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Charles Robert of Anjou

Learn about Charles Robert of Anjou's rise to power as the new ruler of Hungary, his economic measures, foreign policy, and the significant meetings that shaped his reign.

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Charles Robert of Anjou

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  1. Charles Robert of Anjou 1308-1342

  2. Gettingintopower • In 1301 withthedeath of Andras III thelineage of the Árpád dynasty ended • Crownedin 1310 - location: Székesfehérvár - crowning: Archbishop of Esztergom - installingcrown: theHolyCrown • DefeatsMatthewChakin 1321 (Rozgony)

  3. Strengtheningthepower • DonatingpropertiestoLackfi and Garai families. • Banderialarmy = thebaron’s troops • 1322: The royalresidencemovestoVisegrad. • 1330: FelicianZachfailedtoassassinatetheking -> cruelpunishment.

  4. EconomicMeasures • Royal right tocollecttaxes • He helpedthedevelopment of mine. (Didnotallowtotakegold and silverabroad.) • Tax of gates (everypropertyabove a certainsize of gate had topayit) • In 1325 startedto mint the Anjou forint (withthe Anjou lily)

  5. Foreign policy • Twoaimsguidedhim:therepossession of hisfamily’s dynasticrelaitionships and Hungary’s influenceinthe South. • Hiscampaignagainstthe Havasalföld voivod ended failure (Posada). • He didnotmanagetohavehisruleacknowledgedinCroatia and Dalmacia.

  6. The meeting of threekingsatVisegrág 1335 • Charles Robert wantedgoodrelationshipswithLuxembourgsinBohemia and theLokietekfamilyinPoland • Charles’s good relations withbothcountrieseclipsed, bytheanimositybetweentheBohemians and thePoles=> theyorganizedthe meeting • Participants: - Count of Moravia, Casimir III. - John of Luxembourg - Charles of Anjou

  7. The meeting of Visegrád1335. New commericalroads -Brno, Kassa, Lemberg direction -toexcludetaxes of Vienna The childlessCasimir -thePolishkingsigned a conctract of inheritagewithhim = > 1370: Hungarian-Polishpersonalunion

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