Richeza of Poland (22 September 1013 – 21 May 1075) was Queen of Hungary by marriage to Béla I, King of Hungary.

Life

She was a daughter of King

Mieszko II Lambert Mieszko II Lambert (; c. 990 – 10/11 May 1034) was List of Polish monarchs, King of Kingdom of Poland (1025–1031), Poland from 1025 to 1031 and Duchy of Poland (c. 960–1025), Duke from 1032 until his death. He was the second son of Boles� ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

, and his wife, Richeza of Lotharingia, granddaughter of Emperor Otto II. She is traditionally called Richeza, but contemporary sources do not confirm this name. Nowadays it is supposed that she was called Adelaide. Around 1033, she was married to king Béla of Hungary, who had served her father and taken part in her father's campaigns against the pagan

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n tribes. In 1048, her husband received one third of

Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ...

''(Tercia pars Regni)'' as appanage from his brother, King

Andrew I of Hungary Andrew I the White or the Catholic ( or ; 1015 – before 6 December 1060) was King of Hungary from 1046 to 1060. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. After he spent fifteen years in exile, an extensive revolt by the paga ...

, and the couple moved to Hungary. On 6 December 1060, her husband was crowned

King of Hungary The King of Hungary () was the Monarchy, ruling head of state of the Kingdom of Hungary from 1000 (or 1001) to 1918. The style of title "Apostolic King of Hungary" (''Magyarország apostoli királya'') was endorsed by Pope Clement XIII in 1758 ...

after defeating his brother.

Marriage and children

''# Around 1033:'' King Béla I of Hungary (c. 1016 – 11 September 1063) * King

Géza I of Hungary Géza I (; ; 104025 April 1077) was King of Hungary from 1074 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Béla I of Hungary, Béla I. His baptismal name was Magnus. With German assistance, Géza's cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, Solomon ac ...

( 1040 – 25 April 1077) * King

Ladislaus I of Hungary Ladislaus I (, , , ; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary, Richeza (or Adela ...

(c. 1040 – 29 July 1095) * Duke Lampert of Hungary (after 1050 – c. 1095) * Sophia (after 1050 – 18 June 1095), wife firstly of Margrave Ulrich I of Carniola, and, secondly, of Duke Magnus I of Saxony * Euphemia (after 1050 – 2 April 1111), wife of Prince Otto I of Olomouc * Helen of Hungary (after 1050 – c. 1091), wife of King Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia

Sources

* Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: ''Az Árpád-ház uralkodói'' (IPC Könyvek, 1996) * ''Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század)'', főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994) * ''Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig'', főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981)

References

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