| Constance of Hungary | |
|---|---|
 Modern painting of Constance | |
| Queen consort of Galicia–Volhynia | |
| Spouse | Leo I of Galicia |
Constance of Hungary (), also called Constance of Szandec,[1] was
Biography
editConstance was one of several daughters of King Béla IV of Hungary (r. 1235–1270) and Maria Laskarina. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of the Nicene emperor Theodore I Laskaris (r. 1205–1221).[2] Two of Constance's sisters, Kinga and Margaret, were later canonized as saints.[2] Béla used his many daughters to seal marriage alliances; through marrying them off to the ruling families of several bordering realms, he hoped to create a web of alliances to protect Hungary from the Mongol Empire.[3]
In 1247,[4] no later than 2 June,[5] Constance married Leo I of Galicia.[4] The marriage negotiations were part of brokering a peace agreement between Hungary and Ruthenia[6] and were started between Béla and Leo's father, Daniel of Galicia, a year prior.[5] Leo had originally been set to marry Constance's elder sister Margaret, though she had staunchly refused any marriage arrangements.[2]
Constance is said to have founded a Latin church in Lviv. A century later, her church was a convent of Hungarians belonging to the Dominican Order.[7]
Constance died c. 1251.[2]
References
edit- ^ Somogyi, Dr Ferenc; Somogyi, Lél (1976). Faith & Fate: A Short Cultural History of the Hungarian People Through a Millennium. Kárpát Pub. p. 194. LCCN 76-47348.
- ^ a b c d Klaniczay, Gábor (2002). Holy Rulers and Blessed Princesses: Dynastic Cults in Medieval Central Europe. Cambridge University Press. pp. 277, 439. ISBN 978-0-521-42018-1.
- ^ Csepregi, Ildikó; Klaniczay, Gábor; Péterfi, Bence (2018). The Oldest Legend: Acts of the Canonization Process, and Miracles of Saint Margaret of Hungary. Central European University Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-963-386-219-3.
- ^ a b Jusupović, Adrian (2022). The Chronicle of Halych-Volhynia and Historical Collections in Medieval Rus’. BRILL. p. 204. ISBN 978-90-04-50930-6.
- ^ a b Voloshchuk, Myroslav (2021). Ruthenians (the Rus’) in the Kingdom of Hungary (11th to mid- 14th Century): Settlement, Property, and Socio-Political Role. BRILL. p. 237. ISBN 978-90-04-46970-9.
- ^ Kubijovyč, Volodymyr (1963). Ukraine: a Concise Encyclopaedia. University of Toronto Press. p. 608.
- ^ Senyk, Sophia (1993). A History of the Church in Ukraine: To the End of the Thirteenth Century. Pontificio Istituto Orientale. p. 442. ISBN 978-88-7210-290-9.