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3 unusual facts about Louis I of Hungary


Louis I of Hungary

The Renaissance style came directly from Italy during the Quattrocento to Hungary foremost in the Central European region.

In 1351 Louis also confirmed the constitution (Golden Bull of 1222), adding an explicit declaration that all nobles enjoyed 'one and the same liberty', a provision which, it appears, besides reaffirming the rights of the noble class as a whole, including the familiares, also enlarged its ranks by bringing full noble privileges to a further class of border-line cases.

After the serials of victories over the Tatars, the Hungarian sphere of influence stretched eastward as far as the Dniester.


Bolko III of Strzelce

Bolko III spent much of his time at the courts of King Charles in Prague and King Louis I in Buda.

Coat of arms of Dalmatia

Until 1526 these arms were also used to represent Croatia in general as can be seen from several arms of several kings: Louis I, Queen Mary, King Matthias and King Louis II.

Coat of arms of Miskolc

Its legend is unreadable, and disputes arose about the identity of its heraldic figure, a king's head with a fleur-de-lis crown – according to one theory it is St. Stephen, the patron saint of the Avas church, but the fleur-de-lis indicates a king of the Angevin dynasty, possibly Louis the Great, who gave Miskolc town rights.

Crizbav

The history of the village is rich, beginning from the German name of the city, (Krebs Bach = Crabs Valley) and continuing with the use of Crizbav Citadel as military observation tower, as confirmed by the "Diploma of King Louis the Great" of March 12, 1344, or that of Prince Stephen Bathory of October 30, 1484.

Slovenská Ľupča

Other monarchs who frequently resided in the castle were King Charles I, King Louis the Great, Emperor Sigismund, and King Matthias Corvinus.


see also

Bolko III of Strzelce

In 1355, Bolko III, with several other Silesian Dukes, went to Italy with King Charles of Bohemia, who came to Rome for his coronation as Holy Roman Emperor; ten years later, in 1365, he made a journey from Luxembourg to Avignon, and in 1377, together with King Louis I of Hungary and Władysław Opolczyk, he made a military expedition to Bełz.

Margaret of Bohemia

Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, daughter of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Blanche of Valois, married Louis I of Hungary