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CHARLES I, KING OF HUNGARY - 3 JULY

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 3rd of July WELCOME! CHARLES I, KING OF HUNGARY Charles I, King of Hungary  Charles (July 3), King of Hungary, the first of that name, also called Martellus , a son of King Charles II of Sicily [King Charles II of Naples], was born in 1272. In 1290 he gained the Hungarian crown because his mother was a daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and sister of Ladislaus IV , who died without male heirs. Although of royal lineage and himself destined for the throne, he entered the Third Order of  Saint Francis  and led a devout life. His body rests in the Church of  Saint Stephen  in Stuhlweissenburg [Székesfehérvár]. (Information from  Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints,  Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858, p. 563) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk,  de-academic.com, zeno.org, openli...