Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Mary, Queen of Hungary
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
=== Restoration and capture (1386–1387) === Mary was restored to the throne, with her mother ruling in her name.{{sfn|Csukovits|2012|p=121}} The queen mother informed the citizens of [[Kőszeg]] already on 14{{nbsp}}February that "Queen Mary had regained the Holy Crown".{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=111}} However, the Horvat brothers rose up in open rebellion on behalf of the murdered king's son, [[Ladislaus of Naples]].{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}} Mary's husband, Sigismund, and his brother, Wenceslaus, invaded Upper Hungary in April.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=40}} After weeks of negotiations, the queens acknowledged Sigismund's position as consort in a [[Treaty of Győr (1386)|treaty]] which was signed in [[Győr]] in early May.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=41}} They also confirmed Sigismund's mortgage of the lands west of the Vág to Jobst and Prokop of Moravia.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=41}} After the treaty was signed, the queens returned to Buda and Sigismund went to Bohemia, suggesting that he was dissatisfied with the treaty.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=124}} [[File:The abduction of Elizabeth of Bosnia and Mary of Hungary.jpg|thumb|right|[[Nicholas I Garai|Nicholas Garai]] defending his sovereign Mary and her mother Elizabeth from the Croatians. By [[Mihály Kovács (painter)|Mihály Kovács]].]] Queen Elizabeth, who according to the 15th-century historian [[Johannes de Thurocz]] was "driven by folly", decided to visit the southern counties of the kingdom that were controlled by supporters of Ladislaus of Naples.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}} The queen mother and Mary set out for [[Đakovo]], accompanied by Nicholas Garai and a modest following around 15{{nbsp}}July.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}}{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=229}} However, John Horvát, John of Palisna and their retainers ambushed and attacked the queens and their retinue at [[Gorjani, Croatia|Gorjani]] on 25{{nbsp}}July.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}}{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}} The queens' small entourage fought the attackers, but all were killed or captured.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=129}} Blaise Forgách and Nicholas Garai were beheaded and their heads were thrown into the queens' carriage.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=130}} Elizabeth took all the blame for the rebellion and begged the attackers to spare her daughter's life, according to Johannes de{{nbsp}}Thurocz's account.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=130}}{{sfn|Bak|1997|p=231}} [[File:Orlai Queens Mary and Elisabeth Imprisoned in Novigrad 1879.jpg|thumb|Mary and her mother [[Elizabeth of Bosnia]] in prison, as painted by [[Soma Orlai Petrich]].]] Mary and her mother were imprisoned.{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}} They were held in captivity in [[Ivanić-Grad|Gomnec Castle]], which was a fortress of the Bishopric of Zagreb.{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=131}} In the queens' absence, the barons of the realm convoked a Diet under the newly carved "seal of the regnicoles".{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}} On Queen Mary's behalf, they promised a general pardon, but the Horvats refused to submit.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=198}} The two queens were dragged to Krupa, and from there to [[Novigrad Castle]] on the coast of the [[Adriatic Sea]].{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}}{{sfn|Fügedi|1986|p=131}} The barons or the Diet elected Stephen Lackfi palatine and made Sigismund of Luxembourg regent.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=199}} John Horvat's henchmen strangled Queen Elizabeth in Mary's presence in early January.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=199}} In the same month, Sigismund invaded Slavonia, but could not defeat the rebels.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=199}}{{sfn|Solymosi|Körmendi|1981|p=229}} Taking advantage of the anarchy in Hungary, Polish troops invaded Lodomeria and Halych in February.{{sfn|Halecki|1991|pp=164–165}} Only [[Vladislaus II of Opole]], who claimed the two realms for himself, protested against their action.{{sfn|Halecki|1991|p=165}} Sigismund was crowned king on 31{{nbsp}}March as it was decided that the kingdom could no longer be without an effective ruler.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=199}} One of his supporters, [[Ivan V Krčki (Frankopan)|Ivan of Krk]], laid siege to Novigrad Castle with the assistance of a Venetian fleet, which was under the command of Giovanni Barbarigo.{{sfn|Fine|1994|p=397}}{{sfn|Süttő|2002|pp=73, 75}} They captured the castle and liberated Mary on 4{{nbsp}}June 1387.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=73}} She was especially grateful to Barbarigo; she [[knight]]ed him and granted an annuity of 600 golden florins to him.{{sfn|Süttő|2002|p=73}}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Mary, Queen of Hungary
(section)
Add topic