Tomasina Morosini (c. 1250 in

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– 1300 in

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), Duchess of Slavonia, was a member of the prominent Venetian

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. Her son was

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, the Venetian

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Life

She was the daughter of Michele Sbarra Morosini, Patrician of Venice. Her brother was Albertino Morosini. In 1263 she married Stephen the Posthumous, Prince of Hungary in Venice where he was living in exile. His paternity was disputed by his brothers born from their father's earlier marriage and he was not recognized as

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to the Hungarian throne. Tomasina gave birth to a son,

, King of Hungary (ruled 1290-1301), who was named after his grandfather, Andrew II. She supported her son's claim to the Hungarian throne. After the death of King Ladislaus IV,

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succeeded to gain the kingdom and he was crowned

in the name of Andrew III in 1290. He summoned his mother to Hungary and appointed her Princess of

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. Allegedly she was poisoned in 1300, shortly before her son's death on 14 January 1301 which was also rumoured to have been caused by poisoning. He was the last king of the

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