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, 4]
  Birth	1206	Hungary   [1, 3, 4]
  Crowned	1235 (29 years)  [1]
  In 1235, he was crowned the King of Hungary.
  Reign	From 1235 to 1270 (29 years)  [1]
  King of Hungary
  Military	1241 (35 years)  [4]
  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 Despite King Béla's heroic resistance, all of Hungary would have been lost, except that the horde was withdrawn.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 (48 years)  [1]
  He became the Duke of Styria.
  Death	3 May 1270	Hungary   [1, 3, 4]
  Siblings	2 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 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)
  Half siblings	1 half sister (family of Andrew II and Yolande de Courtenay )
  + 1. Yolande of Hungary, Princess of Hungary,   b. Abt 1215, Hungary d. 12 Oct 1251, Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain  (Age 36 years) ▻ James I, King of Aragon,  m. 8 Sep 1235
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Andrew II and Beatrice d'Este)
  1. Stephen,   b. 1236   d. 10 Apr 1271  (Age 35 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Ogyek   (12 x Great Grandfather)  Ida von Werl,   b. Abt 1030  (4 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	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)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Gertrude of Merania,   b. About 1185   d. 28 Sep 1213, Hungary (Age 28 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	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. [4]
  Children	+   1. Stephen V, King of Hungary and Croatia,   b. Dec 1239, Hungary d. 1 Aug 1272 (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Elizabeth of Bosnia  m. 1253
  Family ID	F6183	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary(1206 – 1270) 2Andrew II, King of Hungary(1177 – 1235) 4Béla III, King of Hungary(1148 – 1196) 8Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary(1130 – 1161) 16Béla II, King of Hungary(Abt 1109 – 1141) 17Helena of Serbia(1109 – 1146) 9Euphrosyne Mstislawna of Kiev(1130 – 1171) 18Mstislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev(1076 – 1132) 19Ljubava Saviditsch( – 1168) 5Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing(1153 – 1184) 10Renaud de Châtillon, Prince of Antioch( – 1187) 20Henry I de Châtillon, Seigneur de Chaâillon-sur-Marne et Montjoy(1063 – 1135) 21Ermengarde de Montjoy 11Constance of Antioch(1127 – 1163) 22Behémond II, Prince of Antioch and Taranto(1107 – Feb 1130/31) 23Alice de Rethel, Princess of Jerusalem(1110 – 1136) 3Gertrude of Merania(1185 – 1213) 6Berthold VI, Duke of the Coast Meran(Abt 1152 – 1204) 12Berthold V, Count of Adnechs, Innsbrook and Wolfratschausen(1122/23 – 1188) 24Berthold IV, Count of Diessen, Strain and Plassenburg(1098 – 1151) 25Sophia of Istria( – 1128) 13Hedwig von Formbach-Putten( – 1174) 26Echbert II, Count of Formbach-Puttin and Newburg( – 1140) 27Wilibirg von Steirermark( – 1145) 7Agnes von Groitzsch-Rochlitz( – 1195) 14Dedo V, Count in the Groitzsch-Rochlitz(1142 – 1190) 28Konrad, Count of Brehna and Camburg(1098 – 1157) 29Luitgard von Ravenstein( – 1145) 15Mathilde von Heinsberg( – 1189) 30Goswin II, Count of Heinsberg and Falkenburg(1100 – Abt 1168) 31Adeidis von Sommerschenburg(1100 – 1180)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1206 - Hungary Death - 3 May 1270 - Hungary  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [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 [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).