Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

Queen consort of Hungary (1261–1303)

Elizabeth of Sicily

Queen consort of Hungary
Tenure| 1272–1290

Born| 1261
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died| 1303 (aged 41-42)
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Burial|

Monastery of St Peter's, Naples

Spouse|

Ladislaus IV of Hungary

(m. 1270; died 1290)​

House| Anjou-Sicily
Father| Charles I of Naples
Mother| Beatrice of Provence

Elisabeth of Sicily (1261–1303) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Ladislaus IV of Hungary.[1]

## Life

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She was the youngest child of Charles I of Naples[2] and his first wife Beatrice of Provence.

Elisabeth married Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1270.[2] They had no children. Ladislaus had neglected Elisabeth for the sake of his semi-pagan tribe, the Cumans; his mother Elizabeth was a member of the Cuman tribe. Ladislaus always wore Cuman dress and many of his friends were Cumans.

### Queen

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Ladislaus spent most of his marriage to Elisabeth chasing after the Cumans, encouraging them to come and live in Hungary. Ladislaus clearly preferred the society of the semi-heathen Cumans to that of the Christians; he wore, and made his court wear, Cuman dress; surrounded himself with Cuman concubines, and neglected and ill-used his ill-favoured Neapolitan consort.[1] When they wanted to leave Hungary, Ladislaus used his forces to make them stay. Elisabeth was arrested in 1286 so that Ladislaus could live with a Cuman mistress. She was imprisoned at Margaret Island, where she stayed for the next three years. Ladislaus finally reconciled with Elisabeth in 1289. When he found he did not have enough power to rule over his barons, he rejoined the Cumans.

Ladislaus died in 1290, childless, and he was succeeded by Andrew III of Hungary; Andrew was a distant cousin of Ladislaus.

### Later life

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After her husband's death, Elisabeth returned to Naples, but she came back to Hungary. In the year 1294 Queen Fenenna confirmed on her the privilege to collect the donations of the church in the Veszprém County. In 1301 she returned to Naples, where she became a Dominican nun at St Peter's monastery (San Pietro a Castello), which had been founded by her sister-in-law Queen Mary. Queen Elisabeth (Isabella d'Anjou) died in 1303 and was buried at the monastery of St Peter's.[3]

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

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| 8\. Philip II of France|

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| 17\. Adèle of Champagne

| 4\. Louis VIII of France|

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| 18\. Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut

| 9\. Isabelle of Hainaut|

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| 19\. Margaret I, Countess of Flanders

| 2\. Charles I of Naples|

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| 20\. Sancho III of Castile

| 10\. Alfonso VIII of Castile|

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| 21\. Blanca of Navarre

| 5\. Blanche of Castile|

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| 22\. Henry II of England

| 11\. Leonora of England|

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| 23\. Eleanor of Aquitaine

| 1\. Elisabeth of Sicily|
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| 24\. Alfonso II of Aragon

| 12\. Alfonso II, Count of Provence|

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| 25\. Sancha of Castile

| 6\. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence|

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| 26\. Rainou, Count of Forcalquier

| 13\. Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier|

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| 27\. Gersend of Forcalquier

| 3\. Beatrice of Provence|

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| 28\. Humbert III of Savoy

| 14\. Thomas I of Savoy|

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| 29\. Beatrice of Viennois

| 7\. Beatrice of Savoy|

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| 30\. William I of Geneva

| 15\. Marguerite of Geneva|

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| 31\. Beatrice de Valperge

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## Sources

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1. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ladislaus IV." . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 59.
2. ^ a b Steven Runciman, The Sicilian Vespers, (Cambridge University Press, 2000), 138.
3. ^ Memoria und Repräsentation, Band 157 von Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte Kritische Studien Zur Geschichtswissenschaft, Seite 267, Tanja Michalsky, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000. (ISBN 9783525354735)

Elizabeth of Sicily, Queen of Hungary

House of Anjou

Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty

Born: 1261 Died: 1303

Royal titles
Preceded by

Elizabeth the Cuman

|  Queen consort of Hungary
1272–1290  | Succeeded by

Fennena of Kujavia

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