Andrew II, King of Hungary

1176 - Abt 1235  (59 years)

• Name	Andrew II
  Born	1176  [4]
  Crowned	1198  [5]
  He proclaimed himself the Duke of Croatia, Dalmatia, Rama, and Chulmia.
  Military	say 1200
  He went on a crusade.
  	King Andrew II setting outfor the Crusade
  Crowned	1205  [4, 5]
  He was crowed the King of Hungary.
  History	1213  [6]
  	Andrew II made an abortive attempt to conquer Galicia. His crusades to the Holy Land likewise won little glory for the crown. His wife, the Meranian Gertrude, ran a lavish, wasteful household. Andrew II's rule triggered widespread unrest, and in 1213 Gertrude was assassinated by a high-level conspiracy. The king's inefficacy was further testified to by the fact that he was unable to punish the assassins.
  Crowned	1214  [4]
  He was crowned the King of Galacia.
  History	1222  [6]
  	Andrew II's political opponents formed an alliance, forcing him to ratify the Golden Bull of 1222, named for the golden seal which hung from it. The document guaranteed rights to the servientes which had formerly only been enjoyed by the owners of great estates and also contained the famous "clause of resistance", whereby if the king failed to keep his word, the nobles were invested with the right to resist and oppose him without charge of disloyalty. The Golden Bull of 1222 for all purposes determined the principle of equality between nobles and occupied a central place in the thought of the Hungarian aristocracy for centuries. Although subsequently repealed, the clause of resistance initiated the long-term practice of throwing open the acts of the king to question. Because of the seminal role it played in the development of national constitutionality, the Golden Bull has frequently been likened to the Magna Charta of 1215, underscoring certain clear parallels in the constitutional development of Hungary and England.
  		The Proclamation of the Golden Bull by Mátyás Jantyik
  		The Golden Bull
  Reign	1205-1235  [2]
  King of Hungary
  Died	Abt 7 Mar 1235	Hungary   [2, 5]
  Person ID	I8568	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Béla III, King of Hungary,   b. 1148,   d. 23 Apr 1196, Hungary  (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing,   b. 1153,   d. 1184, Hungary  (Age 31 years)
  Married	Abt 1171
  Family ID	F6076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gertrude of Meran,   d. 8 Sep 1213, Hungary   [2]
  Married	Before 1203  [4, 5]
  Children	1. Béla IV, King of Hungary,   b. 1206, Hungary ,   d. 3 May 1270, Hungary  (Age 64 years)   2. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Yolande de Courtenay, Queen of Hungary and Galicia,   b. Abt 1194,   d. 1233  (Age ~ 39 years)  [2]
  Married	1215  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Yolande of Hungary,   b. 1213, Hungary ,   d. 12 Oct 1251, Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain  (Age 38 years)
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2020
  Family ID	F2535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Beatrice von Este
  Married	14 May 1234  [4]
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2019
  Family ID	F6075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Stuart (2002) gives his death date as 21 September 1235. [4]

  
  

• Event Map		Died - Abt 7 Mar 1235 - Hungary  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Statue of Andrew II Holding the Golden Bull

  
  

• Sources

  [S2002] ------------- Secondary Sources -------------. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1454] von Redlich, D. R. Marcellus. "The Descent of Queen Philippa, Wife of King Edward III of England From the Royal Hungarian House of Arpád" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XCVI, April 1942). [S1471] Magyar Pavilon - Hero's Square , (Online www.idg.hu/expo/hosok_tere/ gero/AndrewII.html).