Maximilian the Dreamer Holy Roman Emperor 1459 1519
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After this, Christian was in bad repute at Rome, and when his enemies combined against him with success, he lost heart, and set sail for Flanders with his wife and children. Isabelle bore her troubles with heroic patience, but she died of a broken heart at Ghent in January 1526, at the age of twenty-five, leaving the care of her three children to her aunt Marguerite, whom she always looked upon as a mother. One of her daughters was the charming Christina, painted by Holbein. The next sister, Ma...rie, was betrothed to Louis of Hungary in 1514, but her actual marriage did not take place until seven years later, when Louis had been King of Hungary for several years, succeeding on the death of his father, Wladislav VII. After five years of happy married life, the young King had the desperate task of defending his kingdom from the overwhelming force of the invading Turks. 198 MAXIMILIAN THE DREAMER The decisive battle was fought on the plain of Mohacs on August 29, 1526, and the Hungarian army, under the gallant but inexperienced prince, met with utter defeat ; 20, 000 men were slain on the fatal field and Louis lost his crown and his life.
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