The Hungarian Kingdom: 1278 A.D to 1300 A.D.

By the late 1270's, Hungary was an impoverished kingdom. The failed wars to the east and the loss of Moldavia to the Golden Horde had taken its toll on the country. Yet better times were soon to come.

In 1278, King István finally got the Khan to sign a ceasefire with him, thus more or less eliminating the threat from the northeast since the Mongols were busys fighting the Egyptians.
In 1279 Prince András became of age, and a citadel was finished in Hungary.

A small setback was the defeat in a naval battle against the Egyptians in 1280, however with the loss of Moldavia, the trade profit in the Black Sea was slim at this time, thus the king decided not to try keeping control of the Black Sea. A daughter to King István was born in the same year.

In 1281, massive Egyptian forces invaded Trezibond, and the Hungarians decided to leave the province without fighting. On the map this was a big setback, howeber, Trezibond was not a very fertile province, and the garrison needed to maintain loyalty became too big and costly to be profitable. In a way, the loss of Trezibond released the Hungarians from an economic burden. The next year, a ceasefire was concluded with Egypt.

In 1281, Prince Károly was married to Princess Valeria of the Papal States, closing the bonds with the Pope, and in the next year Prince András married with Princess Apolonia of Poland. In 1283, Prince Lázló became of age.

The Italians had been on the decline for the past years, with Serbia being lost to rebels. King István immediately seazed the opportunity and sent his son Prince Károly to defeat the rebels. A minor italian army participated in the battle, but was nearly annihalated. The battle was a great success for the Hungarians though:

This was an important victory to the demoralized Hungarian army.

In the same year, 1284, an alliance was concluded with the past enemy the Turkish Sultan, and an heir to the throne was born.

The rebels who had survived the battle retreated to their castle, but were bribed to surrender already in 1285.

Then followed several happy and calm years. Alliances were concluded with France, the Byzantines and the Golden Horde.
In 1285 a marriage was arranged with Poland, Prince Lázló married Princess Dorothe of the Holy Roman Empire in 1291 and Prince Béla (who matured in 1292) married Princess Sancha of Spain in 1293.
In 1299 Prince Kálmán came of age, and a marriage with Poland was arranged in the same year.

The Kingdom of Hungary in 1300 A.D:

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Russia is on a slow rising and will hopefully keep the Khanate busy for a while, and Egypt and GH keep fighting. The many rebel provinces in the middle east is a result of three spies in every region =P I keep on pestering the Egyptian provinces who are still loyal (in Egypt itself, taxes are at Very Low and the loyalty is around 85%).
The Italians have been excommed I don't know how many times, and are at war with the superior HRE, so it's Greece next, once I can afford to put up some more, and better cavalry (there are about 2000 troops in Greece, these are mainly Urban militan and Archers though)