Charles Martel of Anjou

Charles Martel of Anjou
titular King of Hungary
Born	8 September 1271
Died	12 August 1295 (aged 23)
Burial	Naples Cathedral
Spouse	Klementia of Habsburg
Issue	Charles I of Hungary Beatrix of Hungary Clementia of Hungary
House	House of Anjou-Sicily House of Anjou-Hungary (founder)
Father	Charles II of Naples
Mother	Maria of Hungary

Charles Martel (Hungarian: Martell Károly; 8 September 1271 – 12 August 1295) of the Angevin dynasty was the eldest son of king Charles II of Naples and Maria of Hungary, 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 successor of his maternal uncle, 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 young in Naples, during the lifetime of his parents. His son, Charles (or Charles Robert), later succeeded in winning the throne of Hungary.

Charles was apparently 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 VIII).

Family

He married Klementia of Habsburg (d. 1295), daughter of Rudolph I, Holy Roman Emperor.

They had three children:

• Charles I of Hungary (1288–1342), King of Hungary
• Beatrix (1290–1354, Grenoble), married on 25 May 1296 Jean II de La Tour du Pin, Dauphin du Viennois
• Clementia (February 1293 – 12 October 1328, Paris), married in Paris on 13 August 1315 Louis X of France

Ancestry

Family of Charles Martel of Anjou

16. Philip II of France               8. Louis VIII of France                       17. Isabelle of Hainaut               4. Charles I of Naples                             18. Alfonso VIII of Castile               9. Blanche of Castile                       19. Eleanor of England               2. Charles II of Naples                                   20. Alfonso II, Count of Provence               10. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence                       21. Gersenda II of Sabran               5. Beatrice of Provence                             22. Thomas I of Savoy               11. Beatrice of Savoy                       23. Margaret of Geneva               1. Charles Martel of Anjou                                         24. Andrew II of Hungary               12. Béla IV of Hungary                       25. Gertrude of Merania               6. Stephen V of Hungary                             26. Theodore I Laskaris               13. Maria Laskarina                       27. Anna Angelina               3. Maria of Hungary                                   28. Suthoi, Khan of Cumania               14. Kuthen, Khan of Cumania                       7. Elizabeth the Cuman

References

Charles Martel of Anjou Capetian House of Anjou Born: 8 September 1271 Died: 12 August 1295
Regnal titles
Preceded by Ladislaus IV	King of Croatia 1290–1295	Succeeded by Andrew II
Titles in pretence
Preceded by another crowned	— TITULAR — King of Hungary 1290–1295	Vacant Title next held by Charles I

Further reading

• (French) Coat of arms of the House of Anjou-Sicily on the French Wikipedia
• (French) House of Anjou-Sicily on the French Wikipedia