Agnes of Antioch

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Agnes of Antioch, (1154 – c. 1184), Queen Consort of Hungary and Croatia.

Agnes was the daughter of Raynald of Châtillon, Prince of Antioch by right of his wife, and his first wife, Constance of Antioch. His father was captured by the Muslims in Nov 1160 and was confined in Aleppo for the next seventeen years.

In 1170, Ágnes went to Constantinople, where her sister Maria has been living as the wife of the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus. She received the name Anna in the imperial court. On the Emperor's request, Agnes got married with kaiszar Alexius, who had been engaged with the Emperor's daughter, Maria Comnena till the birth of Manuel's son, Alexius in 1166.

The new couple went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem where they made a donation for the Knights Hospitaller. In the summer, after the death of King Stephen III of Hungary, her husband ascended the throne as King Béla III, and they moved to Hungary.

She was burried in Székesfehérvár. Her remains were confidently identified by archeologists during late 19th century excavations at the ruined cathedral of Székesfehérvár. Her remains were afterwards reinterred at the Mathias Church in Budapest, with those of her husband.

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# c. 1170: King Béla III of Hungary (c. 1148 – 23 April 1196), daughter of Raynald of Châtillon, prince of Antioch and his wife, Constance of Antioch

[edit] Sources

  • Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század), főszerkesztő: Kristó Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel Pál és Makk Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994)
Preceded by
Agnes of Austria		 Queen Consort of Hungary
1172–c.1184		 Succeeded by
Marguerite of France
Preceded by
Agnes of Austria		 Queen Consort of Croatia
1172–c.1184		 Succeeded by
Marguerite of France
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