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Maria Laskarina (c. 1206 – 16 July or 24 June 1270) was a Greek Queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Béla IV of Hungary. She was the daughter of Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Komnena Angelina.
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- Bursa
- Bela IV Péter Árpád, IV.
Maria Laskarina was a Greek Queen consort of Hungary by marriage to Béla IV of Hungary. She was the daughter of Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Komnena Angelina.
When Maria Laskarina z Nicei was born about 1206, in Bursa, Türkiye, her father, Θεόδωρος Αʹ Λάσκαρις Αυτοκρατορίας της Νίκαιας, was 33 and her mother, Άννα Αγγελίνα Κομνηνή Αυτοκράτειρα της Νίκαιας, was 31. She had at least 3 sons and 10 daughters with King Bela ...
MARIA Laskarina (-16 or 24 Jul 1270, bur Esztergom). Georgius Akropolites names "Irene, Maria et Eudocia" as the three daughters of "Theodorum Lascarim imperatorem…ex Anna uxore", stating that "Mariam secundam" married "Ungariæ regis…filio", his father arranging the marriage on his journey back from Jerusalem[59].
- Seals of Elizabeth The Cuman
- Coins of Ladislas IV Featuring Elizabeth The Cuman
- Dominican Nunnery on Margaret Island
- Burial Crown from Margaret Island
- The Gold Ring and Fabric Remnants from The Margaret Island Grave
Elizabeth the Cuman used two seals during her lifetime. Her first seal dates from 1273, the time of her regency for her young son, Ladislas IV. The queen is crowned and her hair is unbound, like that of Maria Laskarina. The throne seat is flanked by the heads of two lions. The only other royal seal in Hungary that uses this symbolism was used by he...
There are six coins attributed to Ladislas IV (r. 1272–1290) that have an image of a queen on them. Considering that Huszár only lists 44 coins from the king’s reign, this indicates that of all the rulers included in this survey, Ladislas IV minted the highest percentage of coins with a queen is depicted on them.Footnote 51 The obverse of one of th...
The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle states very clearly that the Hungarian king Stephen V was buried at the Dominican Nunnery on Margaret Island.Footnote 55 Known originally as Rabbit’s Island, it was renamed after his sister, St. Margaret (d. 1271), a royal nun who lived there.Footnote 56 Neither the date of Elizabeth the Cuman’s death nor her pla...
The question of Elizabeth’s burial on Margaret Island is of crucial importance in discussing royal artifacts found at the site in the nineteenth century. After the Great Danube Flood of 1838, a crown was found in the ruins of the nunnery. An archaeological investigation was subsequently launched, though the documentation left much to be desired. Mo...
When the Danube flooded in 1838, the crown was not the only artifact uncovered. A gold ring with a gemstone was also discovered among the graves. It was originally recorded that the ring was set with a sapphire and that the bits of fabric found with it constituted fringe-work. What ended up being recorded in the inventory of the Hungarian National ...
- Christopher Mielke
- 2021
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Maria Laskarina became the wife of King Béla IV of Hungary. Eudokia Laskarina's hand was offered to the Latin Emperor Robert I early in 1221, but the Orthodox patriarch's opposition prevented the marriage. Nicholas was declared his father's co-emperor in 1208, but he was not mentioned after 1210.
