Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

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Elizabeth of Sicily
Queen consort of Hungary
Tenure1272–1290
Born1261
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died1303 (aged 41–42)
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Burial
Monastery of St Peter's, Naples
Spouse
(m. 1270; died 1290)
Charles I of Naples
MotherBeatrice of Provence

Elisabeth of Sicily (1261–1303) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Ladislaus IV of Hungary.[1]

Life

She was the youngest child of

Charles I of Naples[2] and his first wife Beatrice of Provence
.

Elisabeth married

Elizabeth
was a member of the Cuman tribe. Ladislaus always wore Cuman dress and many of his friends were Cumans.

Queen

Ladislaus spent most of his marriage to Elisabeth chasing after the Cumans, encouraging them to come and live in Hungary. Ladislaus clearly preferred the society of the semi-heathen Cumans to that of the Christians; he wore, and made his court wear, Cuman dress; surrounded himself with Cuman concubines, and neglected and ill-used his ill-favoured Neapolitan consort.[1] When they wanted to leave Hungary, Ladislaus used his forces to make them stay. Elisabeth was arrested in 1286 so that Ladislaus could live with a Cuman mistress. She was imprisoned at Margaret Island, where she stayed for the next three years. Ladislaus finally reconciled with Elisabeth in 1289. When he found he did not have enough power to rule over his barons, he rejoined the Cumans.

Ladislaus died in 1290, childless, and he was succeeded by Andrew III of Hungary; Andrew was a distant cousin of Ladislaus.

Later life

After her husband's death, Elisabeth returned to

Dominican nun at St Peter's monastery (San Pietro a Castello), which had been founded by her sister-in-law Queen Mary. Queen Elisabeth (Isabella d'Anjou) died in 1303 and was buried at the monastery of St Peter's.[3]

Ancestry

Sources

  1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ladislaus IV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 59.
  2. ^ a b Steven Runciman, The Sicilian Vespers, (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 138.
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Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1261 Died: 1303
Royal titles
Preceded by
Queen consort of Hungary

1272–1290
Succeeded by
Fennena of Kujavia