage to Sigismund and Mary on 25{{nbsp}}July 1382.{{sfn|Halecki|1991|pp=74–75}} According to the historian [[Oscar Halecki]], Louis wished to divide his kingdoms between his two surviving daughters,{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=75}} but [[Pál Engel]] and [[Claude Michaud]] write that the ailing king wanted to bequeath both Hungary and Poland on Mary and Sigismund.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=170}}{{sfn|Michaud|2000|p=742}}