Maria Laskarina
| Maria Laskarina | |
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Queen consort of Hungary | |
| Tenure | 1235–1270 |
| Born | c. 1206 |
| Died | 16 July or 24 June 1270 |
| Spouse | Béla IV of Hungary |
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Anna Angelina | |
Maria Laskarina (c. 1206 – 16 July or 24 June 1270) was a
Life
She was a younger sister of
As a younger daughter, the marriage of Maria was not intended to add a potential husband in the line of succession to the throne. Instead it secured a marital alliance with the
In 1218, Maria was married to prince Béla of Hungary,[1] and became Roman Catholic, converting from Greek Orthodoxy, her religion by birth. Bride and groom were about twelve-years-old. Her husband was the eldest son of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania.[2]
Andrew II died on 26 October 1235. The crown prince succeeded him as Béla IV and Maria became queen. Béla reigned for thirty-five years and died on 3 May 1270. Maria survived him by about two months. According to the 15th-century Formulary Book of Somogyvár, she died on 23 July 1270 and was buried in the church of the Franciscans in Esztergom.
During the Mongol Invasion of Hungary, Maria and her children were sent by Béla to the Fortress of Klis, Split, along with many other Hungarian noblewomen who had been widowed by the Tatars.[3] She supported her husband against their son Stephen during the 1260s civil wars.
Children
Maria and Béla IV of Hungary had:
- Saint Boleslaus V of Poland,[4] after his death becoming a nun and abbess; she was canonized by Pope John Paul IIin 1999.
- Margaret of Hungary (c. 1225 – 20 April 1242).William of Saint Omer.[5]
- Rostislav of Slavonia, Duke of Chernigov[4]
- Catherine of Hungary (c. 1229–1242). She died while fleeing with her family following the Battle of Mohi.
- Elizabeth of Hungary (c. 1236 – 24 October 1271). Married Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria[4]
- Leo I of Halych[4]
- Blessed .
- Stephen V of Hungary (December 1239 – 6 August 1272)[4]
- Margaret Island in Budapestis named, having been the place where a royal monastery was established by her parents for her.
- Waleran IV of Limburg.
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References
- ^ a b c Angold 2011, p. 52.
- ^ Klaniczay 2002, p. 438.
- ^ "'Spurred on by the Fear of Death': Refugees and Displaced Populations during the Mongol Invasion of Hungary » de Re Militari".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Klaniczay 2002, p. 439.
- ^ Bon, Antoine (1969). La Morée franque. Recherches historiques, topographiques et archéologiques sur la principauté d'Achaïe, 707
Sources
- ISBN 9781409410980.
- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St. Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895-1526. London & New York: I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781850439776.
- Klaniczay, Gábor (2002). Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe. Translated by Palmai, Eva. Cambridge University Press.
- Moravcsik, Gyula (1970). Byzantium and the Magyars. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
- Ostrogorsky, George (1956). History of the Byzantine State. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
External links
- Marek, Miroslav. "Euweb/Arpad Genealogy". Genealogy.EU.
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