King Bela Arpad of Hungary IV (Bela of Hungary) 
Bela was born in November 1206 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary.1 Bela's father was King Andrew Arpad of Hungary II and his mother was Countess of Andechs Gertrude of Meran. His paternal grandparents were King Bela Arpad of Hungary III and Agnes Anne de Chatillon; his maternal grandparents were Duke, Margrave of Istria, Count of Antioch Berthold of Andechs Meran VI and Countess Agnes of Rochlitz. He had a sister named Maria. He was the younger of the two children. He had a half-sister named Yolande. He died at the age of 63 on May 3rd, 1270.2 General Notes
Bela IV (1206-1270) was the king of Hungary between 1235 and 1270.
Bela was the son of Andrew II. Bela tried with little success to reestablish royal preeminence by reacquiring lost crown lands. His efforts, however, created a deep rift between the crown and the magnates just as the Mongols were sweeping westward across Russia toward Europe. Aware of the danger, Bela ordered the magnates and lesser nobles to mobilize. Few responded, and the Mongols routed Bela's army at Mohi on April 11, 1241.
Bela fled first to Austria, where Duke Frederick of Babenberg held him for ransom, then to Dalmatia. The Mongols reduced Hungary's towns and villages to ashes and slaughtered half the population before news arrived in 1242 that the Great Khan Ogotai had died in Karakorum. The Mongols withdrew, sparing Bela and what remained of his kingdom.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1075 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.1129 in Domos, Greece
- b.1108 d.13 Feb 1141
- b.1075 in Polotsk, Byelorussia, Russia d.1116
- b.1130 in Tolna, Hungary d.31 May 1161
- b.1089 in Serbia d.1130
- b.1115 in Beograd, Serbia d.1157
- b.1092 in Serbia
- b.1148 in Esztergom, Komaron-Esztergom, Hungary d.23 Apr 1196 in Szekesfehervar, Fejer, Hungary
- b.1053 in Kiev, Ukraine d.19 May 1125
- b.1076 in Kiev, Ukraine d.15 Apr 1132
- b.1053 in London, Middlesex, England d.1107
- b.1130 in Kiev, Ukraine d.1186 in Byzantium, Turkey
- b.1074 in Novgorod, Russia
- b.1100 in Novgorod, Russia d.1168
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- b.1176 in Esztergom, Komaron-Esztergom, Hungary d.21 Sep 1235 in Eger, Heves, Hungary
- d.1096
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- b.1133
- b.1098
- b.1118
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- b.1154 in Versailles, Seine-Et-Oise, France d.1184
- b.Nov 1206 in Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary d.03 May 1270
- b.1039 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bavaria d.1098
- b.1100 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bavaria d.27 Jun 1151
- b.1041 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.22 Feb
- b.1128 in Andechs, Obayern, Bayern d.14 Dec 1185
- b.1113 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bayern d.06 Sep 1126
- b.1159 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bavaria d.12 Aug 1204
- b.1085 in Austria d.1140
- b.1130 in Austria
- b.1100 in Austria d.18 Jan 1144
- b.1185 in Andechs, Oberbayern, Bavaria d.28 Sep 1213
- b.1072 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
- b.1098 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony d.05 Feb 1157 in Kloster Petersberg Bei Halle, Sachsen, Prussia
- b.1076 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony
- b.1136 in Meissen, Dresden, Saxony d.16 Aug 1190
- b.1100 in Schwaben, Bavaria d.19 Jun 1145 in Kloster Gerbstedt, Sachsen, Prussia
- b.1117 in Klosterneuburg, Niederoestereich, Austria d.11 Apr 1145
- b.1166 in Groitzsch, Leipzig, Saxony d.Mar 1195
- b.1085 in Heinsberg, Rheinland, Prussia d.01 Apr 1128 in Heinsberg, Rheinland, Prussia
- b.1107 in Heinsberg, Rheinland, Prussia d.1170
- b.1089 in Walbeck, Thuringia d.1107
- b.1139 in Heinsberg, Rheinland, Prussia d.20 Nov 1189
- b.1121 in Sommerschenburg, Sachsen, Prussia
- b.1110 in Sommerschenburg, Sachsen, Prussia d.1170
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Details of Bela's family with Maria Laskaris
1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I33972&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9503&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I9967
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I9503&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I9967
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