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Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

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Reign
  
1272–1290

Died
  
1303

Name
  
Elizabeth Sicily,

Father
  
Charles I of Naples


Burial
  
Monastery of St Peter's, Naples

House
  
Arpad dynasty (by marriage)House of Anjou (by birth)

Spouse
  
Parents
  
Beatrice of Provence, Charles I of Naples

Cousins
  
Philip III of France, Robert, Count of Clermont

Grandparents
  
Blanche of Castile, Louis VIII of France, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, Beatrice of Savoy

Similar People
  
Ladislaus IV of Hungary, Charles I of Naples, Stephen V of Hungary, Blanche of Castile, Louis VIII of France

Elisabeth of Sicily (1261–1303) was the youngest child of Charles I of Naples and his first wife Beatrice of Provence.

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Marriage

Elisabeth married Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1270. They had no children.

Trouble with the Cumans

Ladislaus had neglected Elisabeth for the sake of his semi-pagan family, The Cumans; his mother Elizabeth was a member of the Cuman tribe. Ladislaus always wore Cuman dress and many of his friends were Cumans.

Ladislaus spent most of his marriage to Elisabeth chasing after the Cumans, encouraging them to come and live in Hungary. When they wanted to leave Hungary, Ladislaus used his forces to make them stay. Elisabeth was arrested in 1286 so that Ladislaus could live with a Cuman mistress. She was imprisoned at Margaret Island, where she stayed for the next three years. Ladislaus finally reconciled with Elisabeth in 1289. When he found he did not have enough power to rule over his barons, he rejoined the Cumans.

Ladislaus died in 1290, childless, and he was succeeded by Andrew III of Hungary; Andrew was a distant cousin of Ladislaus.

Later life

After her husband's death, Elisabeth returned to Naples, but she came back to Hungary. In the year 1294 Queen Fenenna confirmed on her the privilege to collect the donations of the church in the Veszprém County. In 1301 she returned to Naples, where she became a Dominican nun at St Peter's monastery (San Pietro a Castello), which had been founded by her sister-in-law Queen Mary. Queen Elisabeth (Isabella d'Anjou) died in 1303 and was buried at the monastery of St Peter's.

References

Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary Wikipedia


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