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Louis's birth depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle. Born on 5 March 1326, [1] Louis was the third son of Charles I of Hungary and his wife, Elizabeth of Poland. [2] He was named for his father's uncle, Louis, Bishop of Toulouse, canonized in 1317. [3]
The Chronicon Pictum or Illuminated Chronicle (Latin for "Illustrated Chronicle", Hungarian: Képes Krónika, Slovak: Obrázková kronika, German: Ungarische Bilderchronik, also referred to as Chronica Hungarorum, Chronicon Hungarie Pictum, Chronica Picta or Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum) is a medieval illustrated chronicle from the Kingdom of Hungary from the 14th century.
King Louis II of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664) After his father's death in 1516, the minor Louis II ascended to the throne of Hungary and Croatia. Louis was adopted by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I in 1515. When Maximilian I died in 1519, Louis's cousin George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, became his legal guardian.
Louis I of Hungary (king 1342–1382) Louis II of Hungary (king 1516–1526) This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 11:55 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
King Matthias of Hungary was happy to be described as "the second Attila". [4] In the prologue of his chronicle, Thuróczy set the goal of glorifying Attila, which was undeservedly neglected, moreover, he introduced the famous "Scourge of God" characterization to the later Hungarian writers, because the earlier chronicles remained hidden for a long time.
In addition, like three of the male worthies, Elizabeth of Hungary was an ancestor of Burgkmair's patron Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Helena was a Roman Empress. Unlike the other two groups, who all face each other, apparently in conversation, these three all look down, and may illustrate the female virtue of silence. [ 13 ]
Baron: 1783, 1799. Two family branches bore the title of baron. The Vays' hereditary seat at the Upper House of the Diet of Hungary was confirmed by Act VIII of 1886. [127] Vécsey (†) 1813 Baron: 1692. The family branch that bore the title of count extinguished in 1879, but the baronial branches survived. [128] Vigyázó (†) 1895
The title page of the Nádasdy Mausoleum. The Nádasdy Mausoleum is a series of full-length portraits of Hun and Hungarian leaders and kings published in Nuremberg in 1664 at the expense of Count Ferenc Nádasdy under the title: Mausoleum potentissimorum ac gloriosissimorum Regni Apostolici Regum et primorum militantis Ungariae Ducum (The Mausoleum of the Most Powerful and Glorious Apostolic ...