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=== Charles's reign (1385–1386) === [[File:Molnár Elisabeth and Mary on the coronation of Cherles II of Hungary.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth and Mary attending Charles' coronation, by [[József Molnár (painter)|József Molnár]], {{circa|1880}}]] Many noblemen joined Charles of Naples who marched towards Buda.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=97}} Mary and her mother received him ceremoniously before he reached Buda, and he entered the capital in the two queens' company in early December 1385.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=98}}{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=228}} Mary renounced the crown without resistance in the middle of December out of fear that Charles would kill her.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=98}} Charles first adopted the title governor, but the Diet elected him king.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=99}} Charles was crowned king of Hungary in Székesfehérvár on 31{{nbsp}}December.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=40}} According to the contemporaneous [[Lorenzo de Monacis]], Mary and her mother, who attended Charles's coronation, visited Louis the Great's tomb during the ceremony where they burst into tears because of their ill fate.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=99}} Charles did not detain Mary and her mother who continued to live in the royal palace in Buda.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|pp=103–104}} Queen Elizabeth and Nicholas Garai decided to get rid of Charles.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=106}}{{sfn|Csukovits|2012|p=121}} They persuaded [[Blaise Forgách]], the [[master of the cupbearers]], to join them, promising him the domain of [[Gimes]] (now Jelenec in Slovakia) if he murdered the king.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=107}} Upon Queen Elizabeth's request, Charles visited her and her daughter on 7{{nbsp}}February 1386.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=107}} During the meeting, Blaise Forgách attacked the king, seriously injuring him on the head.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=107}}{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=157}} The wounded King Charles was carried to [[Visegrád]] where he died on 24{{nbsp}}February.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}
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