Beatrice of Luxembourg Archives - History of Royal Women

Lost Kingdoms – Kingdom of Hungary (Part 2)

Monday, 19 February 2018, 7:00 Moniek Bloks 0

Read part one here. The civil war that began with the death of King Andrew III of Hungary and Croatia ended two decades later with the succession of the grandson of Mary of Hungary, the sister of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He became King Charles I of Hungary. The amount of times he married is [read more]

Beatrice of Luxembourg – The short-lived Queen of Hungary

Friday, 5 February 2016, 13:00 Moniek Bloks 1

Beatrice of Luxembourg was born circa 1305 as the youngest child of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor and his wife, Margaret of Brabant. Not much is known of her youth, but she was betrothed several times. The first betrothal was to Charles, Duke of Calabria, who was the son and heir of King Robert of Naples. [read more]