Elizabeth of Slavonia (1352 – before 1380), was the

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to the Hungarian throne between 1360 and 1370. Elizabeth was the only daughter of Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, a younger son of the Hungarian king Charles I, and member of the Hungarian branch of the Capetian House of Anjou. Her mother was

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, and her only known sibling John, Duke of Slavonia (1354–1360). Elizabeth was regarded as

to the throne of Hungary after the death of her brother, as her uncle

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had no children.

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, wanted her to marry his eldest son, Wenceslaus. However, the marriage negotiations were ended in 1370, when a daughter named Catherine was born to Elizabeth's uncle. Catherine was followed by two sisters, which meant that Elizabeth would not inherit the

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. In October 1370, Elizabeth married Philip II, Prince of Taranto, a 41-year-old widower and pretender to the

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. Philip had survived his children by his previous marriage and was in need of heirs. As her

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, Elizabeth was granted

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as a personal

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. Their only known child, a son named Philip, was born in 1371 and died the same year. Elizabeth was widowed on 25 November 1374. She appears to have died before the end of the 1380s.

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