- Constance of Hungary
-
Constance of Hungary Queen consort of Bohemia 
Tenure 1199–1230 Spouse Ottokar I of Bohemia Issue Wenceslaus I of Bohemia
Anna of Bohemia
Saint Agnes of BohemiaFather Béla III of Hungary Mother Agnes of Antioch Born c. 1180
HungaryDied 6 December 1240 (aged c. 60)
Tichnowitz, MoraviaBurial Cloister Tichnowitz Constance of Hungary (c. 1180 – 6 December 1240) was the second Queen consort of Ottokar I of Bohemia.[1]
Contents
Family
Constance was a daughter of Béla III of Hungary and his first wife Agnes of Antioch. Her older siblings included Emeric, King of Hungary, Margaret of Hungary and Andrew II of Hungary. Two other siblings, Solomon and Stephen, are mentioned in the "Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten" (1878) by Detlev Schwennicke. They reportedly died young.[2]
Her paternal grandparents were Géza II of Hungary and Euphrosyne of Kiev.[3] Her maternal grandparents were Raynald of Châtillon and Constance of Antioch (joint princes of Antioch).[4]
Marriage and children
In 1199, Ottokar I divorced his first wife, Adelheid of Meissen, on grounds of consanguinity. He married Constance later in the same year. They had nine children.[1]
Constance is regularly noted as a co-donator with her husband in various documents of his reign. Her petitions to her husband for various donations are also recorded. She is considered to have sold the city Boleráz to her nephew Béla IV of Hungary. In 1247, Béla conferred said city to the nuns of Trnava. An epistle by which Constance supposedly grants freedom to the cities of Břeclav and Olomouc is considered a false document. The same epistle grants lands in Ostrovany to the monastery of St. Stephen of Hradište[disambiguation needed
]. Another epistle has Constance settling "honorable Teutonic men" (viros honestos Theutunicos) in the city of Hodonín and is also considered a forgery.[5] On 15 January 1230, Ottokar I died and their son Wenceslaus succeeded him. Constance survived her husband by a decade.[1]In 1231, Pope Gregory IX set Constance and her dowry possessions under the protection of the Holy See. His letter to Constance clarifies said possessions to include the provinces of Břeclav (Brecyzlaviensem), Pribyslavice (Pribizlavensem), Dolni Kunice (Conowizensem), Godens (Godeninensem), Bzenec (Bisenzensem) and Budějovice[disambiguation needed
] (Budegewizensem).[6] In 1232, Constance founded Cloister Tichnowitz and retired to it as a nun. She died within the Cloister.[1]Issue
- Vratislav of Bohemia (c. 1200 – before 1209).
- Judith of Bohemia (c. 1202 – 2 June 1230). Married Bernhard von Spanheim, Duke of Carinthia
- Anna of Bohemia (c. 1204 – 23 June 1265). Married Henry II the Pious, Duke of Wrocław
- Agnes of Bohemia. Considered to have died young.
- Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (c. 1205 – 23 September 1253).
- Vladislaus, Margrave of Moravia (1207 – 10 February 1228).
- Přemysl, Margrave of Moravia (1209 – 16 October 1239). Married Margaret of Andechs-Merano. His wife was a daughter of Otto I, Duke of Merania and Beatrice II, Countess of Burgundy.
- Bozena (Wilhelmina) of Bohemia (1210 – 24 October 1281).
- Agnes of Bohemia (20 January 1211 – 6 March 1282). Mother Superior of the Franciscan Poor Clares nuns of Prague. In 1989, Agnes was canonized as a saint by Pope John Paul II.[7]
Ancestors
Ancestors of Constance of HungaryReferences
- ^ a b c d Profile of Ottokar I, his wives and children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
- ^ Profile of Béla III, his wives and children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
- ^ Profile of Géza II, his wife and children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
- ^ Profile of Constance, her husband and children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
- ^ Women's Biography: Constance of Hungary
- ^ 1231 Letter from Gregory IX to Constance of hungary
- ^ Profile of Ottokar I and his children in "Medieval Lands" by Charles Cawley
External links
- Women's Biography: Constance of Hungary, contains several letters sent and received by Constance.
Constance of HungaryHouse of ÁrpádBorn: 1180? Died: 6 December 1240Royal titles Preceded by
Adelheid of MeissenQueen consort of Bohemia
1199–1230Succeeded by
Kunigunde of HohenstaufenCategories:- 1180s births
- 1240 deaths
- House of Árpád
- Bohemian queens consort
- Medieval women of Bohemia
- Hungarian princesses
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
