Constance of Hungary (, ) (c. 1237–1302), was a Queen consort of Galicia and a Grand Princess of

Kiev Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...

by marriage to

Leo I of Galicia Leo I of Galicia (; – c. 1301) was King of Ruthenia, Prince of Belz (1245–1264), Przemyśl, Galicia (1264–1269), and Kiev (1271–1301). He was a son of King Daniel of Galicia and his first wife, Anna Mstislavna Smolenskaia (daughter ...

Grand Prince of Kiev The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes also Grand Duke) was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev (modern Kyiv) from the 10th to 13th centuries. In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prin ...

(r. 1271–1301).Енциклопедія українознавства : Словникова частина : � 11 т./ Наукове товариство імені Шевченка; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. — Париж — Нью-Йорк : Молоде життя, 1955—1995. She was the daughter of

Béla IV of Hungary Béla IV (1206 – 3 May 1270) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1235 and 1270, and Duke of Styria from 1254 to 1258. As the oldest son of Andrew II of Hungary, King Andrew II, he was crowned upon the initiative of a group ...

and Maria Laskarina.

Family

King Bela IV had ten children. Constance's sisters were St. Kunegunda, married to the Kraków-Sandomir prince Boleslaw V the Chaste, Bl. Yolanda of Poland, married to Prince

Bolesław the Pious Bolesław the Pious (1224/27 – 14 April 1279) was a Duke of Greater Poland during 1239–1247 (according to some historians during 1239–1241, sole Duke of Ujście), Duke of Kalisz during 1247–1249, Duke of Gniezno during 1249–1250, Duk ...

of Kalisz, Anna of Hungary, married to the eternal rival of the {{ill, Romanovychs, uk, Романовичі for the Galician throne, Ban of Machva and Slavonia

Rostislav Mikhailovich Rostislav Mikhailovich (, Bulgarian language, Bulgarian and Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Ростислав Михайлович) (after 1210 / c. 1225 – 1262) was a Rurikid prince and a dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary. He was Novgorod R ...

Elizabeth of Hungary Elizabeth of Hungary (, , ; 7 July 120717 November 1231), also known as Elisabeth of Thuringia, was a princess of the Kingdom of Hungary and the landgravine of Thuringia. Elizabeth was married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her hus ...

, married to Duke of Bavaria Henry XIII Wittelsbach, St. Margaret of Hungary, who lived a religious life since her birth. Her brother was the king

Stephen V of Hungary Stephen V (, , ; before 18 October 1239 – 6 August 1272) was King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the oldest son of King Béla IV and Maria Laskarina. King Béla ...

. Through the children of her sister Anna, the children of Constantia and Leo I were related to the main royal families of Central Europe. She is a descendant of the Grand Dukes of Kiev

Vladimir II Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (; Christian name: ''Vasily''; 26 May 1053 – 19 May 1125) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. He is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), May 6 ...

and

Yaroslav the Wise Yaroslav I Vladimirovich ( 978 – 20 February 1054), better known as Yaroslav the Wise, was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death in 1054. He was also earlier Prince of Novgorod from 1010 to 1034 and Prince of Rostov from 987 to 1010, ...

. Great-great-granddaughter of the Rus princess Euphrosyne of Kiev, daughter of the Grand Duke of Kiev Mstislav I the Great.

Issue

They had three children: * Yuri I of Halych–Volhynia (24 April 1252/1257 – 18 March 1308). *Sviatoslava Lvovna of Halych–Volhynia (died 1302), a nun * Anastasia Lvovna of Halych–Volhynia (died 12 March 1335), who married Siemowit of Dobrzyń.

References

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