User:Beodizia/Constance of Hungary
| Constance of Hungary | |
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 Modern painting of Constance | |
| Queen consort of Galicia–Volhynia | |
| Spouse | Leo I of Galicia |
Constance of Hungary (), also called Constance of Szandec,[1] was
Biography[edit]
Constance was one of several daughters of King Béla IV of Hungary (r. 1235–1270) and Maria Laskarina. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of the Nicene emperor Theodore I Laskaris (r. 1205–1221).[2] Two of Constance's sisters, Kinga and Margaret, were later canonized as saints.[2] Béla used his many daughters to seal marriage alliances; through marrying them off to the ruling families of several bordering realms, he hoped to create a web of alliances to protect Hungary from the Mongol Empire.[3]
In 1247,[4] no later than 2 June,[5] Constance married Leo I of Galicia.[4] The marriage negotiations were part of brokering a peace agreement between Hungary and Ruthenia[6] and were started between Béla and Leo's father, Daniel of Galicia, a year prior.[5] Leo had originally been set to marry Constance's elder sister Margaret, though she had staunchly refused any marriage arrangements.[2]
Constance is said to have founded a Latin church in Lviv. A century later, her church was a convent of Hungarians belonging to the Dominican Order.[7]
Constance died c. 1251.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Somogyi, Dr Ferenc; Somogyi, Lél (1976). Faith & Fate: A Short Cultural History of the Hungarian People Through a Millennium. Kárpát Pub. p. 194. LCCN 76-47348.
- ^ a b c d Klaniczay, Gábor (2002). Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 277, 439. ISBN 978-0-521-42018-1.
- ^ Csepregi, Ildikó; Klaniczay, Gábor; Péterfi, Bence (2018). The Oldest Legend: Acts of the Canonization Process, and Miracles of Saint Margaret of Hungary. Central European University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-963-386-219-3.
- ^ a b Jusupović, Adrian (2022). The Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia and Historical Collections in Medieval Rus’. BRILL. p. 204. ISBN 978-90-04-50930-6.
- ^ a b Voloshchuk, Myroslav (2021). Ruthenians (the Rus’) in the Kingdom of Hungary (11th to mid- 14th Century): Settlement, Property, and Socio-Political Role. BRILL. p. 237. ISBN 978-90-04-46970-9.
- ^ Kubijovyč, Volodymyr (1963). Ukraine: a Concise Encyclopaedia. University of Toronto Press. p. 608.
- ^ Senyk, Sophia (1993). A History of the Church in Ukraine: To the End of the Thirteenth Century. Pontificio Istituto Orientale. p. 442. ISBN 978-88-7210-290-9.