Angelitha Wass (; 15th century – after 1521) was a Hungarian lady's maid of

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, Queen consort of Bohemia and Hungary, and later a

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of Anne's son, Louis II

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Life

She became pregnant by King Louis and gave birth to an illegitimate son, János (John) Wass, self-titled "Prince John". John was never officially recognized as the son of the king. His and his mother's names appear in the sources of the Chamber in

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(now

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) as either ''János Wass'' or ''János Lanthos'', which could refer to the fact that he used his mother's name first, then that of his occupation (''lantos'' means '

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'). Angelitha Wass married a Hungarian nobleman but did not have any further issue. She died as a widow.See Takáts (1903).

References

Bibliography

*Takáts, Sándor: II. Lajos király természetes fia (A Natural Son of King Louis II Jagiellon), ''Századok (Periodical Centuries)'', 183–185, 1903. *Kubinyi, András: Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban. Utódok, örökösök, fattyúk (Illegitimate Children in Medieval Hungary. Offsprings, Successors, Bastards), ''História'' ''21'', 20–22, 1999. URL: See External Links

External links

Kubinyi, András: Törvénytelen gyermekek a magyar középkorban (Illegitimate Children in Medieval Hungary)
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