Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary
Elisabeth of Poland (Polish Elżbieta Łokietkówna; * 1305, † December 29, 1380 in Budapest) was from 1320 Queen of Hungary, Croatia, and on behalf of her son Louis in the years 1370-1375, 1376-1377 and 1378-1380 Regent of Poland from the noble Kujawy Piast.
Life
Elizabeth was the daughter of the Polish king Władysław I the Elbow- and his wife Hedwig of Kalisz.
On July 6, 1320 she was married to Charles I Robert, King of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia, after its first two women Mary of Bytom and Beatrix died of Luxembourg after a short marriage.
The couple had five sons:
- Karl ( * 1321 )
- Ladislaus (1324-1329),
- Ludwig I (1326-1382), King of Hungary and Poland
- Andrew, Duke of Calabria and Naples (1327-1345),
- Stephen, Duke of Slavonia ( 1332-1354 ).
Her son Louis followed her husband as King of Hungary and her brother Casimir III. after extinct as King of Poland with the death of her brother's house in the Piast royal line. Elizabeth reigned together with her son in Poland and practiced until her death great political influence on these from.
Elisabeth of Poland died in 1380 and was buried in Clare nuns in Budapest.