Elizabeth of Bosnia - Widowhood and Regency

Widowhood and Regency

Louis died on 10 September 1382 and Mary succeeded to the throne of Hungary. Elizabeth, now queen dowager, acted as regent on behalf of the eleven-year-old sovereign. The queen mother's rule was not to be peaceful; the first to rise against her was John of Palisna, Ban of Croatia, who was mainly opposed to the centralizing policy which her husband had enforced. Her cousin Tvrtko also decided to take advantage of Louis' death and Elizabeth's unpopularity by trying to recover the lands he had lost to the king in 1357. John asked Tvrtko for help, but they were ultimately defeated by Elizabeth's army and John was forced to flee to Bosnia.