Mary receives the crown; Elizabeth takes the government

Louis dies in September 1382. Mary, still a minor, is crowned in Hungary; Elizabeth of Bosnia governs with the support of leading nobles. Angevin continuity appears secure, but the court is divided. Mary’s promised marriage to Sigismund of Luxembourg brings another contender for power into a succession many nobles want to control. The queen mother seeks to preserve her freedom of action and even negotiates an alternative French marriage. Her opponents have another solution: Charles of Durazzo, king of Naples and a male member of the Angevin dynasty. Mary’s coronation recognises her as heir, but does not by itself secure the obedience of every faction in the kingdom.