Agnes de Châtillon
Agnès de Châtillon (* 1153 , † 1184 ) was an Antiochene princess from the noble family Châtillon and queen of Hungary by marriage. She became the ancestral mother of the later kings of Hungary, as a result of which practically all ruling houses in Europe descended from her.
Life
She was the daughter of Renaud de Châtillon-sur-Loing (* 1124, † 1187) and his wife, the Princess Constance of Antioch .
She grew up in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I on. In 1172 she was born with the Hungarian King Béla III at the age of 19 . married. In Hungary she took the name Anna .
She died at the age of 31 after twelve years of marriage after giving birth to six children. It was in the basilica in Székesfehérvár buried, later, her body was in the Matthias Church after Budapest transferred.
progeny
- Emmerich (* 1174; † 1204), King of Hungary
- Margaret of Hungary (* 1175; † after 1233), ∞ Emperor Isaac II of Byzantium
- Andrew II (* 1176; † 1235), King of Hungary
- Salomon (died young)
- Stephan (died young)
- Constance of Hungary (* 1180; † 1240), ∞ King Ottokar I Přemysl of Bohemia
literature
- Brigitte Sokop: Family tables of European rulers. 3rd, improved and supplemented edition. Böhlau, Vienna et al. 1993, ISBN 3-205-98096-4 .
Web links
- Agnès de Châtillon at fmg.ac (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Steven Runciman : A History of the Crusades. Volume 2: The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East. Penguin, Harmondsworth 1978, ISBN 0-14-055051-8 , p. 365.
| predecessor | Office | Successor |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes of Austria | Queen of Hungary 1172–1184 |
Margaret of France |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agnes de Châtillon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing; Agnes of Antioch; Anna of Hungary |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of Hungary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1153 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1184 |