| BELA IV. - LoveToKnow Article on BELA IV. (925 words) |
 | First Bela solicited the aid of the pope, but was compelled finally to resort to arms, and crossing the Leitha on the 15th of June 1246, routed Frederick, who was seriously wounded and trampled to death by his own horsemen. |
| Bela reached the apogee of his political greatness in 1264 when, shortly after his crushing defeat of the Servian king, Stephen L1rosh, he entertained at his court, at Kalocsa, the ambassadors of the newly restored Greek emperor, of the kings of France, Bulgaria and Bohemia and three Tatar mirzas. |
| The last years of Belas life were embittered by the ingratitude of his son Stephen, who rebelled continuously against his father and ultimately compelled him to divide the kingdom with him, the younger prince setting up a capital of his own at Srospatak, and following a foreign policy directly contrary to that of his father. |
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