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Elizabeth the Cuman (1244–1290) was the Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son from 1272 to 1277. The Cumans were the western tribes of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. Her people followed a shamanist religion and were considered pagans by contemporary Christians of Europe .
Daughter of Ban Stephen II of Bosnia, Elizabeth became Queen of Hungary upon marrying King Louis I the Great in 1353. In 1370, she gave birth to a long-anticipated heir, Catherine, and became Queen of Poland when Louis ascended the Polish throne. The royal couple had two more daughters, Mary and Hedwig, but Catherine died in 1378.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary was a Catholic saint, who lived in the 13th century. She was born in 1207 in Pressburg, Hungary, now known as Bratislava, Slovakia. She was the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. As a child, Elizabeth was known for her piety and devotion to God. She was educated by the Cistercian nuns and was ...
This essay seeks to understand four pieces of stonework visible to the medieval public which would have featured two fourteenth-century queens of Hungary: Elizabeth of Poland (d. 1380), wife of Charles I Robert, and Elizabeth of Bosnia (d. 1387), wife of Louis I 'the Great' (r. 1342-1382).
She was the youngest child of Charles I of Naples [2] and his first wife Beatrice of Provence . Elisabeth married Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1270. [2] They had no children. Ladislaus had neglected Elisabeth for the sake of his semi- pagan tribe, the Cumans; his mother Elizabeth was a member of the Cuman tribe.
Elizabeth of Hungary ( Hungarian: Árpád-házi Erzsébet, German: Elisabeth von Ungarn, 1236 – 25 October 1271) was a medieval Hungarian noble lady from the Árpád dynasty as a daughter of Béla IV, King of Hungary. She became the duchess of Lower Bavaria as the wife of Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria.
Jan 22, 2021 · Maria of Bytom was probably born between 1290 and 1294. She is believed to have married Charles of Anjou, claimant to the crown of Hungary, in 1306. This is evidenced by a charter from 1306, which mentions Queen Maria of Hungary. However, some believe this may refer to Charles’ grandmother, Maria of Hungary, Queen of Naples, who used the ...
