Family tree Kempin Finken » Béla II van Hongarije (1109-1141)

Personal data Béla II van Hongarije 

• Alternative name: de Blinde
• He was born in the year 1109.
• Title: Koning van Hongarije
• He died on February 13, 1141 in Hongarije, he was 32 years old.
• A child of Almos van Hongarije and Predslava van Kiev

Household of Béla II van Hongarije

He is married to Jelena van Servië.

They got married between April 28, 1127 and April 28, 1129 at Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hongarije, he was 18 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Elisabeth van Hongarije  ± 1122-< 1155 
2. Geza II van Hongarije  1125-1162

Notes about Béla II van Hongarije

BÉLA, son of ÁLMOS Prince of Hungary & his wife Predslava Sviatopolkovna of Kiev ([1109-13 Feb 1141, bur Székesfehérvár).  He was blinded, together with his father, on the orders of his uncle King Kálmán and took refuge in the monastery of Pécsvárad[637].  The Chronicon Posoniense records that "Almus dux et Bela filius eius" were blinded in 1117[638].  He was appointed heir to the throne by his first cousin King István II in [1129][639].  He succeeded in 1131 as BÉLA II "Vak/the Blind" King of Hungary, crowned 28 Apr 1131, one of the rare exceptions of succession to a throne by a blind person in the Balkan region.  The Chronicle of Otto of Freising records that the succession of "Bela Almi filio" was challenged by his cousin Boris[640].  King Béla was under the influence of his domineering wife who took an active part in the government of the country.  A charter dated 3 Sep 1138 records the confirmation of his father´s donation by "Rege Bela secundo, bonæ memoriæ Almi ducis filio, cum Helena regina" to "ecclesiam…Martyris Margarethæ…Demesiensi"[641].  The Annales Gradicenses record the death in 1141 of "Bela rex Ungarorum" and the accession of his son[642].  The Chronicon Dubnicense records the death "Id Feb" in 1141 of "Bela cecus" and his burial "Albe"[643].  The necrology of Admunt records the death "Id Feb" of "Bela rex"[644].  The Gesta Hungarorum records that King Béla reigned for nine years and two months and was buried at Székesfehérvár[645].  The Chronica Ungarorum records the death in 1140 of "rex Bela" and his burial "in Alba"[646].  The Chronicon Varadiense records the death "Id Feb" in 1141 of "rex Bela cæcus filius ducis Almus" and his burial "Albæ"[647]. 

m (28 Aug 1127) JELENA of Serbia, daughter of UROŠ I Grand Župan of Serbia & his wife Anna [Diogenissa] (after 1109-after 1146).  A charter dated 3 Sep 1138 records the confirmation of his father´s donation by "Rege Bela secundo, bonæ memoriæ Almi ducis filio, cum Helena regina" to "ecclesiam…Martyris Margarethæ…Demesiensi"[648].  The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.  She brought part of northern Serbia, probably north-eastern Bosnia and Mačva/Macsói, to Hungary as her dowry[649].  She led a campaign of revenge against the magnates alleged to have permitted the blinding of her husband, including the execution of 68 magnates at a meeting in Arad in [1131/32][650]. 

King Béla II & his wife had six children:
ERSZÉBET ([1128]-before 1155)
GÉZA ([1130]-3 May 1162)
LÁSZLÓ ([1132]-14 Nov 1163)
ISTVÁN ([1132/33]-murdered Semlin 11 Apr 1165, bur Székesfehérvár)
ÁLMOS (1134-before 1138)
ZSÓFIA ([1136/37]-)

Bronnen:

[638] Chronicon Posoniense, p. 56.

[639] Fine (1991), p. 236.

[640] Chronicon Ottonis Frisingensis VII. 21, MGH SS XX, p. 259.

[641] Codex Diplomaticus Hungariæ, Tome II, p. 94.

[642] Annales Gradicenses 1141, MGH SS XVII, p. 651.

[643] Chronicon Dubnicense, p. 99.

[644] Necrologium Admuntense, Salzburg Necrologies (Regio Styriaca), p. 287.

[645] Simonis de Kéza Gesta Hungarorum 65, p. 143.

[646] Chronica Ungarorum, 50, p. 243.

[647] Chronicon Varadiense, 13, p. 255.

[648] Codex Diplomaticus Hungariæ, Tome II, p. 94.

[649] Fine (1991), p. 236.

[650] Hungarian Chronicle, c. 160, quoted in Bak, 'Queens as Scapegoats', p. 226 footnote 17.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HUNGARY.htm#_B%C3%89LA_II_1131-1141,

Do you have supplementary information, corrections or questions with regards to Béla II van Hongarije?
The author of this publication would love to hear from you!

Timeline Béla II van Hongarije

Click on the names for more info. Symbols used:  grandparents    parents    brothers/sisters    children