Media related to Louis II of Hungary at Wikimedia Commons, King of Bohemia, King of Hungary and Croatia, http://www.dejepis.com/ucebnice/cesky-stat-za-jagelloncu/, "Habsburg, Elisabeth von Oesterreich (Königin von Polen)", Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_II_of_Hungary&oldid=979696452, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Articles with Encyclopædia Britannica links, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Croatian-language text, Articles containing Hungarian-language text, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The latter surname may refer to his occupation. These correctly style him as "LVDOVICVS•PRIM•D:GRACIA•REX•BO*" (Louis the First, by the grace of God King of Bohemia). [202] Louis marched to the Lower Danube and ordered Nicholas Lackfi, Voivode of Transylvania, to invade Wallachia in the autumn of 1368. [37] Louis and his mother regarded this as an infringement of a previous agreement between the late kings of Naples and Hungary. ), king of Hungary and of Bohemia from 1516, who was the last of the Jagiełło line to rule those countries and the last king to rule all of Hungary before the Turks conquered a large portion of it. Before his birth he was given the hand of Maria of Habsburg, granddaughter of Maximilian I. [96][97], During the campaign, Louis personally led assaults and climbed city walls together with his soldiers, endangering his own life. [281] The 147 miniatures decorating the Illuminated Chronicle testify the mastery of Hungarian workshops during Louis's reign. [218] Louis's wife gave birth to a daughter, Catherine, in 1370, seventeen years after their marriage; a second daughter, Mary, was born in 1371. [115] Instead, he introduced an entail system, prescribing that the estates of a nobleman who had no male descendants passed to his kinsmen, or if there were no male relatives to the Crown, upon his death. [164][206] Thereafter he became even more zealous and dedicated more time to praying and religious contemplation. [221] The Ottomans annihilated the Serbian armies in the Battle of Marica on 26 September 1371. [110] In an attempt to capture Kęstutis, Louis returned, but he could not defeat the Lithuanians, who even killed one of his allies, Boleslaus III of Płock, in battle. [195], Louis made attempts to convert his pagan or "schismatic" subjects to Catholicism, even by force. Media related to Louis II of Hungary at Wikimedia Commons, http://www.dejepis.com/ucebnice/cesky-stat-za-jagelloncu/, "Habsburg, Elisabeth von Oesterreich (Königin von Polen)", Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich. [158][159], Upon the pope's request, Louis sent Hungarian troops to relieve Bologna, which was besieged by Bernabò Visconti's troops. [227] In exchange, the Polish lords confirmed the right of Louis's daughters to inherit Poland. Louis refused to pay the annual tribute and had the Ottoman ambassador executed and sent the head to the Sultan. [141] Louis sent an army under Nicholas Lackfi's command to support the pope's troops in Italy. [24] Louis inherited a rich treasury from his father, who had strengthened royal authority and ruled without holding Diets during the last decades of his reign. [240] In summer 1377, Louis invaded the territories held by the Lithuanian prince, George, in Lodomeria. [241] He incorporated the occupied territories in Lodomeria, together with Galicia, into the Kingdom of Hungary. [5] The first thaler coins were minted during his reign in Bohemia, later giving the name to the dollars used in different countries.