Béla (Arpadhazi) Árpádházi (1148 - 1196)

Born 1148 in Esztergom, Hungary

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes (Châtillon) de Châtillon — married about 1172 in Constantinople, Turkey

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1196 at about age 48 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary

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Biography

Béla III (Arpadhazi) Árpádházi is a member of the House of Árpád.

King Béla III was married four times but only had children with his second wife Agnes " Anna " de Chatillon-sur-Loing^[1]

In 1162, he was first betrothed to Maria of Byzantium whom he divorced ( contract was broken) in 1169 as it was never consummated and there were no issues.^[2].She was dau.of Emperor Manuel I Komnenos of Byzantium. Bela moved to Byzantium to be an heir to Manuel, but after Manuel had a son in 1169 the relationship, presumably never consummated, was dissolved. He also married 3rdly around 1185, Theodora Komnena . His fourth marriage was in 1186 to Marguerite of France who was the widow of King Henry, the young, of England and the daughter of King Louis VII of France.

King Béla III & his second wife Agnes Chatillon, had six children ^[3].Four grew to adulthood; two sons died young.

1. Emeric of Hungary
2. Margaret, Byzantine Empress
3. Andrew II of Hungary
4. Constance, Queen of Bohemia

Research Notes

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Sources

1. ↑ Pg.157.Mediæval popes, emperors, kings, and crusaders.By Mrs. William Busk(1855)
2. ↑ [759] Niketas Choniates, Liber IV Rerum a Manuele Comneno Gestarum, 1, p. 167.http://genealogy.euweb.cz/arpad/arpad2.html#CB4
3. ↑ http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HUNGARY.htm#_Toc146273221

See also:

• "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. I p. 28-29
• "Royal Ancestry" 2013, Douglas Richardson Vol. III p. 23
• http://genealogy.euweb.cz/arpad/arpad2.html#CB4
• Sauser E, Biographisch-bibliograophisches Kirchenlexikon (German, title transl. "Biographic-bibliographic encyclopaedia of the Roman Catholic church") Vol XXI, pub. Bautz, 2003, ISBN 3-88309-038-7
• Charles Cawley. "HUNGARY KINGS". Medieval Lands. Foundation of Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
• Olasz, J., Seidenberg, V., Hummel, S. et al.: DNA profiling of Hungarian King Béla III and other skeletal remains originating from the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár. Archaeol Anthropol Sci (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0609-7

• http://www.geni.com/people/B%C3%A9la-III-of-%C3%81rp%C3%A1d/6000000001821102369?through=6000000001594051535

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary
• Fabpedigree http://fabpedigree.com/s040/f024697.htm
• ThePeerage http://www.thepeerage.com/p10465.htm#i104645
• The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I06519
• Celtic Royal Genealogy http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=aet%2Dt&id=I7191
• our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p181.htm#i5418