Richeza of Poland (22 September 1013 – 21 May 1075) was Queen Consort of Hungary by marriage to

Béla I of Hungary Béla I the Boxer or the Wisent ( hu, I. Bajnok or Bölény Béla, sk, Belo I.; – 11 September 1063) was King of Hungary from 1060 until his death. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. Béla's baptismal name was A ...

Life

She was a daughter of King

Mieszko II Lambert Mieszko II Lambert (; c. 990 – 10/11 May 1034) was King of Poland from 1025 to 1031, and Duke from 1032 until his death. He was the second son of Bolesław I the Brave, but the eldest born from his third wife Emnilda of Lusatia. He was pro ...

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, and his wife,

Richeza of Lotharingia Richeza of Lotharingia (also called ''Richenza'', ''Rixa'', ''Ryksa''; born about 995/1000 – 21 March 1063) was a member of the Ezzonen dynasty who became queen of Poland as the wife of Mieszko II Lambert. Her Polish marriage was arranged to s ...

, granddaughter of

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. She is traditionally called Richeza, but contemporary sources do not confirm this name. Nowadays it is supposed that she was called Adelaide. Between 1039 and 1043, she was married to king Béla of Hungary, who had served her father and taken part in her father's campaigns against the pagan

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n tribes. In 1048, her husband received one third of

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''(Tercia pars Regni)'' as appanage from his brother, King

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, and the couple moved to Hungary. On 6 December 1060, her husband was crowned

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after defeating his brother.

Marriage and children

''# 1039-1043:'' King

(c. 1016 – 11 September 1063) * King

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( 1040 – 25 April 1077) * King

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(c. 1040 – 29 July 1095) * Duke

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(after 1050 – c. 1095) * Sophia (after 1050 – 18 June 1095), wife firstly of Margrave Ulrich I of Carniola, and, secondly, of Duke Magnus I of Saxony *

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(after 1050 – 2 April 1111), wife of Prince

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* Helen I of Hungary (after 1050 – c. 1091), wife of King

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Sources

* Kristó, Gyula - Makk, Ferenc: ''Az Árpád-ház uralkodói'' (IPC Könyvek, 1996) * ''Korai Magyar Történeti Lexikon (9-14. század)'', főszerkesztő: Kristó, Gyula, szerkesztők: Engel, Pál és Makk, Ferenc (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1994) * ''Magyarország Történeti Kronológiája I. – A kezdetektől 1526-ig'', főszerkesztő: Benda, Kálmán (Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, 1981)

References

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