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Encyclopedia > Maria Arpad of Hungary

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Maria of Hungary (c. 1257 - 25 March 1323) of the Arpad dynasty was Queen consort of Kingdom of Naples. For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... Events Canonization of Saint Thomas Aquinas Lithuania: Vilnius becomes capital August 12 - The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) is signed, regulating the border for the first time Pharos of Alexandira Lighthouse (one of the Seven Wonders of the world) is destroyed by a series of earthquakes... The Árpáds (Hungarian: Árpádok, Slovak: Arpádovci, Croatian: Arpadovići) were a dynasty ruling in historic Hungary from the late 9th century to 1301 (with some interruptions, e. ... King George V of the United Kingdom and his consort, Queen Mary A queen consort is the wife and consort of a reigning king. ... The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ...


She was (possibly the eldest) daughter of Stephen V of Hungary (d. 1272) and his wife, queen Elisabeth, who was daughter of a chief of the Cuman tribe and had been a pagan before her marriage. Her only brother Ladislaus IV of Hungary ruled as king from 1272 to 1290. King Stephen V of Hungary (Hungarian: ,Slovak: Štefan V)(1239 or 1240 - August 6, 1272), was the eldest son of Bela IV of Hungary, whom he succeeded in 1270. ... Cumans, also called as Polovtsy, (Russian Половцы) was the European name for the Western Kipchaks, a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ... Paganism (from Latin paganus) and heathenry are blanket terms which have come to connote a broad set of spiritual or religious beliefs and practices of natural or polytheistic religions, as opposed to the Abrahamic monotheistic religions. ... Ladislaus IV the Cuman (Hungarian: IV László, Slovak: Ladislav IV) (1262 – July 10, 1290), also known as Laszlo IV, king of Hungary, was the son of Stephen V, whom he succeeded in 1272. ... For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... For broader historical context, see 1290s and 13th century. ...


Family

In 1270 when twelve, she married the future Charles II of Naples (12541309), the eldest son and heir of Charles I of Sicily and Beatrice of Provence. For broader historical context, see 1270s and 13th century. ... Charles II, known as the Lame (Fr. ... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... Events August 15 - The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. ... Charles I (March 1227 (or 1226) - January 7, 1285) was the posthumous (or born ten months before fathers death: sources suggest two possible birth years) son of King Louis VIII of France by Blanche of Castile. ...


They had fourteen children:

  1. Charles Martel of Anjou, titular King of Hungary
  2. Saint Louis of Toulouse (February 9, 1275, NoceraAugust 19, 1298, Chateau de Brignoles), Bishop of Toulouse
  3. Robert I of Naples, King of Naples
  4. Philip I of Taranto, Prince of Achaea and Taranto, Despot of Romania, Lord of Durazzo, titular Emperor of Constantinople
  5. Raymond Berengar (12811307), Count of Provence, Prince of Piedmont and Andria
  6. John (1283 – aft. March 16, 1308), a priest
  7. Tristan (1284–bef. 1288)
  8. Peter (1291August 29, 1315, Battle of Montecatini), Count of Gravina
  9. John of Gravina (1294April 5, 1336, Naples), Duke of Durazzo, Prince of Achaea, and Count of Gravina, married March 1318 (divorced 1321) Matilda of Hainaut (November 29, 12931336), and married secondly November 14, 1321 Agnes of Périgord (d. 1345)
  10. Margaret (Marguerite) (1273December 31, 1299), Countess of Anjou and Maine, married at Corbeil August 16, 1290 Charles of Valois, brother of king of France, and became ancestress of the Valois dynasty
  11. Blanche (Blanca) (1280October 14, 1310, Barcelona), married at Villebertran November 1, 1295 James II of Aragon
  12. Eleanor (Leonora), (August 1289August 9, 1341, Monastery of St. Nicholas, Arene), married at Messina May 17, 1302 Frederick III of Sicily
  13. Mary (Maria) (1290 – c. 1346), married at Palma de Majorca September 20, 1304 Sancho I of Majorca, married 1326 Jaime de Ejerica (1298 – April 1335)
  14. Beatrice (1295 – c. 1321), married April 1305 Azzo VIII, Margrave d'Este (d. 1308), married 1309 Bertrand III of Baux, Count of Andria (d. 1351)

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