Sigismund crowned king of Hungary
1390
The young Luxembourg prince, son of Charles IV and husband of Mary of Hungary, took the Hungarian throne after his wife's death in a fall from horseback. He would rule Hungary for half a century, lead the disastrous Crusade of Nicopolis against the Ottomans, and eventually become Holy Roman Emperor.
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