Editing Charles I of Hungary (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:HUF 200 1998 obverse.jpg|thumb|300x300px|King Charles Robert on the 200 forint [[Banknotes of the Hungarian forint|Hungarian banknote]] (1998–2009)]]
[[File:Charles I (Millennium Monument).jpg|thumb|upright|Charles's statue on [[Hősök tere|Heroes' Square]] in [[Budapest]]: the king holds his coat-of-arms which units the [[Árpád stripes]] with the [[Capetian dynasty|Capetian]]s' [[Fleur-de-lis|fleurs-de-lis]]|left]]

Charles often declared that his principal aim was the "restoration of the ancient good conditions" of the kingdom.{{sfn|Kontler|1999|pp=88–89}}
On his coat-of-arms, he united the "[[Árpád stripes]]" with the motifs of the coat-of-arms of his paternal family, which emphasized his kinship with the first royal house of Hungary.{{sfn|Kontler|1999|pp=88–89}} During his reign, Charles reunited Hungary and introduced administrative and fiscal reforms.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}} He bequeathed to his son, Louis the Great, a "bulging exchequer and an effective system of taxation", according to scholar Bryan Cartledge.{{sfn|Cartledge|2011|p=36}} Nevertheless, Louis the Great's achievements overshadowed Charles's reputation.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}}

The only contemporaneous record of Charles's deeds were made by a Franciscan friar who was hostile towards the monarch.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}} Instead of emphasizing Charles's achievements in the reunification of the country, the friar described in detail the negative episodes of Charles's reign.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}} In particular, the unusual cruelty that the king showed after Felician Záh's assassination attempt on the royal family contributed to the negative picture of Charles's personality.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}} The Franciscan friar attributed Charles's defeat by Basarab of Wallachia as a punishment from God for the king's revenge.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=138}}
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