caption father house death_date succession mother death_place consort birth_date alt spouse issue image article_title name reign
elizabeth imagined by soma orlai petrich with her daughter mary in captivity , as stephen ii , ban of bosnia house of kotromanić january 1387 queen consort of hungary queen consort of poland elizabeth of kuyavia novigrad castle , novigrad kingdom of croatia yes 1339 middle-aged woman holding a young woman in her arms louis i , king of hungary and poland catherine , queen of poland of hungary mary , queen of hungary hedwig mary & elizabeth of hungary.jpg elizabeth of bosnia
 elizabeth of bosnia 20 1382 5 november 1370 & nbsp ; -- 10 september june 1382 1353 & nbsp ; -- 10 september
elizabeth of bosnia

elizabeth of bosnia -lrb- -- january 1387 -rrb- was queen consort and later regent of hungary , as well as queen consort of poland .
daughter of ban stephen ii of bosnia , elizabeth married king louis i of hungary in 1353 .
in 1370 , she gave birth to a long-anticipated heir , catherine , and became queen of poland when louis succeeded his uncle , casimir iii .
the royal couple had two more daughters , mary and hedwig , but catherine died in 1378 .
initially a powerless consort with no substantial influence , elizabeth then started surrounding herself with noblemen loyal to her , led by her favourite , nicholas i garai .
when louis died in 1382 , mary ascended to the throne of hungary with elizabeth as regent .
unable to preserve the personal union of hungary and poland , the queen dowager secured the polish throne for her youngest daughter , hedwig .
during her regency in hungary , elizabeth faced several rebellions led by john horvat and john of palisna , who attempted to take advantage of mary 's insecure reign .
in 1385 , they invited king charles iii of naples to depose mary and assume the crown .
elizabeth responded by having charles murdered two months after his coronation , in 1386 .
she had the crown restored to her daughter and established herself as regent once more , only to be captured , imprisoned and ultimately strangled by her enemies .
