Charles Martel of Anjou
titular King of Hungary and Croatia
Charles Martel of Anjou by Anton Boys
Born8 September 1271
Died12 August 1295 (aged 23)
Burial
Naples Cathedral
SpouseClemence of Austria (m. 1281, d. 1293/1295)
Issue
HouseAnjou-Sicily
Anjou-Hungary (founder)
FatherCharles II of Naples
MotherMary of Hungary

Charles Martel (Hungarian: Martell Károly; 8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Capetian dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary,[1] the daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary.

The 18-year-old Charles Martel was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as the titular King of Hungary (1290–1295) as the successor of his maternal uncle,[1] the childless Ladislaus IV of Hungary against whom the Pope had already earlier declared a crusade.

He never managed to govern the Kingdom of Hungary, where an agnate of the Árpád dynasty, his cousin Andrew III of Hungary ruled at that time. Charles Martel was, however, successful in asserting his claim in the Kingdom of Croatia, then in personal union with Hungary.

Charles Martel died of the plague in Naples. His son, Charles (or Charles Robert), later succeeded in winning the throne of Hungary.[2]

Charles was known personally to Dante: in the Divine Comedy, the poet speaks warmly of and to Charles's spirit when they meet in the Heaven of Venus (in Paradiso III).

Family

He married Clemence of Habsburg (d. 1295), daughter of Rudolph I, King of Germany.[3]

They had three children:

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b Fine 1994, p. 207.
  2. ^ Fine 1994, p. 208-209.
  3. ^ Earenfight 2013, p. 173.
  4. ^ a b c Previte-Orton 1962, p. 922.

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Charles Martel of Anjou Capetian House of AnjouCadet branch of the Capetian dynasty Born: 8 September 1271 Died: 12 August 1295 Titles in pretence Preceded byanother crowned — TITULAR — King of Hungary and Croatia 1290–1295 VacantTitle next held byCharles I
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