Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

Elizabeth of Sicily
Queen consort of Hungary
Reign	1272–1290
Born	1261 Naples
Died	1303 (aged 41–42) Naples
Burial	Monastery of St Peter's, Naples
Spouse	Ladislaus IV of Hungary
House	Anjou-Sicily
Father	Charles I of Naples
Mother	Beatrice of Provence

Elisabeth of Sicily (1261–1303) was the youngest child of Charles I of Naples^[1] and his first wife Beatrice of Provence.

Marriage

Elisabeth married to Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1270;^[1] she was only seven or eight at the time of the marriage. 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 had even 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 in Margaret Island, where she stayed for the next three years. Ladislaus finally reconciled with Elisabeth in 1289. When he found he didn't 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 returned again back to Hungary. In the year 1294 Queen Fenenna confirmed 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.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

16. Louis VII of France               8. Philip II of France                       17. Adèle of Champagne               4. Louis VIII of France                             18. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut               9. Isabelle of Hainaut                       19. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders               2. Charles I of Naples                                   20. Sancho III of Castile               10. Alfonso VIII of Castile                       21. Blanca of Navarre               5. Blanche of Castile                             22. Henry II of England               11. Leonora of England                       23. Eleanor of Aquitaine               1. Elisabeth of Sicily                                         24. Alfonso II of Aragon               12. Alfonso II, Count of Provence                       25. Sancha of Castile               6. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence                             26. Rainou, Count of Forcalquier               13. Gersenda II of Sabran                       27. Gersend of Forcalquier               3. Beatrice of Provence                                   28. Humbert III of Savoy               14. Thomas I of Savoy                       29. Beatrice of Viennois               7. Beatrice of Savoy                             30. William I of Geneva               15. Marguerite of Geneva                       31. Beatrice de Valperge

Sources

1. Steven Runciman, The Sicilian Vespers, (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 138.
2. Memoria und Repräsentation, Band 157 von Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte Kritische Studien Zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Seite 267, Tanja Michalsky, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000. (ISBN 9783525354735)

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