Alajos von Ambros

BIOGRAPHY
Alajos von Ambros was a Hungarian noble born in Sárvár. By marrying an Austrian-German noble princess, he expanded his lands and enlarged his dynasty a little. When John Hunyadi started to create a new army to break the weakening Ottoman authority in 1448, Alajos and his three brothers became one of the few important nobles who joined the Hungarian army. The colossal defeat against the Ottoman army shattered the Hungarian army and further weakened the already struggling Ambros dynasty. Losing all three of his brothers in the battle, Alajos returned to Sárvár and tried to gather new troops in his castle. But the declining population was making the recruitment of new soldiers very difficult. After the war, the Hungarian throne was in an incredible stalemate and lost a huge power. Upon not wanting to lose the little he had, Alajos strengthened his authority by marrying Juliane von Graf, the fourth born daughter of the Count of Unterwart, Geritt von Graf, in 1450, and gained a more solid place in Hungary.