Mary of Hungary
Governor of the Netherlands and queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (1505-1558)
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Updated 2026-06-08
She governed the Habsburg Netherlands for a quarter-century not because she wanted to, but because her brother the Emperor needed someone he could trust. Mary of Hungary asked to resign repeatedly and never enjoyed the work, yet she held seventeen provinces together through riots, wars, and the constant pull between France and the Empire.
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The daughter of Queen Joanna and King Philip the Handsome of Castile, Mary married King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia in 1515. The marriage was happy, short, and childless. When Louis died at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Mary governed Hungary as regent for her brother Ferdinand I. Four years later, after their aunt Margaret's death in 1530, her eldest brother Charles V asked her to take on the Netherlands and raise their nieces, Dorothea and Christina of Denmark. The job was difficult — riots, a strained relationship with the Emperor, endless diplomacy to keep peace between Charles and the…
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