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	Charles II of Hungary
		Charles II, King of Hungary, also known as Charles III of Naples and Charles of Durazzo) reigned as King of Naples from 1381 to 1386 and as King of Hungary (under the name of King Károly II the Small) for one year only from 1385 to 1386.
		Joan I was infatuated with Charles of Durazzo as long as she lived however was never able (much to her displeasure) to succeed in developing a romance or a relationship with him.
		In 1369 King Charles III married Margherita of Durazzo but was later assassinated at Visegrád (Hungary) February 24, 1386 (in a plot arranged by Elisabeth, widow of King Lajos I of Hungary) and was laid to rest in Belgrade, the capital of both Serbia and Yugoslavia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ch/Charles_II_of_Hungary.html (162 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Charles V CHARLES V [Charles V] 1500-1558, Holy Roman emperor (1519-58) and, as Charles I, king of Spain (1516-56); son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile, grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragón, Isabella of Castile, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and Mary of Burgundy.
		Charles VI CHARLES VI [Charles VI] 1685-1740, Holy Roman emperor (1711-40), king of Bohemia (1711-40) and, as Charles III, king of Hungary (1712-40); brother and successor of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.
		Charles III CHARLES III [Charles III] (Charles of Durazzo), 1345-86, king of Naples (1381-86) and, as Charles II, of Hungary (1385-86); great-grandson of Charles II of Naples.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Charles (747 words)

	Charles III King of Naples: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		(Charles of Durazzo), 1345â“86, king of Naples (1381â“86) and, as Charles II, of Hungary (1385â“86); great-grandson of Charles II of Naples.
		Charles conquered Naples, imprisoned Joanna, and was crowned (1381) by the pope.
		CHARLES III, king of Spain, and of Naples and Sicily 1716 88, king of Spain (1759 88) and of Naples and Sicily (1735 59...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/charles_iii_king_of_naples.jsp (1624 words)

	Charles III of Naples - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arms of Charles, as King of Hungary, titular King of Jerusalem, and King of Naples.
		As the great-grandchild of King Charles II of Naples, he was a second cousin to Queen Joan I (both agnatically) and also adopted by her as a child, since he was the only male of the senior Angevin line of Sicily.
		However, Joan's adopted heir Louis I of Anjou took possession of her Counties of Provence and Forcalquier and marched on Naples to claim the kingdom, but was defeated by Charles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_III_of_Naples (351 words)

	Angevin Naples
		Charles of Anjou arrived victorious in Naples in 1266 to begin the two centuries of Angevin rule of southern Italy, which established Naples as a European capital and continued the tradition of the southern monarchy whilst the rest of Italy was fragmenting into city communes and states.
		Charles was made count of Anjou by Louis, acquired Provence by marriage, and in 1266 was invested by the pope with the kingdom of Naples and Sicily as Charles I. Charles lost Sicily but retained Naples.
		Charles I's son became king of Hungary and Poland as Louis I. Hungary passed to Louis's daughter Mary and to her husband Sigismund (later Holy Roman emperor), and Poland passed to Ladislaus II of Poland, husband of Louis's daughter Jadwiga.
	www.angione.com /Charles/angevin.htm (2370 words)

	Louis of Durazzo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During the ascencion of the Durazzeschi at the court of Naples during the reign of Joan I, he was one of the royal ambassadors to the Papal curia.
		Upon the invasion of Louis I of Hungary and the execution of his elder brother, Charles, Duke of Durazzo, in 1348, he was imprisoned, with his younger brother Robert of Durazzo, until 1352.
		These were ultimately quashed in 1360 by Louis of Taranto, and Louis of Durazzo was imprisoned in the Castel dell'Ovo in Naples and murdered by poison.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Louis_of_Durazzo (227 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Joan I of Naples
		Joanna of Anjou, the daughter of Charles, Duke of Calabria[?] and Joan, Duchess of Calabria[?], was married in 1334 at the tender age of seven to 6-year old Prince Andre (a.k.a.
		Following her arranged marriage to Andre, Queen Joan I (who was actually in love with Charles, Duke of Durazzo) is recorded to have exclaimed, "When one is fifteen, a crown is heavy to wear, and I was sacrificed to a man whom I can never love".
		Learning beforehand of the attempted siege of the city, Joan I and her husband Prince Louis (not to be confused with King Louis of Hungary) fled Naples to the safety to Gaeta[?], a prestigious, ancient site situated on the slopes of the Torre di Orlando in southern Italy, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/jo/Joan_I_of_Naples (1642 words)

	6
		Charles of Durazzo and Robert of Tarentum, who were the eldest respectively of the two branches of the royal family, after hastily consulting, decided to soften the Hungarian monarch’s wrath by a complete submission.
		Charles and Robert, to please the king, sent equerries to bid their brothers come to Aversa; but Louis of Durazzo, the eldest of the boys, with many tears begged the others not to obey, and sent a message that he was prevented by a violent headache from leaving Naples.
		Charles and his brothers fell upon their knees, frozen by mortal terror, and the unhappy duke twice tried to speak, but his teeth were chattering so violently that he could not articulate a single word.
	books.rakeshv.org /html/jonap11/jonap11ch6.html (2856 words)

	Angevin Naples part 2
		Charles of Durazzo remained in the city, assuming, after his attempts to stop the hunting plot against Andrew, that he should have nothing to fear.
		Charles was solemnly crowned King Of Sicily (Sicily was still the official name of the kingdom despite Sicily itself being firmly in the hands of the Spanish House of Aragon) and Jerusalem in Rome, 1381, and one month later marched on Naples to claim his throne.
		Charles III's reign lasted for five years until 1386, during which time he was at pains to refortify the castles of the city and gain the trust of his subjects.
	faculty.ed.umuc.edu /~jmatthew/naples/angevin2.html (1095 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Charles X (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His reign was dominated by his uncle, Charles of Valois, and was distinguished by his concessions to the barons in the form of charters.
		Charles II CHARLES II [Charles II] (Charles the Bad), 1332-87, king of Navarre (1349-87), count of Évreux; grandson of King Louis X of France.
		Charles of Valois CHARLES OF VALOIS [Charles of Valois], 1270-1325, French prince and military leader, third son of Philip III and father of Philip VI.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/34238.html (670 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Charles, King of France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Charles X CHARLES X [Charles X] 1757-1836, king of France (1824-30); brother of King Louis XVI and of King Louis XVIII, whom he succeeded.
		Charles IV CHARLES IV [Charles IV] (Charles the Fair), 1294-1328, king of France (1322-28), youngest son of Philip IV, brother and successor of Philip V. Charles continued his brother's work of strengthening the royal power.
		Charles VIII CHARLES VIII [Charles VIII] 1470-98, king of France (1483-98), son and successor of Louis XI.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/02571.html (680 words)

	The Genealogy Website of Adams/Simpson - pafg656 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Charles VII Of France King [Parents] was born in 1403 in France Son Of Charles VI,,.
		Charles VII, called the Victorious, succeeded his father, Charles VI to the throne of Fran c e in 1422.
		Eleanor Of Naples [Parents] was born in Naples Dtr Of Charles II Of Anjou,,.
	users.kricket.net /rajincajun/pafg656.htm (1288 words)

	Louis II of Anjou - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Angevin French prince, Louis II of Anjou (1377 - 1417) was the rival of Ladislas as king of Naples.
		Louis II was the son of Louis I of Anjou, king of Naples, and came into his Anjou inheritance, which included Provence, in 1384, with the rival Charles of Durazzo (father of Ladislas), king of Naples in the elder Anjou line, in possession of Naples.
		Charles IV of Le Maine, count of Le Maine and sometimes styled as Duke of Le Maine
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Louis_II_of_Anjou (416 words)

	Chapter 5 Page 1
		The terrible part that Charles of Durazzo was to play began as soon as this crime was accomplished.
		If, in spite of this news, he persisted in his plans, she would find some means or other, she said, of causing trouble and discord in her nephew's family, and wounding him in his most intimate affections or closest interests, by publicly dishonouring him through his wife or his mother.
		Charles smiled coldly when his aunt came to tell him from the queen that she was about to bring into the world an infant, Andre's posthumous child.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Joan/Dumas_JoanC5P1.htm (630 words)

	Famiglie storiche - pafg116 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		CHARLES D'ANJOU DUC DURAZZO [Parents] was born in 1322.
		LUIGI DURAZZO D'ANJOU [Parents] was born in 1323.
		CARLO III DURAZZO D'ANJOU RE NAPOLI - BIS was born in 1346.
	xoomer.virgilio.it /ulamagni/fmglstoriche/pafg116.htm (288 words)

	Hundred Years War Timeline 1381 - 1390
		Charles of Durazzo, grandson of king Charles II of Naples and second cousin to queen Joanna marches to Naples, seizes the Kingdom and captures queen Joanna, taking the throne as Charles III.
		Charles III, king of Naples, has the former queen, Joanna, strangled in her prison cell.
		Pope Urban VI (Rome), against the advice of his cardinals, having traveled south to visit king Charles III of Naples, with whom relations had significantly deteriorated due to Charles failure to honor some promises concerning the pope's nephew, Francesco, is received by king Charles, but subsequently imprisoned on the night of his arrival.
	www.maisonstclaire.org /timeline/1381.html (974 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - The Royal Court of the Neapolitan Kingdom
		Thus, when Queen Joan died, Charles of Durazzo inherited the kingdom of Naples, whilst the duchy of Provence was usurped by Louis of Anjou.
		Currently, Charles does not use this tyle in his royal style, although he has never formally renounced the title.Charles himself is the great-granson of the princess Maria, the eventual heiress of the native Hungarian house.
		This Charles had a younger brother, Louis, father of King Charles III; Queen Margherita was the daughter of the first Charles of Durazzo and his wife, Marie of Naples.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/printthread.php?t=208267 (7657 words)

	5
		Charles slowly went up to the duchess’s room, and sending away all the people who were standing round her bed, on the pretext that they were clumsy and made his mother worse, he shut the door, and they were alone.
		Charles fell upon her neck, desperately crying for help: he would now have gladly saved her at the cost of his life, but it was too late.
		Charles was talking carelessly with his young wife, who was but little used to such tranquil conversation and expansiveness, when the Prince of Tarentum, exhausted, out of breath, bathed in perspiration, came up with his incredible tale.
	books.rakeshv.org /html/jonap11/jonap11ch5.html (3619 words)

	thePeerage.com - Matilda de Hollande and others
		She married John d'Anjou, Prince of Durazzo, son of Charles II d'Anjou, King of Naples and Maria von Ungarn, in 1321.
		She married Charles III d'Anjou, King of Naples, son of Louis d'Anjou, Count of Gravina and Margaret of San Severino, in 1369.
		She married Charles d'Anjou, Prince of Durazzo, son of John d'Anjou, Prince of Durazzo and Agnes of Perigord, in 1343.
	www.thepeerage.com /p11453.htm (649 words)

	The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Works of Art: European Paintings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The panel shows the conquest of Naples by Charles III of Durazzo, who defeated the forces of Otto of Brunswick in 1381.
		Through his wife, Margherita of Durazzo, Charles claimed the right to rule the kingdoms of Sicily, including Naples.
		The prominent standards bear coats of arms relating to Charles' family, including those of the Durazzo and the kings of Hungary.
	www.metmuseum.org /Works_Of_Art/viewOne.asp?dep=11&viewMode=1&item=07.120.1 (194 words)

	Chapter 1 Page 4
		At this point Charles of Durazzo gave Marie a singularly meaning look, which escaped the notice of all present, their attention being absorbed by the reading of Robert's will.
		The king remained motionless, his arms raised, his eyes fixed on heaven, his cheeks extraordinarily bright, while the princes, barons, and officers of the court proffered to Joan and her husband the oath of fidelity and allegiance.
		But there was no echo to his cry, and Charles of Durazzo, measuring the Dominican with a terrible look, approached the queen, and taking her by the hand, slid back the curtains of the balcony, from which was seen the square and the town of Naples.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Joan/Dumas_JoanC1P4.htm (674 words)

	Chapter 3 Page 3
		Just as the clock of San Giovanni struck twelve, the gate of the magnificent palace of the Durazzo flung open its folding doors, and there came forth to the sound of trumpets a double file of cavaliers on richly caparisoned horses, with the duke's arms on their shields.
		Charles came forward, clad in a dazzling dress, and holding by the hand the queen's sister, the Princess Marie, at that time almost thirteen years of age.
		She knelt down timidly on one of the cushions, and when Charles had done the same, the grand almoner of the Duras house asked the young duke solemnly what was his intention in appearing thus humbly before a minister of the Church.
	www.web-books.com /Classics/Dumas/Joan/Dumas_JoanC3P3.htm (695 words)

	History of the Christian Church, Volume VI: The Middle Ages. A.D. 1294-1517. \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		Charles of Durazzo, who had been called to the throne of Hungary and murdered in 1386, was succeeded by his young son Ladislaus (1386~1414), but his claim was contested by the heir of Louis of Anjou (d.
		The difficulties were increased by the wavering course of Charles VI., 1380–1412, a man of feeble mind, and twice afflicted with insanity, whose brothers and uncles divided the rule of the kingdom amongst themselves.
		French councils attempted to decide upon a course for the nation to pursue, and a third council, meeting in Paris, 1398, and consisting of 11 archbishops and 60 bishops, all theretofore supporters of the Avignon pope, decided upon the so-called subtraction of obedience from Benedict.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/schaff/hcc6.ii.iii.iii.html (3596 words)

	Joan of Naples Summary
		Charles of Durazzo, at the head of a brilliant cortege of knights and pages, mounted on a magnificent horse, all in fl, as a sign of mourning, waited near the enclosure.
		Ferocious joy shone in his eyes as the accused made their way through the crowd, two by two, their wrists tied with ropes; for the duke every minute expected to hear the queen’s name spoken.
		Dona Cancha alone, by reason of her situation, escaped the torture, and her sentence was deferred till the day of her confinement.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/2750/50.html (318 words)

	HISTORY OF FLORENCE AND OF THE AFFAIRS OF ITALY / BOOK III - CHAPTER V
		He held a command under Charles of Durazzo, a descendant of the kings of Naples, who, designing to undertake the conquest of the dominions of Queen Giovanna, retained his captain in that city, with the concurrence of Pope Urban, who was at enmity with the queen.
		Their fears from without were increased by a report that several bodies of men were being assembled by Charles of Durazzo for the conquest of Naples, and many Florentine emigrants were said to have joined him.
		Against these dangers, in addition to the forces which had been raised, large sums of money were provided; and Charles, having arrived at Arezzo, obtained from the Florentines 40,000 ducats, and promised he would not molest them.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Florence/00000032.htm (1154 words)

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