Agnes of Austria

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Agnes of Austria (c. 1154–13 January 1182), queen of Stephen III of Hungary.

Agnes was the eldest child of Duke Henry II of Austria and his second wife, Theodora Comnena.

In 1166, Duke Henry II, who was mediating a peace between King Stephen III of Hungary and the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, proposed a marriage between his daughter, Agnes and the young king. Following some negotiations, Agnes was married to King Stephen III in the same year.

She gave birth to a son, Béla who died shortly afterwards. Her husband fell suddenly ill and died on 4 March 1172 during a meeting with her father. Just after her husband's funeral, the widowed Agnes left for Austria with her father.