InfoPersons, originating from Poland
Louis I of Hungary
Born: March 5, 1326 in Visegrád
Died: September 10, 1382 in Trnava
King of Hungary in 1342–1382, king of Poland in 1370–1382.
In Hungarian I. Nagy Lajos, in Polish: Ludwik Węgierski.
Ludwik came from the Anjou (branch of Capetian) dynasty ruling Hungary from 1308 to 1382. His father was the King of Hungary Karol Robert, and his mother was Elżbieta Łokietkówna, daughter of the Polish king Władysław I Łokietek and sister of Casimir III the Great. Under the agreements between Hungary and Poland, the Anjou dynasty had the right to take over the Polish throne, in the event of the death of the king, Casimir the Great, if he had not left a male heir. Louis inherited Poland after his uncle's death in 1370. In 1384 his daughter Jawiga became Queen of Poland. In Hungarian historiography, Louis was regarded for centuries as the most powerful Hungarian monarch who ruled over an empire "whose shores were washed by three seas".
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