Ilona Szilágyi
| Ilona (Jusztina) Szilágyi | |
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Princess Consort of Wallachia, Countess de Szilágyi | |
 Szilágyi Coat Of Arms | |
| Spouse | Vlad III Dracula |
| Issue |
Vlad IV Dracula, Mircea (disputed name) [1][2] |
| House |
House of Szilágyi (by birth) House of Drăculești (branch of the House of Basarab) (by marriage) |
| Father | Count Osvát Szilágyi[3] |
| Mother | Countess Ágota Pósa de Szer[4] |
Princess Consort Ilona (Jusztina) Szilágyi of Wallachia, Countess de Szilágyi, was the second wife of Vlad III the Impaler and the cousin of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary.
In 1462, Vlad III the Impaler, Voivode of Wallachia, had been imprisoned by his former ally, Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. He gradually won back the king's favour and married the king's cousin, Ilona. She was the daughter of Count Osvát Szilágyi and Countess Ágota Pósa de Szer. Her uncle was Michael Szilágyi, regent of the Kingdom of Hungary, Voivode of Transylvania, Vlad's ally, and a maternal uncle of the king.[5]
Following Vlad's release around 1466, he lived with Ilona in a house in the Hungarian capital, gifted to them by the King for their marriage.[6][7]
Ilona bore him two sons in 1465: the elder, Vlad IV Dracula, spent most of his time in the king's retinue and later was an unsuccessful claimant to the Wallachian throne. The younger, whose name was Mircea, lived with the Bishop of Oradea (Nagyvárad) in Transylvania until 1482, when he fell ill. He returned to Buda, where he died in his mother's presence.[8]
The descendants of Vlad and Ilona married into the Hungarian nobility.
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References
- ↑ Miller, Elizabeth. Vlad The Impaler: Brief History. Dracula's Homepage. 2005
- ↑ Bos, Joan. Biography of Vlad III. 'Vlad the Impaler'. 2008
- ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/szilagyi.html
- ↑ http://genealogy.euweb.cz/hung/posa.html#V2, access 2015.07.12
- ↑ Raymond T. Mcnally, Radu Florescu (1990). Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: His Life and His Times. Back Bay Books. ISBN 0316286567.
- ↑ Porter, Ray. The Historical Dracula. 1992
- ↑ Geringer, Joseph. Vlad the Impaler. 2008
- ↑ Raymond T. McNally, Radu Florescu (1994). In search of Dracula: the history of Dracula and vampires. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0-395-65783-0.
| Ilona Szilágyi | ||
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| Preceded by Doamna Neacșa |
Princess Consort of Wallachia 1448 |
Succeeded by Doamna Neacșa |
| Preceded by Doamna Neacșa |
Princess Consort of Wallachia 1456–1462 |
Succeeded by Maria Despina |
| Preceded by Consort of Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |
Princess Consort of Wallachia 1476 |
Succeeded by Consort of Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân |