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Roman Catholic. Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214. His father, who strongly opposed Béla's coronation, refused to ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Béla IV was the king of Hungary (1235–70) during whose reign the Mongol invasions left three-quarters of Hungary in ruins. He was the son of Andrew II. Routed on the banks of the Sajó River in 1241 by Mongols under Batu Khan, Béla fled to Dalmatia, and for a year the kingdom of Hungary did not
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Béla IV (1206 - May 3, 1270) was King of Hungary and Croatia (1214-1270) and Duke of Styria (1254-1258). Béla was present, at the age of seven, when a group of conspirators killed his mother, and he could never forgive his father's generosity towards the conspirators' accomplices. Shortly after, he was crowned junior king (rex iunior) and ...
Béla IV was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214. His father, who strongly opposed Béla's coronation, refused to give him a province to rule until 1220.
This assassination, which was supposedly conceived by Bán Bánk and co-conspirators, had a great impact not only on the life of Béla IV, but also on the Hungarian historical memory.1 Béla was crowned king of Hungary during the reign of his father in 1214, but that gesture really expressed only his position as heir to the throne.
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Apr 6, 2024 · Béla Béla IV King of Hungary of Hungary (Arpadhazi) (29 Nov 1206 - 3 May 1270) 0 references. museum-digital person ID. 29454. 0 references. Oxford Reference overview ID. 20110803095456427.
During Béla’s reign the Árpád dynasty achieved the peak of its power. Having derived great wealth from its crown lands, the dynasty gained control of Serbia and Galicia and made Hungary a large and formidable power in east-central Europe. After Béla’s death the monarchy suffered a decline. Emeric (Imre; reigned 1196–1204) and his ...
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