Charles Martel of Anjou
| Charles Martel of Anjou | |
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| titular King of Hungary and Croatia | |
 Charles Martel of Anjou by Anton Boys | |
| Born | 8 September 1271 |
| Died | 12 August 1295 (aged 23) |
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| Spouse | Clemence of Austria |
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| House | Anjou-Sicily Anjou-Hungary (founder) |
| Father | Charles II of Naples |
| Mother | Mary of Hungary |
Charles Martel (Hungarian: Martell Károly; 8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Angevin dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary,[1] the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.
The 18-year-old Charles Martel was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as the titular King of Hungary (1290–1295) as successor of his maternal uncle,[1] the childless Ladislaus IV of Hungary against whom the Pope had already earlier declared a crusade.
He never managed to govern the Kingdom of Hungary, where an agnate of the Árpád dynasty, his cousin Andrew III of Hungary ruled at that time. Charles Martel was, however, successful in asserting his claim in the Kingdom of Croatia, then in personal union with Hungary.
Charles Martel died of the plague in Naples. His son, Charles (or Charles Robert), later succeeded in winning the throne of Hungary.[2]
Charles was apparently known personally to Dante: in the Divine Comedy, the poet speaks warmly of and to Charles's spirit when they meet in the Heaven of Venus (in Paradiso VIII).
Family[]
He married Klementia of Habsburg (d. 1295), daughter of Rudolph I, King of Germany.[3]
They had three children:
- Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), King of Hungary[4]
- Beatrix (1290–1354, Grenoble), married on 25 May 1296 Jean II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois[4]
- Clementia (February 1293 – 12 October 1328, Paris), married in Paris on 13 August 1315 Louis X of France[4]
Ancestry[]
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References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Fine 1994, p. 207.
- ^ Fine 1994, p. 208-209.
- ^ Earenfight 2013, p. 173.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Previte-Orton 1962, p. 922.
Sources[]
- Earenfight, Theresa (2013). Queenship in Medieval Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Fine, John V.A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans. The University of Michigan Press.
- Previte-Orton, C.W. (1962). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. II. Cambridge at the University Press.
Further reading[]
- (in French) Coat of arms of the House of Anjou-Sicily on the French Wikipedia
- (in French) House of Anjou-Sicily on the French Wikipedia
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