Louis II (Czech: Ludvík, Croatian: Ludovik, Hungarian: Lajos, 1 July
1506 – 29 August 1526) was King of Hungary, Croatia and
Bohemia
Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He was killed during the Battle of Mohács ![]() Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of Hungary.[1] He had no legitimate issue. Contents 1 Early life
2 Coronation
3
King of Hungary
Early life[edit]
Born prematurely in
Buda
Young Louis II, about 1515, by Bernhard Strigel 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
was raised by his legal guardian, his cousin George, Margrave of
Brandenburg-Ansbach.
Following the accession to the throne of Suleiman I, the sultan sent
an ambassador to Louis II to collect the annual tribute that Hungary
had been subjected to. Louis refused to pay annual tribute and had the
Ottoman ambassador executed and sent the head to the Sultan. Louis
believed that the
Papal States
Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of
Bohemia
After the siege of Rhodes, in 1526 Suleiman made a second expedition
to subdue all of Hungary. Louis made a tactical error when he tried to
stop the Ottoman army in an open field battle with a medieval army,
insufficient firearms, and obsolete tactics. On 29 August 1526, Louis
led his forces against Suleiman in the disastrous Battle of Mohács.
The Hungarian army was surrounded by Ottoman cavalry in a pincer
movement, and in the center the Hungarian heavy knights and infantry
were repulsed and suffered heavy casualties, especially from the
well-positioned Ottoman cannons and well-armed and trained Janissary
musketeers.
Nearly the entire Hungarian Royal army was destroyed on the
battlefield. During the retreat, the twenty-year-old king died when he
fell backwards off his horse while trying to ride up a steep ravine of
Csele stream. He fell into the stream and, due to the weight of his
armor, he was unable to stand up and drowned.[4] As Louis had no
legitimate children, Ferdinand was elected as his successor in the
Kingdoms of
Bohemia
Ancestors of Louis II of Hungary 16. Algirdas, Grand Prince of Lithuania 8. Władysław II Jagiełło 17. Uliana of Tver 4. Casimir IV Jagiellon 18. Andrew Ivanovich of Halshany 9. Sophia of Halshany 19. Alexandra Dimitrievna of Drutsk 2. Vladislas II of
Bohemia
20. Albert IV, Duke of Austria 10. Albert II of Germany 21. Johanna Sophia of Bavaria 5. Elisabeth of Austria 22. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 11. Elisabeth of Bohemia 23. Barbara of Cilli 1. Louis II,
King of Hungary
24. Gaston I de Foix, Captal de Buch 12. John de Foix, 1st Earl of Kendal 25. Marguerite of Albret 6. Gaston de Foix, Count of Candale 26. John de la Pole 13. Margaret de la Pole, Countess of Candale 27. Marie dite de Sicile 3. Anna of Foix-Candale 28. John I, Count of Foix and Bigorre 14. Gaston IV, Count of Foix 29. Joan of Albret 7. Catherine of Foix 30. John II of Aragon 15. Eleanor of Navarre 31. Blanche I of Navarre References[edit] ^ "Louis II". (2009). Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 24, 2009. ^ Durant, Will (1957). The Reformation. The Story of Civilization. 6. Simon and Schuster. p. 440. ^ http://www.dejepis.com/ucebnice/cesky-stat-za-jagelloncu/ Czech State under Jagellonian Dynasty ^ Library of World History. VI. Western Press Assoc. 1914. p. 2582. Bibliography[edit] Takings, Endorser: II. Lajos kinkily fiat (A Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), Salado (Periodical Centuries), pp.& NBS;183–185, 1903 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Louis II. of Hungary". Encyclopædia Britannica. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 49–50. External links[edit]
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Louis II of Hungary
Louis II of Hungary House of Jagiellon Born: 1 July 1506 Died: 29 August 1526 Regnal titles Preceded by Vladislaus II King of Bohemia 1516–1526 Succeeded by Ferdinand I
King of Hungary
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4 Elector Palatine from the Wittelsbach dynasty
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