Andrew II, King of Hungary

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• General Information: Andrew was also the King of Galicia. He was known as Andrew of Jerusalem.
• Title(s): 1188; He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210. He was the younger son of Béla III of Hungary, who entrusted him with the administration of the newly conquered Principality of Halych in 1188. Andrew's rule was unpopular, and the boyars (or noblemen) expelled him. Béla III willed property and money to Andrew, obliging him to lead a crusade to the Holy Land
• Crowned: 1197; Andrew forced his elder brother, King Emeric of Hungary, to cede Croatia and Dalmatia as an appanage to him in 1197.
• Reign: From 1205 to 1235; King of Hungary
• History: 1213; Andrew II made an abortive attempt to conquer Galicia. His crusades to the Holy Land likewise won little glory for the crown. His wife, the Meranian Gertrude, ran a lavish, wasteful household. Andrew II's rule triggered widespread unrest, and in 1213 Gertrude was assassinated by a high-level conspiracy. The king's inefficacy was further testified to by the fact that he was unable to punish the assassins.
• Crowned: 1214; He was crowned the King of Galacia in 1214.
• Military: From 1217 to 1218; He joined the fifth crusade.
• Charter/Grant/Gift: 1222; Andrew II's political opponents formed an alliance, forcing him to ratify the Golden Bull of 1222, named for the golden seal which hung from it. The document guaranteed rights to the servientes which had formerly only been enjoyed by the owners of great estates and also contained the famous "clause of resistance", whereby if the king failed to keep his word, the nobles were invested with the right to resist and oppose him without charge of disloyalty. The Golden Bull of 1222 for all purposes determined the principle of equality between nobles and occupied a central place in the thought of the Hungarian aristocracy for centuries. Although subsequently repealed, the clause of resistance initiated the long-term practice of throwing open the acts of the king to question. Because of the seminal role it played in the development of national constitutionality, the Golden Bull has frequently been likened to the Magna Charta of 1215, underscoring certain clear parallels in the constitutional development of Hungary and England.
• Last Full Review: 16 Oct 2020

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Death: Redlich (1942) gives his death date as about 7 March 1235.

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Andrew married Gertrude of Merania before 1203. Gertrude (daughter of Berthold VI, Duke of the Coast Meran and Agnes von Groitzsch-Rochlitz) was born about 1185; died on 28 Sep 1213 in Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Maria of Hungary was born about 1204; died in 1237.
2. Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary was born in 1206 in Hungary; died on 3 May 1270 in Hungary.
3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was born in 1207; died on 10 Nov 1231.
4. Coloman, King of Galicia-Lodomeria was born in 1208; died in Jun 1241.
5. Andrew II of Halych, Prince of Halych was born about 1210; died in 1234.

Andrew married Yolande de Courtenay, Queen of Hungary and Galicia in Feb 1215 in Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. Yolande (daughter of Peter II de Courtenay, Latin Emperor of Constantinople and Yolande of Flanders, Countess of Namur) was born about 1200; died in Jun 1233. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Yolande of Hungary, Princess of Hungary was born about 1215 in Hungary; died on 12 Oct 1251 in Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain.

Andrew married Beatrice d'Este on 14 May 1234 in Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. Beatrice was born in 1215; died before 8 May 1245. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Stephen "the Posthumous" was born in 1236; died on 10 Apr 1271.

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• Crowned: 1173; In 1173, he was crowned King of Hungary.
• Reign: From 1173 to 1196; King of Hungary

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Death" Redlich (1942) and Weis (1982) give his death date as 18 April 1196.

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Béla married Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing about 1171. Agnes (daughter of Renaud de Châtillon, Prince of Antioch and Constance of Antioch) was born in 1153; died in 1184 in Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 1141; In 1141, he was crowned the King of Hungary.
• Reign: From 1141 to 1161; King of Hungary

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Death: Moriarty (1952) gives his death date as 31 May 1161.

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Géza married Euphrosyne Mstislawna of Kiev in 1146. Euphrosyne (daughter of Mstislav I of Kiev "the Great", Grand Prince of Kiev and Ljubava Saviditsch) was born in 1130; died in 1171. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1175/76.

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• General Information: He went on the Second Crusade, and remained in the Holy Land. He was also the Lord of Krale in Moab.

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He was killed by Saladin's own hand after the Battle of Hattin.

Renaud married Constance of Antioch in 1152/53. Constance (daughter of Behémond II, Prince of Antioch and Taranto and Alice de Rethel, Princess of Jerusalem) was born in 1127; died in 1163. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was a Princess and heiress of Antioch.

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• Miscellaneous: 1113; He was blinded.
• Reign: From 1231 to 1141; King of Hungary

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Béla married Helena of Serbia on 28 Apr 1127. Helena (daughter of Uros I, Zupan of Serbia and Anna Diogenissa) was born after 1109; died after 1146. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He is figured prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald, to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England. Mstislav's Christian name was Theodore. He was the last ruler of a united Rus.
• Reign: From 1117 to 1125; Co-ruler with his father as the Grand Prince of Kiev.
• Reign: From 1125 to 1132; Grand Prince of Kiev
• Reign: From 1125 to 1132; Grand Prince of Kiev
• Last Full Review: 27 Aug 2020

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Mstislav married Ljubava Saviditsch in 1122. Ljubava (daughter of Dmitry Saviditsch) died in 1168. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 27 Aug 2020

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• General Information: He probably went on the First Crusade.

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Henry married Ermengarde de Montjoy between 1089 and 1094. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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He was also the Duke of Calabria.

Died:
He was killed in battle.

Behémond married Alice de Rethel, Princess of Jerusalem in 1126. Alice (daughter of Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem and Malfia) was born about 1110; died after 1136. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also the Regent of Jerusalem. Her first name was also spelt Alix.