Andrew III ya mutu a ranar 14 ga Janairu, 1301. Mutuwarsa ta ba da dama ga kusan sarakuna goma sha biyu, ko "oligarchs", waɗanda a lokacin suka sami 'yancin kai na sarki don ƙarfafa 'yancin kai.Sun sami duk manyan gidajen sarauta a cikin ƙananan hukumomi inda kowa ya wajaba ko dai ya karɓi ikonsu ko kuma ya bar.A labarin mutuwar Andrew III, mataimakin Šubić ya gayyaci Charles na Anjou, dan marigayi Charles Martel, don neman sarauta, wanda ya gaggauta zuwa Esztergom inda aka nada shi sarki.Duk da haka, yawancin sarakunan duniya sun yi hamayya da mulkinsa kuma suka ba da sarauta ga Sarki Wenceslaus na biyu na ɗa mai suna Bohemia.Matashin Wenceslaus bai iya ƙarfafa matsayinsa ba kuma ya yi watsi da goyon bayan Otto III, Duke na Bavaria a 1305. Ladislaus Kán ya tilasta wa na ƙarshe barin masarautar a 1307.Wakilin Paparoma ya rinjayi dukan sarakunan su yarda da mulkin Charles na Anjou a shekara ta 1310, amma yawancin yankunan ba su da ikon sarauta.Taimakon shugabanni da ɗimbin ƙarami, Charles I ya ƙaddamar da jerin balaguro a kan manyan iyayengiji.Yana cin gajiyar rashin hadin kai a tsakanin su, ya yi galaba a kansu daya bayan daya.Ya sami nasararsa ta farko a yakin Rozgony (Rozhanovce na yanzu, Slovakia) a cikin 1312. Duk da haka, Ubangiji mafi iko, Matiyu Csák ya kiyaye ikonsa har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1321, yayin da iyalan Babonić da Šubić suka kasance kawai a ƙarƙashin mulkin mallaka a cikin 1323.