Abt 1177 - 1235 (~ 58 years)
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Name |
Andrew II |

- Andrew was also the King of Galicia. He was known as Andrew of Jerusalem. [2, 5]
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Born |
Abt 1177 [2, 5] |
Title(s) |
1188 [5] |
He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210. He was the younger son of Béla III of Hungary, who entrusted him with the administration of the newly conquered Principality of Halych in 1188. Andrew's rule was unpopular, and the boyars (or noblemen) expelled him. Béla III willed property and money to Andrew, obliging him to lead a crusade to the Holy Land |
Crowned |
1197 [3, 5] |
Andrew forced his elder brother, King Emeric of Hungary, to cede Croatia and Dalmatia as an appanage to him in 1197. |
Reign |
From 1205 to 1235 [2, 3, 4, 5] |
King of Hungary |
History |
1213 [1, 5] |
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 [2] |
He was crowned the King of Galacia. |
Military |
From 1217 to 1218 |
He joined the fifth crusade. |
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King Andrew II setting outfor the Crusade
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Charter/Grant/Gift |
1222 [1, 3, 5] |
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 Although subsequently repealed, the clause of resistance initiated the long-term practice of throwing open the acts of the king to question.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. |
Died |
21 Sep 1235 |
Hungary [3, 4, 5] |
Buried |
After 21 Sep 1235 |
Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania [5] |
Web References |
2019 |
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Person ID |
I8568 |
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Last Modified |
5 Mar 2021 |
Family 1 |
Gertrude of Merania, b. Abt 1185, d. 28 Sep 1213, Hungary (Age ~ 28 years) [2, 3, 4, 5] |
Married |
Before 1203 [2, 3, 6] |
Age at Marriage |
He was 25 years - She was 17 years |
Children |
| 1. Anna Maria of Hungary, b. Abt 1204, d. 1237 (Age ~ 33 years) |
+ | 2. Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary, b. 1206, Hungary , d. 3 May 1270, Hungary (Age 64 years) |
| 3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, b. 1207, d. 10 Nov 1231 (Age 24 years) |
| 4. Coloman, King of Galicia-Lodomeria, b. 1208, d. Jun 1241 (Age 33 years) |
| 5. Andrew II of Halych, Prince of Halych, b. Abt 1210, d. 1234 (Age ~ 24 years) |
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Last Modified |
25 Jan 2021 |
Family ID |
F6074 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 3 |
Beatrice d'Este, b. 1215, d. Before 8 May 1245 (Age 30 years) [2, 5, 8] |
Married |
14 May 1234 |
Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary [2, 5, 8] |
- In the beginning of 1234, the elderly King Andrew II of Hungary, who had been widowed for the second time in 1233, visited the court of the Este family and fell in love with the young Beatrice. Her uncle gave his consent to the marriage only on the condition that both King Andrew and Beatrice renounced the dowry and any claim of her father's inheritance. [8]
- King Andrew promised in their conjugal contract that he would grant 5,000 pounds as marriage portion to Beatrice and Beatrice would also receive 1,000 pounds as her annual revenue. However, the relationship between Beatrice and her husband's sons became tense soon. [8]
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Age at Marriage |
He was 57 years - She was 19 years |
Children |
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Last Modified |
16 Oct 2020 |
Family ID |
F6075 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- Death: Redlich (1942) gives his death date as about 7 March 1235. [3]
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Event Map |
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 | Married - Feb 1215 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary |
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 | Married - 14 May 1234 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary |
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 | Died - 21 Sep 1235 - Hungary |
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 | Buried - After 21 Sep 1235 - Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania |
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Sources |
- [S1471] Magyar Pavilon - Hero's Square , (Online www.idg.hu/expo/hosok_tere/ gero/AndrewII.html).
- [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), Secondary Source.
- [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), Secondary Source.
- [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), Secondary Source.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source.
Andrew II of Hungary
- [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source.
Gertrude of Merania
- [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source.
Yolanda of Courtenay
- [S304] Wikipedia, Secondary Source.
Beatrice d'Este, Queen of Hungary
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