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Birth:          ABT 1206 of Nicaea, Bursa, Asia Minor
Death:          1270 
Burial:          Esztergom, Komarom, Hungary

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Laskarina
Maria Laskarina (c. 1206 – 16 July or 24 June 1270) was a daughter of Theodore I 
Laskaris and his first wife Anna Angelina.
Life[edit]

She was a younger sister of Irene Lascarina, first Empress consort of John III Doukas 
Vatatzes. Theodore married his eldest daughter to his designated heir in 1212. 
Theodore was widowed in the same year and proceeded to marriages with Philippa of 
Armenia and Marie de Courtenay. However John was never displaced in succession.

As a younger daughter, the marriage of Maria was not intended to add a potential 
husband in the line of succession to the throne. Instead it secured a marital alliance 
with the Kingdom of Hungary.

In 1218, Maria was married to prince Béla of Hungary and became Roman Catholic, 
converting from Greek Orthodoxy, her religion by birth. Bride and groom were about 
twelve-years-old. Her husband was the eldest son of Andrew II of Hungary and 
Gertrude of Merania.

Andrew II died on 26 October 1235. The crown prince succeeded him as Béla IV and 
Maria became queen. Béla reigned for thirty-five years and died on 3 May 1270. Maria 
survived him by about two months.

Children[edit]

Maria and Béla IV of Hungary had ten children:
Margaret of Hungary (c. 1220 – 20 April 1242).[citation needed] Married William of 
Saint Omer.
Saint Kunegunda of Hungary (5 March 1224 – 24 July 1292), also known as Kinga. 
She was married to King Boleslaus V of Poland, after his death becoming a nun and 
abbess; she was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1999.
Anna of Hungary (c. 1226 – after 1270). Married Rostislav of Slavonia.
Catherine of Hungary (c. 1229–1242). She died while fleeing with her family following 
the Battle of Mohi.
Elizabeth of Hungary (c. 1236 – 24 October 1271). Married Henry XIII, Duke of 
Bavaria.
Constance of Hungary (c. 1237 – after 1252). Married Leo I of Halych.
Blessed Yolanda of Hungary (c. 1238–1298). Married Boleslaus of Greater Poland. 
Later became a nun and abbess, who has been declared as a candidate for 
sainthood.
Stephen V of Hungary (December 1239 – 6 August 1272).
Saint Margaret of Hungary (27 January 1242 – 18 January 1271). Named after an older 
sister. Canonized by the Roman Catholic Church in 1943, for whom Margaret Island in 
Budapest is named, having been the place where a royal monastery was established 
by her parents for her.
Béla, Duke of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia (c. 1243–1269). Married Kunigunde of 
Brandenburg, a daughter of Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg. His widow married 
Waleran IV of Limburg.

Parents
KOMNENOS LASCARIS Theodoros I (1173 - ABT Aug 1222)
ANGELINA Anna Komnene (ABT 1176 - 1212)

Siblings
LASKARINA Maria (ABT 1206 - 1270)

Marriage To ____ Bela IV (Nov 1206 - 3 May 1270)
    m. 1218 

Notes
contract marriage date. Note date of child's birth

Parents
____ Andrew (Andras) II "Masodik Endre" (1176 - 21 Sep 1235)
VON MERAN Gertrude (1185 - 22 Sep 1213)

Children by ____ Bela IV Nov 1206 - 3 May 1270
____ Stephen (Istvan) V (Dec 1239 - 6 Aug 1272)

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