Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria

Elizabeth of Hungary (1236 – 24 October 1271) was a daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and his wife Maria Laskarina. She was a member of the House of Árpad.

Marriage

Elizabeth and her sisters were all to marry well. Elizabeth married in 1250 to Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria. The couple were married for twenty-one years and had ten children:

• Agnes of Wittelsbach (January 1254 – 20 October 1315). Joined the Cistercian Monastery at Seligenthal as a nun.
• Agnes of Wittelsbach (17 July 1255 – 10 May 1260). She shared her name with her older sister.
• Agnes of Wittelsbach (29 October 1256 – 16 November 1260). She shared her name with her two older sisters.
• Elizabeth of Wittelsbach (23 April 1258 – 8 August 1314). Joined the Cistercian Monastery at Seligenthal as a nun.
• Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (11 February 1261 – 9 November 1312).
• Henry of Wittelsbach (23 February 1262 – 16 September 1280).
• Sophie of Wittelsbach (c. 1264 – 4 February 1282). Married Poppo VIII, Count of Henneberg.
• Catherine of Wittelsbach (9 June 1267 – 9 January 1310). Married Friedrich Tuta, Margrave of Meissen.
• Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (9 October 1269 – 9 October 1296).
• Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (14 March 1271 – 10 December 1310).

Elizabeth died in 1271, and was thus outlived by her husband and eight of her children. Elizabeth is buried at Kloster Seligenthal.

Ancestry

Family of Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria

16. Géza II of Hungary               8. Béla III of Hungary                       17. Euphrosyne of Kiev               4. Andrew II of Hungary                             18. Raynald of Châtillon               9. Agnes of Antioch                       19. Constance of Antioch               2. Béla IV of Hungary                                   20. Berthold III of Andechs               10. Berthold IV, Duke of Merania                       21. Hedwig of Wittelsbach               5. Gertrude of Merania                             22. Dedo V, Count of Wettin               11. Agnes of Rochlitz and Wettin                       23. Matilda of Heinsberg               1. Elizabeth of Hungary                                         24. ?               12. Manuel Laskaris                       25. ?               6. Theodore I Laskaris                             26. ?               13. Ioanna Karatzaina                       27. ?               3. Maria Laskarina                                   28. Andronikos Dukas Angelos               14. Byzantine Emperor Alexios III Angelos                       29. Euphrosyne Castamonitissa               7. Anna Komnena Angelina                             30. Andronikos Doukas Kamateros               15. Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera                       31. ?