Louis II of Hungary
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Louis II was King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia from 1516 to 1526. He died during the Battle of Mohács fighting the Ottomans, whose victory led to the Ottoman annexation of large parts of Hungary.
Portrait by Hans Krell, 1526
Young Louis II, about 1515, by Bernhard Strigel
King Louis II of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664)
Joachimsthaler of the Kingdom of Bohemia (1525) was the first thaler (dollar). This is its reverse side, with the Bohemian Lion and the name of Louis / Ludovicus.
Ferdinand I was Holy Roman Emperor from 1556, King of Bohemia, Hungary, and Croatia from 1526, and Archduke of Austria from 1521 until his death in 1564. Before his accession as emperor, he ruled the
Louis II of Hungary
…Austria, granddaughter of Emperor Maximilian I, as stipulated by the First Congress of Vienna in 1515. His sister Anne was married to Mary's brother Ferdinand, then a governor on behalf of his brother Charles V, and later Emperor Ferdinand I. During the greater part of his reign he was the puppet of the…
Portrait by Hans Bocksberger der Ältere, c. 1500s
Ferdinand as a young boy
King Ferdinand I of Hungary (Nádasdy Mausoleum, 1664)
Ottoman siege of Eger Castle in 1552