Death and Aftermath
Elizabeth believed that her daughter's mere presence would help calm the opposition. Accompanied by Garay and a modest following, she and Mary set out for Đakovo. However, Elizabeth had seriously misjudged the situation. On 25 July 1386, they were ambushed en route and attacked by John Horvat in Gorjani. Their small entourage failed to fight off the attackers, and the queens were imprisoned in the Bishop of Zagreb's castle of Gomnec. Elizabeth took all blame for the rebellion and begged the attackers to spare her daughter's life.
The queens were then sent to Novigrad Castle, held by their new jailer, John of Palisna. Charles's widow Margaret insisted that Elizabeth be killed. She was tried and, after the Christmas adjournment of the proceedings, found guilty of inciting Charles' murder. Sigismund marched into Slavonia in January 1387, with the intention to reach Novigrad and rescue the queens. Towards the middle of January, when news of Sigismund's approach reached Novigrad, Elizabeth was strangled by guards before Mary's eyes.
Mary was released from the captivity by Sigismund's troops on 4 June. Having been secretly buried in the St Chrysogonus's Church in Zadar on 9 February 1387, Elizabeth's body was exhumed on 16 January 1390, transferred by sea to Obrovac and then carried overland to Székesfehérvár Basilica.
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