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Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group of influential noblemen in his father's lifetime in 1214. His father, who strongly opposed Béla's coronation, refused to give him a ...
The Golden Bull of 1242 was a golden bull or edict, issued by King Béla IV of Hungary to the inhabitants of Gradec (part of today's Zagreb, the capital of Croatia) during the Mongol invasion of Europe. By this golden bull, King Béla IV proclaimed Gradec a royal free city. [1]
Béla never surrendered or agreed to pay tribute, and Batu's forces suffered casualties too heavy to sustain, so the Mongols simply withdrew. [ 12 ] Nonetheless, they had inflicted considerable damage on the kingdom of Hungary, with 300,000 to 500,000 people dying either during the invasion or as a result of the ensuing famine (15-25% of the ...
When Béla IV ascended the Hungarian throne in 1235, he declared his principal purpose was "the restitution of royal rights" and "the restoration of the situation which existed in the country" during the reign of his grandfather, Béla III. He set up special commissions, which revised all royal charters of land grants made after 1196.
The threat of another Mongol invasion, this time taken seriously, was the source of national unity and provided the impetus for Béla IV's extensive expansion of Hungarian defenses, especially the building of new stone castles (forty-four in the first ten years) and the revitalization of the army, including expanding the number of heavily ...
This family tree of the Kings of Hungary includes only kings of Hungary and their descendants who are ... Béla IV r. 1235-1270 (b. 1235) István (b. 1226) Anna (1236 ...
Béla of Hungary may refer to: Béla I of Hungary (c. 1016–1063), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch; Béla II of Hungary (c. 1110–1141), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch; Béla III of Hungary (c. 1148–1196), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch; Béla IV of Hungary (1206–1270), Roman Catholic Hungarian monarch; Béla V of Hungary (1261 ...
Married Princess Helen, daughter of King Béla I of Hungary (c. 1063). [6] Stephen II: 1089: 1090/91: Son of Gojslav II who was younger brother of King Peter Krešimir IV. He was due to succeed Peter Krešimir IV but was sidelined by the people and clergy in 1075 who instead bestowed the title of king on Demetrius Zvonimir.