János Wass
János Wass (Hungarian pronunciation: Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia, who would die aged 20 at the Battle of Mohács. His mother was Angelitha Wass, formerly a lady's maid of the king's mother Anne of Foix-Candale.
Life
His and his mother's names appear in the sources of the Chamber in
Pozsony
, where he lived with family and eventually died.
Family
He had a large family; there was a rumour that a daughter of his gave birth to 20 children, and he demanded extra financial backing for his daughter's wedding.
References
- Kubinyi, András: Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban. Utódok, örökösök, fattyúk (Illegitimate Children in Medieval Hungary. Offsprings, Successors, Bastards), História 21, 20–22, 1999. URL: See External Links
- Takáts, Sándor: II. Lajos király fia (A Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), Századok (Periodical Centuries), 183–185, 1903.
- Tardy, Lajos: Rémmesék II. Lajos és „természetes” fia körül. (Blood-freezers about King Louis Jagiellon and his 'Natural' Son In Lajos Tardy: Kis magyar történetek (Short Hungarian Stories), Budapest, 40–53, 1986.