Charles Robert of Anjou 1308 1342 Getting into

Charles Robert of Anjou 1308 -1342

Getting into power n n n In 1301 with the death of Andras III the lineage of the Árpád dynasty ended Crowned in 1310 - location: Székesfehérvár - crowning: Archbishop of Esztergom - installing crown: the Holy Crown Defeats Matthew Chak in 1321 (Rozgony)

Strengthening the power n n Donating properties to Lackfi and Garai families. Banderial army = the baron’s troops 1322: The royal residence moves to Visegrad. 1330: Felician Zach failed to assassinate the king -> cruel punishment.

Economic Measures n n Royal right to collect taxes He helped the development of mine. (Did not allow to take gold and silver abroad. ) Tax of gates (every property above a certain size of gate had to pay it) In 1325 started to mint the Anjou forint (with the Anjou lily)

Foreign policy n n n Two aims guided him: the repossession of his family’s dynastic relaitionships and Hungary’s influence in the South. His campaign against the Havasalföld voivod ended failure (Posada). He did not manage to have his rule acknowledged in Croatia and Dalmacia.

The meeting of three kings at Visegrág 1335 n n n Charles Robert wanted good relationships with Luxembourgs in Bohemia and the Lokietek family in Poland Charles’s good relations with both countries eclipsed, by the animosity between the Bohemians and the Poles=> they organized the meeting Participants: - Count of Moravia, Casimir III. - John of Luxembourg - Charles of Anjou

The meeting of Visegrád 1335. New commerical roads -Brno, Kassa, Lemberg direction -to exclude taxes of Vienna The childless Casimir -the Polish king signed a conctract of inheritage with him = > 1370: Hungarian-Polish personal union