Visegrád 1335 (Budapest, 2009)
Charters and translations - 3 September 1335
ss>» English 3 September 1335 W e, Charles, by divine grace King of Hungary, declare to all through the present document that, desiring that ourselves, our sons and successors of our successors, and our kingdoms be, with the famous sovereign, Lord John, by the same divine grace magnificent King of Bohemia, Earl of Luxembourg, our beloved brother and his magnificent sons, the first-born Lord Charles, Earl of Moravia, Lord Charles, Prince of Carinthia, and their successors, united in ties of fraternal love, and remain steadily and forever in the sincere feeling of love and indissoluble friendship with no fraudulence but in a pure and humble way, therefore, in our present document we, together with our first-born son Louis, by our oath on the holy Gospels of God that we, our sons and their successors, to the aforementioned Lord John, King of Bohemia, our brother, his aforementioned sons, their successors and the aforementioned kingdom, Bohemia, with its joined parts, are obligated to be of eternal assistance against everyone of any condition, office, and honour, except for the magnificent sovereigns Lord Robert, King of Jerusalem and Sicily, and Casimir, King of Poland, and their sons and successors, kinsmen and all the relatives with whom we are tied by blood in Italy or any territories that we want and to which we are obliged. If the monarch and his successors conduct a campaign outside of the borders of Bohemia against their neighbours, or neighbouring enemies of any of them, then, upon their request, we promise and are obligated to render him, his sons or successors, assistance with our armed force and bowmen without fraudulence and ruse. If someone passes the borders of the aforementioned kingdom of Bohemia, with hostile intention, attacking violently him, his sons and successors, and the kingdom with its adjoining territories, then we, our sons, and successors of our sons promise and are obligated to help the king of Bohemia, his sons and their successors personally with all the power of our kingdom, Hungary, to his, his sons' or their successors’ request. Similarly, our brother, the King of Bohemia, whether in the present status, the royal honour he performs or in a different, higher honour that may be felicitously reached and performed in the future, with his aforementioned sons and their successors give us, our sons, and 86 *y
