Clemence of Austria

Clemence of Austria
Tomb of Klementia and Charles Martel in Naples Cathedral
Titular Queen consort of Hungary
Tenure	1290–1295
Born	1262 Vienna, Austria
Died	February, 1293 or 1295 (aged 30–33)
Burial	Naples Cathedral
Spouse	Charles Martel of Anjou
Issue	Charles I of Hungary Beatrice, Dauphine of Viennois Clemence, Queen of France
House	House of Habsburg (by birth) House of Anjou (by marriage)
Father	Rudolph I of Germany
Mother	Gertrude of Hohenburg

Clemence of Austria (1262 – February 1293, or 1295) was a daughter of King Rudolph I of Germany and Gertrude of Hohenberg. She was a member of the House of Habsburg.

Marriage

On 8 January 1281, Clemence married Charles Martel of Anjou.

Clemence and Charles Martel had three children:

• Charles I of Hungary, became King of Hungary in 1308, married four times; his first wife was Mary of Halics, his second wife was Mary Piast, his third wife was Beatrice of Luxembourg and his fourth wife was Elizabeth Piast. All of his children were with Elisabeth. His only illegitimate child was Kalman, later Bishop of Győr.
• Beatrice of Hungary (1290–1343), the wife of John II of Viennois
• Clemence of Hungary, the second wife of Louis X of France and mother of John I of France.

It is believed that Clemence died in 1293, in relation to the birth of her youngest daughter and namesake, Clemence. Others argue that she died in 1295, months after Charles Martel. She is buried in Naples.

Queen of Hungary?

Charles Martel was set up by Pope Nicholas IV and the ecclesiastical party as the titular King of Hungary (1290–1295) as successor of his maternal uncle, the childless Ladislaus IV of Hungary against whom the Pope had already earlier declared a crusade.

He never managed to govern the Kingdom of Hungary, where an agnate of the Árpád dynasty, his cousin Andrew III of Hungary actually ruled that period. Charles Martel was, however, successful in asserting his claims in parts of Croatia, a kingdom then in personal union with Hungary.

Charles Martel died young in Naples, during the lifetime of his parents. Charles Martel and Clemence's son, Charles would ultimately succeed where he had failed in winning the throne of Hungary.

Ancestry

Family of Clemence of Austria

16. Albert III, Count of Habsburg               8. Rudolph II, Count of Habsburg                       17. Ida von Pfullendorf               4. Albert IV, Count of Habsburg                             18. Gottfried von Staufen               9. Agnes of Staufen                       2. Rudolph I of Germany                                   20. Hartmann III, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen               10. Ulrich, Count of Kiburg and Dillingen                       21. Richenza von Lenzburg               5. Heilwig of Kiburg                             22. Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen               11. Anna von Zähringen                       23. Heilwig of Frohburg               1. Clemence of Austria                                         24. Burckhard III, Count of Hohenburg               12. Burckhard IV, Count of Hohenburg                       6. Burckhard V, Count of Hohenburg                             3. Gertrude of Hohenburg                                   28. Rudolph I, Count Palatine of Tübingen               14. Rudolph II, Count Palatine of Tübingen                       29. Mechtild of Gleiberg, Countess of Giessen               7. Mechtild of Tübingen                             30. Henry, Margrave of Ronsberg               15. unnamed                       31. Udilhild of Gammertingen

See also

• Habsburg family tree