In the political history of Kingdom of Naples, Mary of Hungary is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Mary of Hungary as Queen of Naples (1257-1323).
Mary of Hungary was born in 1257. Her recorded nationality is Kingdom of Naples.
Power then ran through courts, church and inheritance. A ruler's reach ended roughly where the roads did.
She is described as statesperson.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in Kingdom of Naples is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Mary of Hungary died in 1323, aged 66. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
