hungary venetian hungarian iii croatian iii iii january king hungary croatia father stephen posthumous posthumous son hungary stephen brothers considered andrew grew venice arrived hungary invitation rebellious baron tried play andrew hungary conspiracy collapsed andrew returned venice male member andrew elected king death king hungarian monarch issue coronation diploma confirming privileges clergy albert austria mary hungary challenged claim throne andrew expelled hungary forced albert austria conclude peace year mary hungary descendants renounce claim hungarian bishops andrew maternal family venice principal supporters leading croatian lords opposed rule hungary state constant anarchy andrew reign powerful families governed domains rising nearly year open rebellion andrew andrew death extinct civil war ensued lasted decades ended victory mary hungary grandson childhood andrew son stephen posthumous self styled duke second wife andrew father born wife hungary king death elder sons hungary accused adultery refused acknowledge stephen posthumous legitimate brother andrew mother daughter wealthy venetian exact date andrew birth unknown according historians born stephen posthumous nominated wife including brother andrew guardians death andrew came hungary time invitation powerful lord wanted play andrew hungary andrew male member royal family king adopted title duke croatia marched far andrew achieved went venice autumn andrew returned hungary beginning occasion urged come archbishop wanted assistance andrew successful enemy invited fort captured sent andrew vienna albert duke austria held captivity assassins murdered july subsequently dispatched monks vienna inform andrew king death monks assistance andrew left prison disguise hungary reign coronation andrew arrival opponents tried bribe prior chapter hand hungary soon king prior refused archbishop crowned andrew king july lords swore loyalty andrew issued charter promising restoration internal peace respect privileges nobility appointed powerful years administered domains independently monarch highest offices dominated northeastern parts kingdom lord western parts master treasury remained andrew held diet september end anarchy barons ordered destruction castles erected royal permission restoration estates seized rightful owners andrew promised hold diet year reign andrew claim throne germany claimed hungary childless death grandfather hungary sworn fidelity holy roman emperor invasion hungary pope years freed oath germany attempted hungary son albert austria august self declared andrew duke claimed identical dead younger brother challenged king andrew right crown stormed hungary poland shortly forced return poland murdered andrew married daughter end andrew held general assembly barons counties east river romania early assembly outlawed staunch supporter late major assembly andrew went romania issued diet assembly local february march time andrew dismissed sister mary wife charles_ii naples announced claim throne april leading croatian noble families accepted monarch andrew main concern albert austria claim invaded austria forcing albert withdraw garrisons towns fortresses including slovakia captured years held conquest peace concluded war signed august days later andrew albert austria confirmed meeting slovakia peace treaty prescribed destruction fortresses albert austria seized rose open rebellion andrew spring acknowledging mary son royal troops subdued rebellion july captured imprisoned andrew journey august andrew liberated months supporters sent relatives hostages rebellions attempts consolidate andrew request mother moved hungary andrew appointed administer croatia activities towns acknowledged andrew rule andrew visited northern parts hungary ordered revision land grants february return august andrew arranged marriage niece son serbia earlier acknowledged claim hungary besieged captured bishop fortress romania andrew held general assembly outlawed according historian occasion andrew laid siege fort adrian romania siege lasted months fort fell andrew october andrew replaced preserved domains lands east croatian lord turned andrew joined camp early charles died august months rebelled andrew early year recently widowed king andrew visited vienna arranged marriage duke albert daughter soon rose open rebellion andrew declared war rebels andrew albert jointly seized main fort october subdue andrew mother died end year references activities disappear contemporaneous documents andrew turned andrew end andrew staunch supporter died time early february andrew visited albert austria vienna promised support adolf nassau king germany andrew sent auxiliary troop albert austria routed king adolf july years andrew held assembly pest summer passed diet mentioned lord king authorized andrew destroy forts built permission ordered punishment seized landed property force threatened andrew apply gathering appointed uncle duke close diet andrew entered formal alliance influential including stated willing support pope bishops archbishop elect administrator forbade participate new diet held ignored archbishop order andrew deprived group powerful lords including urged naples send grandson year old hungary order king young disembarked split august croatian lords towns recognized king marched shortly reconciled andrew preventing charles success andrew envoy holy noted pope support adventure andrew poor health planning capture opponent died castle january according historians contemporaneous gossip suggesting andrew poisoned proved andrew buried church years later referred andrew golden branch tree king saint stephen family andrew death royal dynasty hungary ended civil war throne bavaria followed andrew death lasted seven years civil war ended victory forced continue fighting powerful lords early family andrew wife gave birth daughter elizabeth died elizabeth engaged heir broken joined dominican convent died nun andrew second wife austria born survived husband marry died monastery poor
Andrew III of Hungary