Andrew II, King of Hungary

1177 - 1235  (58 years)

• Name	Andrew II
  Birth	About 1177  [2, 5]
  General Information	Andrew was also the King of Galicia. He was known as Andrew of Jerusalem.  [2, 5]
  Title(s)	1188 (11 years)  [5]
  He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210. He was the younger son of Béla III of Hungary, who entrusted him with the administration of the newly conquered Principality of Halych in 1188. Andrew's rule was unpopular, and the boyars (or noblemen) expelled him. Béla III willed property and money to Andrew, obliging him to lead a crusade to the Holy Land
  Crowned	1197 (20 years)  [3, 5]
  Andrew forced his elder brother, King Emeric of Hungary, to cede Croatia and Dalmatia as an appanage to him in 1197.
  Reign	From 1205 to 1235 (28 years)  [2, 3, 4, 5]
  King of Hungary
  History	1213 (36 years)  [1, 5]
  Andrew II made an abortive attempt to conquer Galicia. His crusades to the Holy Land likewise won little glory for the crown. His wife, the Meranian Gertrude, ran a lavish, wasteful household. Andrew II's rule triggered widespread unrest, and in 1213 Gertrude was assassinated by a high-level conspiracy. The king's inefficacy was further testified to by the fact that he was unable to punish the assassins.
  Crowned	1214 (37 years)  [2]
  He was crowned the King of Galacia in 1214.
  Military	From 1217 to 1218 (40 years)
  He joined the fifth crusade.
  	King Andrew II setting outfor the Crusade
  Charter/Grant/Gift	1222 (45 years)  [1, 3, 5]
  Andrew II's political opponents formed an alliance, forcing him to ratify the Golden Bull of 1222, named for the golden seal which hung from it. The document guaranteed rights to the servientes which had formerly only been enjoyed by the owners of great estates and also contained the famous "clause of resistance", whereby if the king failed to keep his word, the nobles were invested with the right to resist and oppose him without charge of disloyalty. The Golden Bull of 1222 for all purposes determined the principle of equality between nobles and occupied a central place in the thought of the Hungarian aristocracy for centuries. Although subsequently repealed, the clause of resistance initiated the long-term practice of throwing open the acts of the king to question. Because of the seminal role it played in the development of national constitutionality, the Golden Bull has frequently been likened to the Magna Charta of 1215, underscoring certain clear parallels in the constitutional development of Hungary and England.
  Death	21 Sep 1235	Hungary   [3, 4, 5]
  Burial	Aft 21 Sep 1235	Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania   [5]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Ogyek   (11 x Great Grandfather)  Malfia   d. 1126/27  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I8568	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Death: Redlich (1942) gives his death date as about 7 March 1235. [3]

  
  

Father	Béla III, King of Hungary,   b. 1148   d. 23 Apr 1196, Hungary (Age 48 years)
Mother	Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing,   b. 1153   d. 1184, Hungary (Age 31 years)
Family ID	F6076	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Gertrude of Merania,   b. About 1185   d. 28 Sep 1213, Hungary (Age 28 years)
Marriage	Before 1203  [2, 3, 4, 6]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 26 years - She : ~ 18 years.
Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
>   1. Anna Maria of Hungary,   b. Abt 1204   d. 1237 (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Tzar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria +   2. Béla IV of Hungary, King of Hungary,   b. 1206, Hungary d. 3 May 1270, Hungary (Age 64 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Maria Laskarina  m. Abt 1218 >   3. Saint Elizabeth of Hungary,   b. 1207   d. 10 Nov 1231 (Age 24 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Landgraf Louis IV of Thuringia     4. Coloman, King of Galicia-Lodomeria,   b. 1208   d. Jun 1241 (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. Andrew II of Halych, Prince of Halych,   b. Abt 1210   d. 1234 (Age 24 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F6074	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	19 Sep 2021




Spouse / Partner 2	Yolande de Courtenay, Queen of Hungary and Galicia,   b. About 1200   d. Jun 1233 (Age 33 years)
Marriage	Feb 1215	Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary   [2, 4, 7]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 38 years and 2 months - She : ~ 15 years and 2 months.
Information	The marriage was arranged by Yolanda's uncle, the Emperor Henry I.   [7]
Children	+   1. Yolande of Hungary, Princess of Hungary,   b. Abt 1215, Hungary d. 12 Oct 1251, Monastery of Santa Maria de Vallbona, Urgell, Catalonia, Spain (Age 36 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ James I, King of Aragon  m. 8 Sep 1235
Family ID	F2535	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	19 Sep 2021




Spouse / Partner 3	Beatrice d'Este,   b. 1215   d. Before 8 May 1245 (Age 30 years)
Marriage	14 May 1234	Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary   [2, 5, 8]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 57 years and 5 months - She : ~ 19 years and 5 months.
Information	In the beginning of 1234, the elderly King Andrew II of Hungary, who had been widowed for the second time in 1233, visited the court of the Este family and fell in love with the young Beatrice. Her uncle gave his consent to the marriage only on the condition that both King Andrew and Beatrice renounced the dowry and any claim of her father's inheritance. King Andrew promised in their conjugal contract that he would grant 5,000 pounds as marriage portion to Beatrice and Beatrice would also receive 1,000 pounds as her annual revenue. However, the relationship between Beatrice and her husband's sons became tense soon.   [8]
Children	1. Stephen,   b. 1236   d. 10 Apr 1271 (Age 35 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F6075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	19 Sep 2021




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Andrew II, King of Hungary(1177 – 1235) 2Béla III, King of Hungary(1148 – 1196) 4Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary(1130 – 1161) 8Béla II, King of Hungary(Abt 1109 – 1141) 16Almos, Duke of Croatia(1068 – 1129) 17Predslawa Swjatopolkowna of Novgorod 9Helena of Serbia(1109 – 1146) 18Uros I, Zupan of Serbia(1080 – 1130) 19Anna Diogenissa 5Euphrosyne Mstislawna of Kiev(1130 – 1171) 10Mstislav I of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev(1076 – 1132) 20Vladimir II, Grand Prince of Kiev(1053 – 1125) 21Gytha of Wessex, Princess of England 11Ljubava Saviditsch( – 1168) 22Dmitry Saviditsch 23 3Agnes de Châtillon-sur-Loing(1153 – 1184) 6Renaud de Châtillon, Prince of Antioch( – 1187) 12Henry I de Châtillon, Seigneur de Chaâillon-sur-Marne et Montjoy(1063 – 1135) 24Gautier, Seigneur de Châtillon-sur-Marne( – 1097) 25Mahaud(1046 – 1112) 13Ermengarde de Montjoy 26Alberic, Seigneur de Montjoy and Pacy( – 1139) 27 7Constance of Antioch(1127 – 1163) 14Behémond II, Prince of Antioch and Taranto(1107 – Feb 1130/31) 28Bohémond I, Prince of Antoch(1052 – 1111) 29Constance of France, Princess of France(1078 – 1126) 15Alice de Rethel, Princess of Jerusalem(1110 – 1136) 30Baldwin II, King of Jerusalem(1058 – 1131) 31Malfia( – 1126/27)

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - Feb 1215 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary Marriage - 14 May 1234 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary Death - 21 Sep 1235 - Hungary Burial - Aft 21 Sep 1235 - Egres Abbey, Igriș, Sânpetru Mare, Timiș County, Romania  = Link to Google Earth
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