Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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]
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 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.
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.
Like his father, Louis was in close contact with the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II, who appointed him a Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and confirmed his rights in the Margraviate of Meissen. Louis came to consider it a religious duty to restrain his nobles from oppressing the poor, and would lay siege to their castles if necessary. [5]
Here, Louis and his men were struck by the arrival of the Black Death. He therefore decided to leave the Kingdom of Naples. He therefore decided to leave the Kingdom of Naples. The Neapolitans, who had quickly grown unhappy with the severe Hungarian rule, called back Joan, who paid for her return expedition (including the services of Urslingen ...
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 ...