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Birth:          ABT 1257 Budapest, Hungary
Death:          25 Mar 1323 
Cause of Death: assassinated

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_V_of_Hungary
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_of_Hungary,_Queen_of_Naples
Mary of Hungary (c. 1257 – 25 March 1323), of the Árpád dynasty, was Queen consort 
of the Kingdom of Naples. She was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and his wife 
Elizabeth the Cuman. Mary served as Regent in Provence in 1290–1294 and in Naples 
in 1295–96, 1296–98, and 1302, during the absences of her consort.
Family[edit]

Mary's mother followed the Shamanist religion, like other Cumans. She was considered 
a Pagan by contemporary Christians of Europe and Elizabeth had to convert to 
Catholicism in order to marry Maria's father, Stephen. It's unknown at what age she 
chose Christianity, but could be possible that she was already raised as an Orthodox 
in the Hungarian royal court since her childhood.

Mary was the second of six children. Her sisters, Elizabeth and Catherine both became 
Queen of Serbia. Another sister, Anna married Andronikos II Palaiologos. Mary's only 
brother was Ladislaus IV of Hungary.

Her paternal grandparents were Béla IV of Hungary and his wife Maria Laskarina. Her 
maternal grandparents could have been Köten, leader of a tribe of Cumans and 
unknown mother.

Life[edit]

In 1270, when Mary was only twelve years of age, she married the future Charles II of 
Naples. The wedding took place in Naples on 6 August 1270. The marriage was 
intended as a double alliance between Naples and Hungary to support the intended 
conquest of Byzantium by Naples, but it did not serve its purpose as her brother in 
1272 made an alliance with Byzantium as well. Maria accompanied Charles on his trips 
and spent 1278-82 in Provence with her consort. In 1284, she made her first political 
act: when Charles was taken captive by Aragon, she made the decision to free the 
Aragonese prisoner Beatrice of Hohenstaufen. In 1285, Charles became monarch but 
remained in Aragonese prison. She did not take part in the regency for him in Naples, 
but remained in Provence, where she did take part in the administration from time to 
time, though she was not formal regent. In 1288, she took part in the negotiations of 
her consort's release, and the same year, she made a peace treaty with Aragon. 
Charles was release the same year, and they returned to Naples together. In 1290-94, 
she was regent for him in Provence.


 


 Mary's tomb in Naples
On 10 July 1290, Mary's brother, Ladislaus IV of Hungary died childless. The question 
now was who would succeed him: he had four sisters, three of them outlived him, all 
four had married powerful rulers and all four had their own children. On 21 September 
1290, Mary claimed the throne of Hungary. She was up against her two sisters, 
Catherine and Elisabeth, and their children, plus the children of her younger sister 
Anna. Mary was crowned Queen by a Papal legate in Naples (1291), but immediately 
transferred her rights to her eldest son, Charles Martel of Anjou.[1] The Pope 
confirmed her sole rights in Hungary on 30 August 1295. However, Catherine's son, 
Stephen Vladislav II of Syrmia, was still a dangerous rival for Mary and Charles Martel. 
In the end, Charles Martel gave his cousin Slavonia as a compromise.

Charles Martel was only titular King of Hungary, it was Mary's grandson who became 
King, Charles I of Hungary. Ultimately the claims of the sisters Mary and Catherine 
were united in a common descendant when the pair's great-great-granddaughter, Mary 
of Hungary, ascended to the Hungarian throne in 1382. When the line of Charles 
Martel and the Angevins in Hungary died out, it was Sigismund, a remote descendant 
of Bela IV, whose family succeeded.

During 1290, Mary's sister Elisabeth fled from Bohemia with her son because her 
husband had lost favour and was executed, Mary allowed Elisabeth and her son to 
stay in Naples with her, before she became a nun, but escaped and remarried to 
Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (brother of Catherine's husband) Elizabeth's stay in 
Naples is documented during July 1300.[2] In 1294, Mary returned with Charles to 
Naples. She was his representative at the negotiations with the Pope in 1295-96. 
Between 1296 and 1298, she served as regent of Naples in the absence of her 
consort. She served as regent the last time in 1302. After this, she lost her influence 
over states affairs, and retired to pious duties such as to finance convents and 
churches.

Mary's husband died in August 1309. Mary was now a widow. There is no evidence 
that she became a nun, which has sometimes been rumored, but she did spent a lot of 
her time in convents. She lived in Naples for the rest of her life, where she died on 25 
March 1323. She was buried in Naples at the Santa Maria Donna Regina.

Children[edit]

Mary and her husband had fourteen children:
1.Charles Martel (1271 – 1295), titular King of Hungary.
2.Margaret (1273 – December 31, 1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine, married at 
Corbeil August 16, 1290 Charles of Valois, brother of king of France, and became 
ancestress of the Valois dynasty.
3.Louis (February 9, 1275, Nocera – August 19, 1298, Chateau de Brignoles), Bishop 
of Toulouse, later canonized.
4.Robert I (1277 – 1343) King of Naples.
5.Philip I (1278 – 1331) Prince of Achaea and Taranto, Despot of Romania, Lord of 
Durazzo, titular Emperor of Constantinople.
6.Blanche (1280 – October 14, 1310, Barcelona), married at Villebertran November 1, 
1295 James II of Aragon.
7.Raymond Berengar (1281 – 1307), Count of Provence, Prince of Piedmont and 
Andria.
8.John (1283 – aft. March 16, 1308), a priest.
9.Tristan (1284 – bef. 1288).
10.Eleanor, (August 1289 – August 9, 1341, Monastery of St. Nicholas, Arene, Elis), 
married at Messina May 17, 1302 Frederick III of Sicily.
11.Maria (1290 – c. 1346), married firstly at Palma de Majorca September 20, 1304 
Sancho I of Majorca, married secondly 1326 Jaime de Ejerica (1298 – April 1335).
12.Peter (1291 – August 29, 1315, Battle of Montecatini), Count of Gravina
13.John (1294 – April 5, 1336, Naples), Duke of Durazzo, Prince of Achaea, and Count 
of Gravina, married March 1318 (divorced 1321) Matilda of Hainaut (November 29, 
1293 – 1336), and married secondly November 14, 1321 Agnes of Périgord (d. 1345).
14.Beatrice (1295 – c. 1321), married firstly April 1305 Azzo VIII d'Este, Marquis of 
Ferrara (d. 1308), married secondly 1309 Bertrand III of Baux, Count of Andria (d. 
1351).

Parents
____ Stephen (Istvan) V (Dec 1239 - 6 Aug 1272)
OF BOSNIA Elizabeth (Erzsebet) (1239 - AFT 1290)

Siblings
OF HUNGARY Maria (ABT 1257 - 25 Mar 1323)

Marriage To ____ Charles II "le Boiteux" ("the lame") (1248 - 5 May 1309)
    m. 6 Aug 1270 Naples, Italy

Notes

Parents
____ Charles I (21 Mar 1227 - 7 Jan 1285)
DE PROVENCE (DE SAVOY) Beatrice (1234 - 23 Sep 1267)

Children by ____ Charles II "le Boiteux" ("the lame") 1248 - 5 May 1309
____ Margaret (Marguerite) (ABT 1273 - 31 Dec 1299)

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