Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Greater Poland

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Elizabeth of Hungary
Helena of Raška

Elizabeth of Hungary (

House of Árpád and by marriage Duchess of Greater Poland
.

She was the eldest child of King

Duke of Croatia (father of King Béla II), a parentage which also is supported by further web sources. The disadvantage of this hypothesis are the message of medieval chronicles (for example, the Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum), who firmly established that Elizabeth was a daughter of the Hungarian King, a title Álmos never used because he was only a prince. Another theory was proposed by Kazimierz Jasiński: in his opinion, Elizabeth was a daughter of King Stephen II. Although sources indicated that because of his dissolute lifestyle, Stephen II didn't have any surviving children, according to Jasiński this messages are originated from a later period and don't deserve trust; also, it should be taken into account that frequently skipping for the chroniclers the birth of female offspring.[1]

Around 1136, Elizabeth married with Prince

his will, Mieszko inherited the Greater Poland
province and became in his first duke, with Elizabeth as his duchess.

Elizabeth and Mieszko had:

Elizabeth died in 1154 aged twenty-six.

References

  1. ^ Jasiński K., Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, Warsaw-Kraków 1992, pp. 235-240.
  2. ^ a b c d e Davies 2005, p. 54.

Sources

  • Davies, Norman (2005). God's Playground A History of Poland. Vol. 1: The Origins to 1795. Oxford University Press.
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