Andrew II, King of Hungary

Abt 1177 - 1235  (~ 58 years)

• Name	Andrew II
  	Andrew was also the King of Galicia. He was known as Andrew of Jerusalem. [2, 5]
  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.
  	King Andrew II setting outfor the Crusade
  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 Although subsequently repealed, the clause of resistance initiated the long-term practice of throwing open the acts of the king to question.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
  Person ID	I8568	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	5 Mar 2021

  
  

  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 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)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Yolande de Courtenay, Queen of Hungary and Galicia,   b. Abt 1200,   d. Jun 1233  (Age ~ 33 years)  [2, 4, 7]
  Married	Feb 1215	Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary   [2]
  The marriage was arranged by Yolanda's uncle, the Emperor Henry I. [7]
  Age at Marriage	He was 38 years - She was 15 years
  Children	+ 1. Yolande of Hungary, Princess of Hungary,   b. Abt 1215, Hungary ,   d. 12 Oct 1251, Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain  (Age ~ 36 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F2535	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]
  Age at Marriage	He was 57 years - She was 19 years
  Children	1. Stephen "the Posthumous",   b. 1236,   d. 10 Apr 1271  (Age 35 years)
  Last Modified	16 Oct 2020
  Family ID	F6075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Redlich (1942) gives his death date as about 7 March 1235. [3]

  
  

• Event Map		Married - Feb 1215 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary Married - 14 May 1234 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary Died - 21 Sep 1235 - Hungary Buried - After 21 Sep 1235 - Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania  = 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
  		Seal of Andrew II, 1224

  
  

• 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