Elizabeth the Cuman Queen consort of Hungary

• Preferred Name: Elizabeth the Cuman Queen consort of Hungary^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}
  
• Alternate Name: Árpád (házi)
  
• Alternate Name: Elizabeth of Kumans
  
• Alternate Name: Queen of Naples
  
• Alternate Name: Elizabeth Kumens
  
• Gender: F
  
• Occupation: Princess of Cumania
  
• Birth: 1240 in Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, Hungary at LATI: N7.7988 LONG: E8.7435 with note: 1244 FIND A GRAVE
  
• LdsBaptism: 5 AUG 1980 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• LdsEndowment: 1 NOV 1980 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 1290 in Budapest, Belváros-Lipótváros, Budapest, Hungary at LATI: N7.5 LONG: E9.0655
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Queen of The Kumans
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Princess of the Kumans;
  
• Burial: in Seligenthal at LATI: N0.7667 LONG: E0.4833 with note: Margit Island, Budapest, Hungary Memorial ID 232650328 FIND A GRAVE
  
• FSID: LZBP-XSK
  
• Alt. Birth: ABT 1244
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Queen of Hungary
  
• Christening: in Hungria at LATI: N7 LONG: E9.5
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: 9CQP-FRQ NFS
  
• Royal Title: in Princess of the Kumans at LATI: N0.6738 LONG: E111.5509
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Princess of The Kumans
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Khan des Coumans
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Elizabeth the Cuman (1240-1290) was the Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son in 1272-1277.
  
  The Cumans were the western tribes of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. Her people followed a shamanist religion and were considered pagans by contemporary Christians of Europe.
  
  «b»Questions of parentage and family«/b»
  In 1238, Khan Köten, her father according to historians, led the Cumans and a number of other clans in invading the Kingdom of Hungary while fleeing from the advancing hordes of the Mongol Empire. In time, Béla IV of Hungary negotiated an alliance with Köten and his people, granting them asylum in exchange for their conversion to Roman Catholicism and loyalty to the King. The agreement was sealed with the betrothal of Elizabeth to Stephen, eldest son of Béla IV. The agreement seems to have occurred while Stephen was an infant. Elizabeth was unlikely to have been older than her future husband. In 1241, the Mongol invasion of Europe under the leadership of Batu Khan and Subutai began, with Hungary among its primary targets. Köten was assassinated by Hungarian nobles fearing he would lead a defection to the other side.
  
  Other historians point out that a charter of her father-in-law, Béla IV, refers to a Cuman chieftain Seyhan as his "kinsman," which can be interpreted to mean that Seyhan was in fact Elizabeth's father.
  
  She also had an unidentified sister, who married Hungarian noble Gregory Monoszló.
  
  «b»Queen«/b»
  Béla IV returned from Austria following the Mongol evacuation. Upon his return to power, Béla began rebuilding his country, including a massive construction campaign which produced the system of castles as a defense against the threat of a Mongol return. Köten was deceased but the betrothal was still in effect. Elizabeth was converted to Roman Catholicism in preparation for her marriage. The marriage of Stephen and Elizabeth occurred in 1253. The groom was twelve years old and the bride close in age to him. She became queen of Hungary upon her father-in-law's death on 3 May 1270.
  
  «b»Regent«/b»
  Stephen died on 6 August 1272. Elizabeth became regent for their ten-year-old son, Ladislaus IV. Her regency lasted until 1277 and saw palace revolutions and civil wars. Her upbringing of her son would cause further problems for his reign. Ladislaus favored the society of the "semi-pagan" Cumans, from whom he was descended through his mother. He wore Cuman dress as his court wear, surrounded himself with Cuman concubines and thus alienated the Hungarian nobility. His later attempts to regain Hungarian loyalty instead alienated parts of the Cumans. He was murdered in his tent by Cumans while camped in Bihar county on 10 July 1290. By that time Elizabeth herself seems to have also been deceased. There is no mention of her in the reign of his successor, Andrew III. There is a tradition that she died in the year 1290.
  
  «b»Children«/b»
  Elizabeth and Stephen V of Hungary were parents to six known children:
  
  1.) Elizabeth (c. 1255-1313), married firstly to Zavis Vítkovci, Lord of Rosenberg, Skalitz and Falkenstein, and secondly to King Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
  
  2.) Catherine (c. 1257-after 1314), married to King Stefan Dragutin of Serbia
  
  3.) Maria (c. 1258-25 March 1323), married to King Charles II of Naples
  
  4.) Anna (c. 1260-1281), married to the Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos
  
  5.) Ladislaus IV (August, 1262-10 July 1290), married to Elizabeth of Sicily
  
  6.) Andrew (1268-1278), Duke of Slavonia
  
  Élisabeth la Coumane (1240-1290)
  Élisabeth la Coumane (en hongrois Kun Erzsébet, 1240 – entre 1290 et 1295) est une reine de Hongrie, épouse d'Étienne V de Hongrie et mère de Ladislas IV de Hongrie.
  
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  BIO
  BIO: of Kumans. Named Elizabeth of Kumens
  
  from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HUNGARY.htm#BelaIVB as of 6/12/2016
  
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  === ! HISTORY: Encyclopedia Britanica, 1985 ===
  ! HISTORY: Encyclopedia Britanica, 1985 Edition, Page 786 (Under Cuman) makes reference to Stephen V's marriage to a Cumania Princesses. After Erzsebt's Father was mudered, in 1240-41, The Cumans left Hungary, but returned in 1245 by King Bela IV, of Hungary. The Cumans were a nomadic Turkish people, comprising the Westeren Branch of the Kipchak Confederation. They came to Hungary through Southeren Russia, where they had ruled from about 1030 from the Volga to the Danube Rivers. Their rule was broken by attacks from the East by Mongols. See the GROLIER ELECTRONIC Encyclopedia. ! IGI 1994 Edition. ! RELATIONSHIP: H. Reed Black is 21st G G Son.
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Elisabeth of Kumania1
  F, #114143, d. after 1290
  Elisabeth of Kumania|d. a 1290|p11415.htm#i114143|Khan Kuthern of Kumania||p11415.htm#i114144||||||||||||||||
  Last Edited=17 Jan 2003
  Elisabeth of Kumania was the daughter of Khan Kuthern of Kumania.1 She married Stephen V Arpád, King of Hungary, son of Béla IV Arpád, King of Hungary and Maria Laskaris , circa 1255.1 She died after 1290.
  Children of Elisabeth of Kumania and Stephen V Arpád, King of Hungary
  Catherine Arpád b. c 12562
  Maria von Ungarn + b. c 1257, d. 25 Mar 13232
  Anne Arpád + b. c 1260, d. 12812
  Elisabeth Arpád b. c 12612
  Ladislas IV Arpád, King of Hungary b. c 1262, d. 12902
  Andrew Arpád , Duke of Slavonia b. 1268, d. 12782
  Citations
  [S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 89. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  [S16 ] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 90.
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #202. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #202.
  
  === The Cumans fled into Hungary in large nu ===
  The Cumans fled into Hungary in large numbers ahead of the Mongol invaders, and caused much trouble. In order to keep peace with this unruly group, Bela IV married his son to a Cumanian princess. *daughter of Prince Kuthen &
  
  === ! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol. ===
  ! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol. 2 tafel 155;
  
  === !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Ste ===
  !BIR-MAR-DEA: Bk, Medieval Knight by Stephen Turnbull.
  
  === Princess of Cumania, Queen of Hungary, ===
  Princess of Cumania, Queen of Hungary,
  
  === PED OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS ===
  PED OF AUGUSTINE H. AYERS
  
  === Non-standard gedcom data: 1 MARR 2 SPO ===
  Non-standard gedcom data: 1 MARR 2 SPOU @I241@
  
  === Erzsébet of the Kumans ===
  Erzsébet of the Kumans
  Also Known As:
  "Elizabeth of Bosnia. Erzsebet of the Kumans", "Elisabeth Princess of The Kumans", "Erzsébet", "Princesa de los Coumanos of Bosnia", "??????? ????????", "???????? ?????????", "Kun Hungary"
  Birthdate:
  1239 (51)
  Birthplace:
  Cumania
  Death:
  1290 (51)
  Hungary
  Immediate Family:
  Daughter of Köten II, Khan of the Kumans and Erzsebet Of Galicia Princess Of - Russia
  Wife of King of Hungary and Croatia Stephan V. König von Ungarn
  Mother of ÁRPÁD(házi) Katalin, Queen consort of Serbia; Maria de Hongrie Árpád de Hongrie, regina di Napoli; ÁRPÁD (házi) Anna, Empress Consort of Byzantine Emperor; ÁRPÁD(házi) Erzsébet, Princess of Hungary; ÁRPÁD(házi) IV. 'Kún' László - Ladislav IV "the Cuman", King of Hungary and 6 others
  Half sister of Unnamed daughter of Khan Köten de Toucy; ?????? and Maria Kotjanovna of Polowzes
  Occupation:
  Queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary, ???????
  
  === Research results ===
  !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families, compiled by Michel L Call,
  1975 edition
  Elizabeth of Kumens #3999 is the last of her line in the book
  
  === THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 ===
  THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.5, 25, 32; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.23, 26; BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 353; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINES DE FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22G) TAB 51; TABLETTES CHRONOLOGIQUES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) VOL 1 P.150, 185; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;

• m. 1256 in Francia
• m. 1253 in Hungary

1. Katalin Árpád-házi, b. ABT 1256 in Budapest, Hungary     d. 1317 in Serbia
2. Maria Arpadhazi of Hungary Queen of Naples, b. 1257 in Csepel Island, Budapest, Hungary     d. 25 MAR 1323 in Naples, Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Campania, Italy

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   Page: Balkans & Eastern Europe - Hungary, Kings, p. 97: ISTVÁN, son of BÉLA IV King of Hungary & his wife Maria Laskarina of Nikaia (18 Oct 1239-1 Aug 1272, Csepel Island, Dominican Monastery). The Chronicon Varadiense names "dux Stephanus postea rex, secundus…dux Bela" as the two sons of "rex Bela quartus"[981]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the birth "in festo beati Luce 1239" of "regi Hungarie filius masculus…Stephanum"[982]. The Altahenses Annales name "Stephanum filium [Belæ regis Ungarie]" when recording his succession to his father[983]. His father appointed him Prince of Transylvania in 1257. He led the Hungarian troops which invaded Bulgaria in 1261, restoring his brother-in-law Rostislav, who was one of the claimants to the Bulgarian throne after Tsar Koloman II was deposed in 1258, at Vidin. Duke of Slavonia, Dalmatia and Croatia, his father transferred these territories to his younger brother Béla in 1262, whereupon István revolted, although peace was concluded 5 Dec 1262 under which the country was divided and István retained the territory north of the Danube along the border with Bulgaria with the titles "rex iunior" and "dominus Cumanorum". Civil war broke out again in 1264, peace once more being confirmed in István's favour in 1266[984]. He succeeded his father in 1270 as ISTVÁN V King of Hungary. The Altahenses Annales record the death "1272 circa Kal Aug" of "Stephanus rex Ungarie"[985]. The Chronicon Dubnicense records the death "in magna insula" of "Stephanus" and his burial "in ecclesia beate Virginis in insula Budensi in loco Beginarum"[986]. The Gesta Hungarorum records that King István was buried "in insula…Beatæ Virginis"[987]. m (1253) --- of the Kumans, daughter of --- Khan of the Kumans (1240-after 1290). This marriage was agreed as part of King Béla's arrangements for settling the Kumans on empty land on either side of the River Tisza[988]. She was baptised with the name ERSZÉBET. Regent for her son King László IV in 1272, she was hated by the Hungarians[989].
   
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