Charles III of Naples
King of Naples (1345-1386) and King of Hungary (1385-1386) · Hungary · On the map · Politicians · Died at 41
A 14th-century king who ruled two kingdoms at once and held claim to a third he'd never see - Naples, Hungary, and the phantom throne of Jerusalem - all before dying at forty.
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Charles of Durazzo, born in 1345, wore multiple crowns across a fractured medieval Europe. He became King of Naples in 1382, carrying with it the hollow title of Jerusalem's king. In 1381 he founded the Order of the Ship, a chivalric order tied to his reign. Two years later, the Principality of Achaea fell to him when James of Baux died. In 1385 he added Hungary to his holdings, reigning there as Charles II. The accumulation didn't last: he died on 24 February 1386, forty years old, his brief consolidation of thrones collapsing with him.
