Beatrice d'Este

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• Parents: Father: Margrave Albodrandino I
• Education: 1215; Since her father died in the year of her birth, she was educated by her uncle, Marquis Azzo VII of Este.
• Miscellaneous: 1235; Following her husband's death on 21 September 1235, her stepson, King Béla IV of Hungary ascended the throne and he wanted to banish Beatrice from Hungary. Moreover, when the widowed Beatrice announced that she had been pregnant, her stepson accused her of adultery and ordered her arrest. Beatrice could escape from Hungary only with the assistance of the ambassadors of Frederick II, Holy Roman Empire who had arrived to the deceased king's funeral. She went to the Holy Roman Empire, where she bore her husband's posthumous son, Stephen whose legitimacy, however, was never confirmed by his brothers. Following the birth of her child, Beatrice was planning to live in the court of his uncle, but Marquis Azzo VII denied her request. She spent the following years wandering in Italy, and she never gave up her son's claims to receive ducal revenues from Hungary. She tried to persuade the Republic of Venice to support her son during the war with Hungary, but the Serenissima promised King Béla IV that it would not support Beatrice and her son in the peace of 30 June 1244. Pope Innocent IV granted her revenues of 35 monasteries in Italy.
• Legal: After 1235; After Andrew's death in 1235, his sons, Béla and Coloman, accused Beatrice of adultery and never considered her son, Stephen, to be a legitimate son of Andrew.
• Last Full Review: 16 Oct 2020

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Beatrice married Andrew II, King of Hungary on 14 May 1234 in Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. Andrew (son of Béla III, King of Hungary and Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing) was born about 1177; died on 21 Sep 1235 in Hungary; was buried in Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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