King Lajos / Louis / Ludvík Jagellonský II (1506-1526)

It happened in Hungarian history:
1 July 1506 - the birth of King Lajos / Louis / Ludvík Jagellonský II of Hungary and Bohemia

After creating two podcasts about the Battle of Mohács and the death of King Lajos, I have dedicated an article to the life and reign of the young king. I hope you will find it interesting and inspiring.

The long-awaited heir to the throne of King Ulászló II was born only after great hardship and suffering. Even the Queen’s pregnancy was not as trouble-free as the previous one, for she was often forced to stay in bed, so weak was her body, as confirmed by contemporary Venetian accounts.

The French Queen Anne was extremely popular in Hungary, both because of her beauty and because of her decisive action, which made her a great queen of the country, as she exerted a strong influence on her husband, King Ulászló II, who loved her dearly. She was also able to trace her lineage back to the Árpád monarchs, who were closely related to the dynasties of Aragon, Sicily, and Naples.

Lajos was born stillborn on 1 July 1506. The only way to keep him alive was to place him in the split stomachs of pigs to keep his temperature stable. This was the incubator for Prince Lajos, and it was thanks to the ingenuity of the medical science of the time and the excellent doctors of King Ulászló II that his son survived.

His mother, Anne of Candale, however, could not be saved: she died of childbed fever three weeks after giving birth. King Ulászló fell into a deep depression and mourned her until the end of his life.