Clemence of Austria (1262 – February 1293, or 1295) was a daughter of King

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and

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. She was a member of the

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Marriage

On 8 January 1281, Clemence married

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. Clemence and Charles Martel had three children: *

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, became King of Hungary in 1308, married four times; his first wife was Mary of Halics, his second wife was Mary Piast, his third wife was Beatrice of Luxembourg and his fourth wife was Elizabeth Piast. All of his children were with Elisabeth. His only illegitimate child was

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, later Bishop of Győr. * Beatrice of Hungary (1290–1343), the wife of

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* Clemence of Hungary, the second wife of

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and mother of

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. It is believed that Clemence died in 1293, in relation to the birth of her youngest daughter and namesake, Clemence. OthersConstantin Wurzbach, ''Biographisches Lexikon des Kaisertums Österreich'', Vienna, 1860, Vol. VI, p. 15
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/ref> argue that she died in 1295, months after Charles Martel. She is buried in

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Queen of Hungary?

Charles Martel was set up by

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and the ecclesiastical party as the titular

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(1290–1295) as successor of his maternal uncle, the childless

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against whom the Pope had already earlier declared a crusade. He never managed to govern the

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, where an agnate of the

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, his cousin

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actually ruled that period. Charles Martel was, however, successful in asserting his claims in parts of

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, a kingdom then in personal union with Hungary. Charles Martel died young in Naples, during the lifetime of his parents. Charles Martel and Clemence's son,

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would ultimately succeed where he had failed in winning the throne of Hungary.

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Marriage

Queen of Hungary?

See also

References