Union of Hungary and Poland | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coat of arms of King Władysław of Poland and Hungary (1440–1444)
| |||||||||||||
Status | Personal union | ||||||||||||
Capital | Kraków and Visegrád (1370–1382)/Buda (1440–1444) | ||||||||||||
Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1370–1382 | Louis I of Hungary | ||||||||||||
• 1440–1444 | Władysław III of Poland | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||||||
|
Personal union between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Kingdom of Poland was achieved twice: under Louis I of Hungary, in 1370–1382, and under Władysław III of Poland in 1440–1444. An earlier union was also accomplished by Wenceslaus III of Bohemia for a few months in 1305, although he was heavily resisted by local nobles in both kingdoms, and gave up the Hungarian crown soon after.