Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary

1206 - 1270  (64 years)

• Name	Béla IV of Hungary
  	He restored the authority of the crown and removed his father's advisors, replacing them with men of integrity and good will. [1, 5]
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1206	Hungary   [1, 3, 5]
  Crowned	1235 (Age 29)  [1]
  In 1235, he was crowned the King of Hungary.
  Military	1241 (Age 35)  [5]
  The Mongol horde attacked Hungary laying it to waste. Despite King Béla's heroic resistance, all of Hungary would have been lost, except that the horde was withdrawn. Once free of this threat, he set about rebuilding Hungary.
  Title(s)	1254 (Age 48)  [1]
  He became the Duke of Styria.
  Death	3 May 1270	Hungary   [1, 3, 5]
  Siblings	4 Siblings
  1. Anna Maria of Hungary,   b. Abt 1204   d. 1237  (Age 33 years) ▻ Tzar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria + 2. Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary,   b. 1206, Hungary d. 3 May 1270, Hungary  (Age 64 years) ▻ Maria Laskarina,  m. Abt 1218   3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,   b. 1207   d. 10 Nov 1231  (Age 24 years) ▻ Landgraf Louis IV of Thuringia   4. Coloman, King of Galicia-Lodomeria,   b. 1208   d. Jun 1241  (Age 33 years)   5. Andrew II of Halych, Prince of Halych,   b. Abt 1210   d. 1234  (Age 24 years)
  Person ID	I8772	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Andrew II, King of Hungary,   b. About 1177   d. 21 Sep 1235, Hungary (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Gertrude of Merania,   b. About 1185   d. 28 Sep 1213, Hungary (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	Before 1203
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 18 years.
  Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Laskarina,   b. Abt 1206   d. 1270 (Age 64 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage	Abt 1218  [1]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 12 years - She : ~ 12 years.
  Notes	Redlich (1942) gives their marriage as about 1224. [5]
  Children	+ 1. Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia,   b. Dec 1239, Hungary d. 1 Aug 1272 (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F6183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1206 - Hungary Child - Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia - Dec 1239 - Hungary Death - 3 May 1270 - Hungary  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia. Gertrude of Merania [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).