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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.
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.
Andrew’s successor, Béla IV (1235–70), began his reign with a series of measures designed to reestablish royal authority, but his work was soon interrupted by the frightful disaster of the Mongol invasion.
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.
Apr 1, 2018 · In 1241, the Mongol ruler Batu Khan dispatched emissaries to King Béla IV of Hungary demanding that he turn over the Cumans that had sought safety within his realm. Batu Khan claimed the nomadic Cumans as his subjects as his troops had defeated them and conquered their lands.
king of Hungary from 1235 to 1270. Béla, renowned as the second founder of the country, rebuilt Hungary after the Mongol invasion of 1241–1242. He was the firstborn son ...
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