Ievfrosina Mstislavna RURIK, Queen of Hungary
- Born: Abt 1130, Kiev, Ukraine
- Married: 1146
- Died: Abt 1186, Byzantium
Research Notes:
A genealogy written by Vilhelm Abbot of Æbelholt records that “Ingeburgis (matris Waldemari regis) soror, filia Izizlaui regis alia” married “regi Hungarie”, by whom she had “Bela modernum regem Hungarie” who married “sororem regis Francie”. Her parentage and marriage are confirmed by a charter dated 1194/95 which names “Ingiburgh filia Rizlavi…Ruthenorum Regis et Cristinæ Reginæ…filia…Ingonis Suevorum Regis et Helena Reginæ” as mother of “Waldemarum Regem” and refers to “prædictæ Ingeborgis soror” as mother of “Belæ Regis Hungariæ” who married “sororem Philippi Regis Francorum”. Baumgarten names the wife of King Géza as the daughter of Prince Mstislav but only cites one secondary source in support. Her name and date of death are confirmed by the charter dated 1186 under which her daughter "Elisabeth ducis Bohemie uxor" founded a church in Bohemia for the Knights Hospitallers, who had been favoured by "Eurosine matre mee". 1
Marriage Information:
Ievfrosina married Géza II ÁRPÁD, King of Hungary, son of Béla II Vak/the Blind" ÁRPÁD, King of Hungary, and Jelena NEMANJIC', Princess of Serbia, in 1146. (Géza II ÁRPÁD was born about 1130 Tolna, Hungary and died on 3 May 1162.) |