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     Bretislav I "the Warrior" (?) Duke of Bohemia, Duke of Moravia was born between 1002 and 1005.^1,2 He married Jutha/Judith (?) von Schweinfurt, daughter of Heinrich I von Schweinfurt Herzog von Schweinfurt, Markgraf auf dem Nordgau and Gerberge von Hammerstein, after 1021 at Olomouc (Olmütz), Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic (now),
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Her 1st husband.^1,7,2,5,8,9
Bretislav I "the Warrior" (?) Duke of Bohemia, Duke of Moravia died on 10 January 1055 at Chrudim.^1,2
Bretislav I "the Warrior" (?) Duke of Bohemia, Duke of Moravia was buried after 10 January 1055 at Katedrála svatého Víta Václava a Vojt?cha, Prague, Okres Praha, Bohemia, Czech Republic; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH          1002, Pardubický (Pardubice), Czech Republic
     DEATH     10 Jan 1055 (aged 52–53), Pardubický (Pardubice), Czech Republic
     B?etislav I. known as the Bohemian Achilles, of the house of the P?emyslids, was Duke of Bohemia from 1035 until his death. He was the son of Duke Old?ich and his low-born concubine Božena. As an illegitimate son could not obtain a desirable wife by conventional means, he chose to kidnap his future wife Judith of Schweinfurt a daughter of the Bavarian noble Henry of Schweinfurt, Margrave of Nordgau, in 1019 at Schweinfurt. It was in 1030 that Bretislaus married the afore-mentioned Judith. Before his death, Bretislaus organised the succession (in 1054) and issued the famous Seniority Law, introducing agnatic seniority for order of succession. Younger members of the dynasty were supposed to govern fiefs (technically, parts of Moravia), but only at the Duke's discretion.His eldest son Spytihn?v was to succeed him as Duke of Bohemia with control over that territory. Moravia was incorporated into the Bohemian duchy, but divided between three of his younger sons. The Olomouc Appanage went to Vratislaus; the Znojmo Appanage went to Konrád; and the Brno Appanage went to Otto. The youngest son, Jaromír, entered the church and became Bishop of Prague.
     Bretislaus died at Chrudim in 1055 during his preparation for another invasion of Hungary and was succeeded by his son Spytihn?v II as Duke of Bohemia. His younger children were left the region of Moravia. Otto and Vratislav were shut out of the government by Spytihn?v, but after his death both gained control of Moravia and Bohemia, respectively.
     Family Members
     Parents
          Oldrich of Bohemia unknown–1034
     Spouse
          Judith von Schweinfurt unknown–1058
     Children
          Vratislav II Of Bohemia 1032–1092
     BURIAL     Katedrála svatého Víta Václava a Vojt?cha, Prague, Okres Praha, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
     Created by: Kat
     Added: 29 Sep 2013
     Find A Grave Memorial 117856600.^1,10
      ; This is the same person as ”Bretislav I” at Wikipedia.¹¹ GAV-28 EDV-28 GKJ-29.

; Per Genealogics:
     “Bretislaw was born between 1002 and 1005, the son of Udalrich, duke of Bohemia of the House of the Premyslids, then the protector of the Zatecko province. Known as 'the Bohemian Achilles', Bretislaw was the duke of Bohemia from 1035 until his death.
     “In 1019, while raiding the nunnery at Schweinfurt, Bretislaw cut the bar of the convent door with his sword and kidnapped his future wife Judith von Schweinfurt, a daughter of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, Markgraf auf dem Nordgau. He married Judith after 1021, and they had a daughter Dymudis who remained unmarried, and five sons: Spytihnev II, Wratislaw II, Konrad I, Jaromir and Otto I. Except for Jaromir, who became bishop of Prague and Emperor Heinrich IV's chancellor, they all had progeny.
     “During his father's reign, in 1029 he took back Moravia from Poland. About 1031 Bretislav invaded Hungary in order to prevent its expansion under King Stephen. The partition of Bohemia between Udalrich and his elder brother Jaromir in 1034 was probably the reason why Bretislaw fled beyond the Bohemian border only to come back to take the throne from Jaromir.
     “In 1035 Bretislaw helped Emperor Conrad II in his war against the Lusatians. In 1039 he invaded Little Poland, captured Krakow and Poznan and sacked Gniezno, bringing the relics of St. Adalbert back with him. On the way back he conquered part of Silesia including Wroclaw. His main goal was to set up an Archbishopric See in Prague and create a large state subject only to the Holy Roman Empire. In 1040 the German King Heinrich III invaded Bohemia, but was forced to retreat by an ambush on his supply lines. However, Bretislaw was aware that he could not hold out indefinitely against the Germans and signed a truce with Heinrich III. In the ensuing peace treaty Bretislaw renounced all of his conquests save for Moravia.
     “In 1047 Emperor Heinrich III negotiated a peace treaty between Bretislaw and the Poles. This pact worked in Bretislaw's favour as the Polish ruler swore never again to attack Bohemia in return for an annual subsidy to Gniezno. In 1054 Bretislaw issued the famous Seniority Law. For the first time this act stated that Bohemia and Moravia would pass directly through the senior line of the Premyslid dynasty. Younger members of the dynasty were allowed to govern Moravia, but only at the duke's discretion.
     “Bretislaw was the author of decrees concerning the rules of Christianisation, which included bans on polygamy and trading on holidays.
     “Bretislaw died at Chrudim on 10 January 1055 during his preparation for another invasion of Hungary. Before his death, Bretislaw had organised the succession. His eldest son Spytihnev was to succeed him as duke of Bohemia, with control over that territory. Moravia was put under the Bohemian crown, but divided between three of his younger sons. Olomouc went to Wratislaw, Znojmo went to Konrad, and Brno went to Otto. Jaromir entered the church and became bishop of Prague in 1068.”.²

Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "B?ETISLAV of Bohemia, illegitimate son of OLDRICH Duke of the Bohemians & his mistress Bozena --- (-Chrudim 10 Jan 1055, bur Prague St Veit[84]). The Chronica Boemorum names "Braziclau" as son of "Oudalricus" and his mistress Bozena[85]. The Annalista Saxo records "Bracilaus, Boemie ducis Odolrici filius" kidnapping "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde" from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[86]. Duke of Moravia 1025-1031. He succeeded in 1034 as B?ETISLAV Duke of the Bohemians. The necrology of Regensburg St Emmeran records the death "IV Id Jan" of "Brazislaus dux"[87]. The Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ records the death in 1055 of "Bretislaus…filius Odalrici"[88].
     "m (Olmütz after 1021) as her first husband, JUDITH von Schweinfurt, daughter of HEINRICH von Schweinfurt Markgraf auf dem Nordgau & his wife Gerberga von Gleisberg ([1010/15]-2 Aug 1058, bur [1061 or after] Prague St Veit). The Annalista Saxo names "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde, filiam…marchionis Heinrici" when recording that she was kidnapped by her future husband from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[89]. In a later passage, her death is recorded "IV Non Aug" as well as her later burial in Prague by her son Vratislav. The same source also specifies that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son Duke Spytihn?v and married "Petri regi Ungariorum" to spite him[90]. The Chronica Boemorum records the death "1058 IV Non Aug" of "Iudita coniunx Bracizlavi, ductrix Boemorum", specifying that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son "Spitigneus", that to spite her son she had married "Petro regi Ungarorum", and that her son Wratizlas had brought back her body to be buried next to her husband in Prague[91]. She married secondly (after Jan 1055) [as his second wife,] Péter ex-King of Hungary."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Genealogy.EU (Premyslids - Bohemia): “D4. Duke Udalrich=Oldrich of Bohemia (12.4.1012-1033)+(1034), +9.11.1034, bur St.George, Prague; he had illegitimate issue by (?2.m.) Bozena N (+1052/5)”.¹²

; Per Genealogy.EU (Wittel 19): “D3. Judith von Schweinfurt, *ca 990, +2.8.1058; 1m: ca 1030 Bretislav I of Bohemia (*1005 +1055); 2m: 11.4.1055 Pietro Orseolo (*1011 +1059)”.⁷

; Per Med Lands:
     "JUDITH (-2 Aug 1058, bur [1061 or after] Prague St Veit). The Annalista Saxo names "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde, filiam…marchionis Heinrici" when recording that she was kidnapped by her future husband from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[1093]. In a later passage, her death is recorded "IV Non Aug" as well as her later burial in Prague by her son Vratislav. The same source also specifies that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son Duke Spytihn?v and married "Petri regi Ungariorum" to spite him[1094]. The Chronica Boemorum records the death "1058 IV Non Aug" of "Iudita coniunx Bracizlavi, ductrix Boemorum", specifying that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son "Spitigneus", that to spite her son she had married "Petro regi Ungarorum", and that her son Wratizlas had brought back her body to be buried next to her husband in Prague[1095]. The marriage is not mentioned in Wegener, although he refers cryptically to "Lui von Frizberg, I. Tuta Regina. II. Judith von Schweinfurt"[1096].
     "m [firstly] (after 1021) B?ETISLAW of Bohemia, illegitimate son of OLDRICH Duke of the Bohemians & his mistress --- (-Chrudim 10 Jan 1055, bur Prague St Veit). He succeeded in 1034 as B?ETISLAW I Duke of Bohemia.
     "[m secondly ([1055]) as his second wife, PÉTER Orseolo King of Hungary, son of PIETRO OTTONE Orseolo Doge of Venice & his wife Maria [Grimelda] of Hungary ([Venice] [1010/15]- Székesfehérvár late 1046[1097], bur Pécs, St Peter's Cathedral). As referred to above, this marriage is mentioned in the Annalista Saxo but is impossible assuming King Péter's death date is correct.]"
Med Lands cites: He was Duke of Moravia between 1025 and 1031.¹

; Per Enc. of World History: "BETISLAV I (the Restorer), who overran Silesia, took Kraków (1039), and for a time ruled Poland, which had entered into a period of disruption."¹³ He was Duke of Bohemia between 1034 and 1055.¹

     Jutha/Judith (?) von Schweinfurt was born circa 990.³ She married Bretislav I "the Warrior" (?) Duke of Bohemia, Duke of Moravia, son of Udalrich/Oldrich/Ulric I (?) Duke of Bohemia and Božena (?), after 1021 at Olomouc (Olmütz), Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic (now),
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Her 1st husband.^2,3,9,10,5,6 Jutha/Judith (?) von Schweinfurt married Pietro Orseolo King of Hungary, son of Otone Orseolo Doge of Venice and Maria/Grimelda (?) of Hungary, on 11 April 1055
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Her 2nd husband; his 2nd wife.^11,3,6
Jutha/Judith (?) von Schweinfurt died on 2 August 1058 at Székesfehérvár, Székesfehérvári járás, Fejér, Hungary.^{2,11,3,12,5,6}
Jutha/Judith (?) von Schweinfurt was buried after 2 August 1058 at Katedrála svatého Víta Václava a Vojtecha, Prague, Okres Praha, Bohemia, Czech Republic; From Find A Grave:
     BIRTH     unknown
     DEATH     2 Aug 1058, Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary
     Judith von Schweinfurt was a duchesse of Bohemia and the wife of Bretislaus I of Bohemia. Her parents were Heinrich, Markgraf von Nordgau (margrave of Bavaria) of the House of Babenberg and his wife Gerberga.
     The House of Premysl wished to confirm its good relationship with the Babenbergs through a marriage to Judith in 1020. Judith was a desirable bride, but Oldrich of Bohemia had only one son, Bretislaus, and he was of illegitimate birth, thus complicating the prospect of a marriage with the high-born Judith. Bretislaus solved the problem by kidnapping Judith from a monastery, although he was never punished for the crime. He married Judith some time later. Their first son Spytihnev was born after almost ten years, which led to the hypothesis that the kidnapping happened in 1029, although Judith may have given birth to daughters before her first son.
     After Bretislaus's death in 1055, Judith was expelled from Bohemia by order of Spytihnìv. She settled in Hungary, where, according to chronicler Cosmas of Prague, she married "Petri regi Ungariorum" (Pietro Orseolo, deposed king of Hungary) to spite Spytihnìv. This marriage is not unanimously accepted as fact by historians.
     Judith died in 1058. The Chronica Boemorum records the death "1058 IV Non Aug" of "Iudita coniunx Bracizlavi, ductrix Boemorum", specifying (among other things) that her son Vratislav had retrieved her body in order to bury her next to Bretislaus. They are buried in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
     Family Members
     Spouses
          B?etislav I. of Bohemia 1002–1055
          Pietro Orseolo
     Children
          Vratislav II Of Bohemia 1032–1092
     BURIAL     Katedrála svatého Víta Václava a Vojt?cha, Prague, Okres Praha, Prague Capital City, Czech Republic
     Created by: Marti Utter
     Added: 5 Jul 2015
     Find A Grave Memorial 148730246.^11,12,6
      ; Per Genealogy.EU (Premyslids - Bohemia): “D4. Duke Udalrich=Oldrich of Bohemia (12.4.1012-1033)+(1034), +9.11.1034, bur St.George, Prague; he had illegitimate issue by (?2.m.) Bozena N (+1052/5)”.¹³

; Per Med Lands:
     "B?ETISLAV of Bohemia, illegitimate son of OLDRICH Duke of the Bohemians & his mistress Bozena --- (-Chrudim 10 Jan 1055, bur Prague St Veit[84]). The Chronica Boemorum names "Braziclau" as son of "Oudalricus" and his mistress Bozena[85]. The Annalista Saxo records "Bracilaus, Boemie ducis Odolrici filius" kidnapping "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde" from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[86]. Duke of Moravia 1025-1031. He succeeded in 1034 as B?ETISLAV Duke of the Bohemians. The necrology of Regensburg St Emmeran records the death "IV Id Jan" of "Brazislaus dux"[87]. The Cronica Principum Regni Boemiæ records the death in 1055 of "Bretislaus…filius Odalrici"[88].
     "m (Olmütz after 1021) as her first husband, JUDITH von Schweinfurt, daughter of HEINRICH von Schweinfurt Markgraf auf dem Nordgau & his wife Gerberga von Gleisberg ([1010/15]-2 Aug 1058, bur [1061 or after] Prague St Veit). The Annalista Saxo names "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde, filiam…marchionis Heinrici" when recording that she was kidnapped by her future husband from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[89]. In a later passage, her death is recorded "IV Non Aug" as well as her later burial in Prague by her son Vratislav. The same source also specifies that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son Duke Spytihn?v and married "Petri regi Ungariorum" to spite him[90]. The Chronica Boemorum records the death "1058 IV Non Aug" of "Iudita coniunx Bracizlavi, ductrix Boemorum", specifying that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son "Spitigneus", that to spite her son she had married "Petro regi Ungarorum", and that her son Wratizlas had brought back her body to be buried next to her husband in Prague[91]. She married secondly (after Jan 1055) [as his second wife,] Péter ex-King of Hungary."
Med Lands cites:

Reference: Genealogics cites: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von. 8, 23.⁵

; This is the same person as ”Judith of Schweinfurt” at Wikipedia.¹⁴ GAV-27.

; Per Med Lands:
     "JUDITH (-2 Aug 1058, bur [1061 or after] Prague St Veit). The Annalista Saxo names "Iudhitam, sororem Ottonis de Suinvorde, filiam…marchionis Heinrici" when recording that she was kidnapped by her future husband from the monastery of St Peter and St Paul "super montem Hasunkun"[1093]. In a later passage, her death is recorded "IV Non Aug" as well as her later burial in Prague by her son Vratislav. The same source also specifies that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son Duke Spytihn?v and married "Petri regi Ungariorum" to spite him[1094]. The Chronica Boemorum records the death "1058 IV Non Aug" of "Iudita coniunx Bracizlavi, ductrix Boemorum", specifying that she had been expelled from Bohemia by her son "Spitigneus", that to spite her son she had married "Petro regi Ungarorum", and that her son Wratizlas had brought back her body to be buried next to her husband in Prague[1095]. The marriage is not mentioned in Wegener, although he refers cryptically to "Lui von Frizberg, I. Tuta Regina. II. Judith von Schweinfurt"[1096].
     "m [firstly] (after 1021) B?ETISLAW of Bohemia, illegitimate son of OLDRICH Duke of the Bohemians & his mistress --- (-Chrudim 10 Jan 1055, bur Prague St Veit). He succeeded in 1034 as B?ETISLAW I Duke of Bohemia.
     "[m secondly ([1055]) as his second wife, PÉTER Orseolo King of Hungary, son of PIETRO OTTONE Orseolo Doge of Venice & his wife Maria [Grimelda] of Hungary ([Venice] [1010/15]- Székesfehérvár late 1046[1097], bur Pécs, St Peter's Cathedral). As referred to above, this marriage is mentioned in the Annalista Saxo but is impossible assuming King Péter's death date is correct.]"
Med Lands cites:

; Per Genealogy.EU (Wittel 19): “D3. Judith von Schweinfurt, *ca 990, +2.8.1058; 1m: ca 1030 Bretislav I of Bohemia (*1005 +1055); 2m: 11.4.1055 Pietro Orseolo (*1011 +1059)”.³

     Elizabeth/Erzsébet (?) of Hungary was born in 1236.^1,3 She married Heinrich I/XIII (?) Duke of Lower Bavaria, son of Otto II "der Erlauchte/the Illustrious" (?) Duke of Bavaria and Agnes von Braunschweig Pfgfn bei Rhein, in 1250.^1,2,4,5

Elizabeth/Erzsébet (?) of Hungary died on 24 October 1271.^1,3
Elizabeth/Erzsébet (?) of Hungary was buried after 24 October 1271 at Kloster Seligenthal, Landshut, Stadtkreis Landshut, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany.¹
      ; Elizabeth (Erzsébet), *1236, +24.10.1271, bur Seligenthal; m.1250 Duke Heinrich I of Lower Bavaria (*19.11.1235 +3.2.1290.)¹

     Heinrich I/XIII (?) Duke of Lower Bavaria was born on 19 November 1235 at Landshut, Lower Bavaria, Germany (now).^2,3 He married Elizabeth/Erzsébet (?) of Hungary, daughter of Bela IV (?) King of Hungary and Croatia and Marie Laskarina of Nicaea, Queen of Hungary & Croatia, in 1250.^1,5,2,3

Heinrich I/XIII (?) Duke of Lower Bavaria died on 3 February 1290 at age 54.^2,3
Heinrich I/XIII (?) Duke of Lower Bavaria was buried after 3 February 1290 at Kloster Seligenthal, Landshut, Stadtkreis Landshut, Bavaria (Bayern), Germany (now).²
      ; Duke Heinrich XIII of Lower Bavaria (1253-90), *Landshut 19.11.1235, +Burghausen 3.2.1290, bur Seligenthal; m.1244/50 Elisabeth of Hungary (*1236 +24.10.1271.)²

; Leo van de Pas cites: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, 4 volumes, Marburg, 1953, 1975., W. K. Prinz von Isenburg, Reference: I 26.³

     Anna/Agnes (?) of Hungary was born between 1226 and 1227.^2,4 She married Rostislav Mikhailovich (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod, Galitzia, Lutsk and Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria, son of Mikhail Vsevolodich "the Saint" (?) Gr Pr of Kiev, Prince of Pereslavl, Novgorod, Chernigov, and Galitzk and Marija Romanowna (?) of Halicz, between 1243 and 1244
; Genealogy.EU (Arpad 2 page) says m. 1243; Leo van de Pas says m. 1244; Med Lands says m. 1243.^5,2,6,4
Anna/Agnes (?) of Hungary died after 1270.²
     Reference: Genealogics cites:

; Per Genealogics:
     "Anna was born about 1226, the daughter of Béla IV, king of Hungary, and Maria Laskarina. In 1244 she married Rosztiszlo, who would become grand duke of Kiev and king of Bulgaria, son of Michail 'the Saint', grand duke of Kiev, and Marija Romanowna of Halicz. At the time Rosztiszlo could not strengthen his rule in Halicz, so he went to the court of King Béla IV of Hungary, and there he married Anna. Anna and Rosztiszlo had two sons Béla and Michael, and four daughters, of whom Erzsébet and Kunhata would have progeny.
     "Anna had always been her father's favourite daughter. He allowed her to exercise increasing influence over him. In his last will Béla entrusted his daughter and his followers to her son-in-law Przemysl Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, husband of Kunhata, because he did not trust his eldest son Stephan.
     "Michael inherited their father's part of Bosnia. Béla IV, having made these assignments to his grandsons, decided also to make some further changes in his peripheral territories, and assigned Slavonia, Dalmatia, and Croatia, which until then had all been under his heir, the future Stephan V of Hungary, to a younger son Béla.
     "Stephan was furious and immediately revolted against his father; during the ensuing war Anna and her son Béla of Machva assisted Béla IV. Anna's father and brother concluded a peace on 5 December 1262, according to which the kingdom was divided, Stephan acquiring the territories east of the river Danube as 'junior king'. After the peace, Stephan occupied the possessions which Anna's sons had inherited from their father in the eastern parts of the kingdom (the former royal possessions in Bereg County and the castle of Füzér). Anna submitted a formal complaint against her brother to Pope Urban IV, but the 'junior king' did not hand back their possessions.
     "Anna went to live at her son-in-law's royal court in Bohemia. Przemysl Ottokar II married Anna's daughter Kunhata in 1261 and they became parents to Wenceslas II, who would become king of Bohemia, and two daughters, Kunigunde and Agnes, all of whom would have progeny. Anna's husband died in 1262, leaving her a widow. It is unknown when Anna died, but it may have been about 1274."⁴



; Per Wikipedia:
     "Anna of Hungary (born 1226) was a daughter of Béla IV of Hungary and his wife, Maria Laskarina. Anna was a member of the House of Árpád. Anna gained many titles from her marriage to Rostislav Mikhailovich.
Family
     "Anna was the third of ten children borne to her parents. She was sister to three saints: Kinga, Margaret and Blessed Jolenta. Other siblings included Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth of Hungary, Duchess of Bavaria.
     "Her paternal grandparents were Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania, sister to Agnes of Merania.
     "Her maternal grandparents were Theodore I Laskaris and Anna Komnena Angelina.[1]
Marriage
     "In 1243, Anna married Rostislav Mikhailovich. Rostislav could not strengthen his rule in Halych, so he went to the court of King Béla IV of Hungary, and there he married Anna. Anna had always been her father's favourite daughter. He allowed her to exercise more and more influence over him. In his last will, Béla entrusted his daughter and his followers to her son-in-law, Ottokar II of Bohemia, because he did not trust his eldest son Stephen. Michael inherited their father's part of Bosnia. King Béla IV, having made these assignments to his grandsons, decided also to make some further changes in his peripheral territories, and assigned Slavonia, Dalmatia, and Croatia, which until then had all been under his heir, the future Stephen V of Hungary, to a younger son named Béla.
     "Stephen was infuriated and immediately revolted against his father; during the ensuing war, Anna and her son, Béla of Macsó assisted Béla IV.[2] Anna's father and brother concluded a peace on 5 December 1262, and according to the peace the kingdom was divided, the latter acquiring the territories east of the river Danube as “junior king”. After the peace, Stephen V occupied the possessions which Anna's sons had inherited from their father in the eastern parts of the kingdom (the former royal possessions in Bereg County and the Castle of Füzér). Anna submitted a formal complaint against her brother to Pope Urban IV, but the "junior king" did not hand back their possessions.
     "Anna went to live at her son-in-law's royal court in Bohemia. Ottokar married Anna's daughter, Kunigunda in 1261 and they became parents to Wenceslaus II of Bohemia. Anna's husband died in 1262, leaving Anna a widow. It is unknown when Anna died but probably about 1274.
Children
     "The couple had the following children:
References
1. Ancestors of Anne Arpad
2. Kristó, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század)."⁷



; Per Med Lands:
     "ANNA [Agnes] ([1226/27]-). Her parentage and marriage are indicated by Georgius Akropolites who names "Rosum Urum…Ungariæ regis generum" as father-in-law of "Bulgarorum…princeps"[942]. The name of the wife of Rostislav is confirmed by the Annales Polonorum recording the marriage in 1265 of their daughter Gryfina, in a later passage specifying that she was daughter of "ducis Roczislay et…Anna"[943]. A charter dated 15 Jul 1264 records the confirmation by "ipsius patris regis Belæ IV" of a donation by "Agnes, viduæ post Radislaum ducem Galitiæ, ducissæ Galitiæ, de Bosna et de Mazo, ac Michaeli et Belæ natis eius"[944]. Baumgarten names the wife of Prince Rostislav and gives her origin but only cites one secondary source in support[945].
     "m (1243) ROSTISLAV Mikhailovich ex-Prince of Galich, son of MIKHAIL Vsevolodich Grand Prince of Kiev & his wife Maria Romanovna of Galich ([1225]-1263). After the Mongol invasion, he sought refuge with Béla IV King of Hungary, married the king's daughter, and was appointed Ban of Ma?va/Macsói. He assumed the title ROSTISLAV Tsar of the Bulgarians, and was recognised as such by Hungary[946]."
Med Lands cites:

; Per Med Lands:
     "ROSTISLAV Mikhailovich, son of MIKHAIL Vsevolodich Grand Prince of Kiev & his wife Maria Romanovna of Galich ([1225]-1263). The Novgorod Chronicle records that he was appointed Prince of Novgorod in 1229 by his father but was expelled 8 Dec 1230[329]. Grand Prince of Kiev 1231/1240. Prince of Galich 1236/1238. After the Mongol invasion, he sought refuge with Bela IV King of Hungary, married the king's daughter, and was appointed Ban of Ma?va. He mediated the peace between Bulgaria and the empire of Nikaia in 1256[330]. On the death of his son-in-law Kalojan II Tsar of Bulgaria in 1258, Rostislav invaded Bulgaria from neighbouring Ma?va, ostensibly to protect the interests of his daughter, who was handed to him at Trnovo. He retreated to Vidin where he assumed the title ROSTISLAV Tsar of the Bulgarians, and was recognised as such by Hungary[331]. His forces were temporarily expelled from Vidin province by his rival Konstantin Tih, during Rostislav's temporary absence helping his father-in-law Bela IV King of Hungary in his war with Bohemia, but he was restored by Hungarian troops which expelled Konstantin from the area in 1261[332]. On his death, his lands were divided between his sons, Mikhail taking his part of Bosnia and Bela taking Ma?va.
     "m (1243) ANNA [Agnes] of Hungary, daughter of BÉLA IV King of Hungary & his wife Maria Laskarina of Nikaia ([1226/27]-). Her parentage and marriage are indicated by Georgius Akropolites who names "Rosum Urum…Ungariæ regis generum" as father-in-law of "Bulgarorum…princeps"[333]. The name of the wife of Rostislav is confirmed by the Annales Polonorum recording the marriage in 1265 of their daughter Gryfina, in a later passage specifying that she was daughter of "ducis Roczislay et…Anna"[334]. A charter dated 15 Jul 1264 records the confirmation by "ipsius patris regis Belæ IV" of a donation by "Agnes, viduæ post Radislaum ducem Galitiæ, ducissæ Galitiæ, de Bosna et de Mazo, ac Michaeli et Belæ natis eius"[335]. Baumgarten names the wife of Prince Rostislav and gives her origin but only cites one secondary source in support[336]."
Med Lands cites:

     Rostislav Mikhailovich (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod, Galitzia, Lutsk and Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria was born in 1225.^3,1,9 He married Anna/Agnes (?) of Hungary, daughter of Bela IV (?) King of Hungary and Croatia and Marie Laskarina of Nicaea, Queen of Hungary & Croatia, between 1243 and 1244
; Genealogy.EU (Arpad 2 page) says m. 1243; Leo van de Pas says m. 1244; Med Lands says m. 1243.^1,10,9,11
Rostislav Mikhailovich (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod, Galitzia, Lutsk and Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria died circa 1263; Genealogy.EU (Rurik 6 page) says d. 1262; Leo van de Pas says d. ca 1264; Med Lands says d. 1263.^3,1,4,9
      ; Per Med Lands:
     "ANNA [Agnes] ([1226/27]-). Her parentage and marriage are indicated by Georgius Akropolites who names "Rosum Urum…Ungariæ regis generum" as father-in-law of "Bulgarorum…princeps"[942]. The name of the wife of Rostislav is confirmed by the Annales Polonorum recording the marriage in 1265 of their daughter Gryfina, in a later passage specifying that she was daughter of "ducis Roczislay et…Anna"[943]. A charter dated 15 Jul 1264 records the confirmation by "ipsius patris regis Belæ IV" of a donation by "Agnes, viduæ post Radislaum ducem Galitiæ, ducissæ Galitiæ, de Bosna et de Mazo, ac Michaeli et Belæ natis eius"[944]. Baumgarten names the wife of Prince Rostislav and gives her origin but only cites one secondary source in support[945].
     "m (1243) ROSTISLAV Mikhailovich ex-Prince of Galich, son of MIKHAIL Vsevolodich Grand Prince of Kiev & his wife Maria Romanovna of Galich ([1225]-1263). After the Mongol invasion, he sought refuge with Béla IV King of Hungary, married the king's daughter, and was appointed Ban of Ma?va/Macsói. He assumed the title ROSTISLAV Tsar of the Bulgarians, and was recognised as such by Hungary[946]."
Med Lands cites: He was Tsar of Bulgaria.³ He was Ban of Slavonia.³ He was Ban of Serbian Machva.³

; Per Genealogy.EU: "Rostislav, Pr of Novgorod (1229-30), Pr of Galitzia (1238), Pr of Lutzk (1239), Pr of Chernigov (1240-43), Ban of Serbian Machva, Ban of Slavonia, Tsar of Bulgaria, *1225, +1262; m.1243 Anna of Hungary (*1226/27 +after 1270.)³"

; Per Wikipedia:
     "Rostislav Mikhailovich (Hungarian: Rosztyiszláv,[1] Bulgarian and Russian: ????????? ??????????) (after 1210[2] / c. 1225[3] – 1262)[4] was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty), and a dignitary in the Kingdom of Hungary.[1]
     "He was prince of Novgorod (1230), of Halych (1236–1237, 1241–1242), of Lutsk (1240), and of Chernigov (1241–1242).[2] When he could not strengthen his rule in Halych, he went to the court of King Béla IV of Hungary, and married the king's daughter, Anna.[1]
     "He was the Ban of Slavonia (1247–1248), and later he became the first Duke of Macsó (after 1248–1262), and thus he governed the southern parts of the kingdom.[1] In 1257, he occupied Vidin and thenceforward he styled himself Tsar of Bulgaria.[5]
Early life
     "Rostislav was the eldest son of Prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich (who may have been either prince of Pereyaslavl or Chernigov when Rostislav was born) and his wife Elena Romanovna (or Maria Romanovna),[3] a daughter of Roman Mstislavich, prince of Volhynia and Halych.[2] The Russian annals mentioned him for the first time in 1229 when the Novgorodians invited his father to be their prince.[2]
Prince of Novgorod
     "Rostislav underwent the ritual hair-cutting ceremony (postrig) in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod on May 19, 1230, and his father installed him on the throne.[2] The postrig conferred on Rostislav the official status of prince of Novgorod and thus he ruled Novgorod as a fully fledged prince after the ceremony.[2] Rostislav, in keeping with his father's policy, continued to pass legislation favoring the Novgorodians.[2]
     "In September a frost destroyed the crops in the Novgorod district causing a great famine.[2] Novgorodians opposed to his father's rule took advantage of the calamity to foment unrest, and they incited the townsmen to plunder the court of Posadnik Vodovik who was his father's man.[2] Although the posadnik forced the rival boyars to swear oaths of allegiance on November 6, but a month later when he and Rostislav visited Torzhok, the Novgorodians looted Vodovik's court and those of his supporters.[2] Shortly afterwards Rostislav was forced to flee to his father.[2]
     "The Novgorodians considered themselves free to invite another prince, and they summoned Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, who came on December 30.[2]
Prince of Halych
     "Towards the end of September 1235, Mikhail Vsevolodovich occupied Halych whose prince (his brother-in-law and thus Rostislav's maternal uncle) Daniil Romanovich had fled from the principality.[2] In the spring of 1236, Rostislav accompanied his father who attacked the principality of Volhynia which was still under the rule of Daniil Romanovich.[2] However, in the meantime the Cumans plundered the Galician lands forcing Mikhail Vsevolodovich to abandon his campaign.[2]
     "At the beginning of the summer of 1236, Daniil Romanovich and his brother Vasilko Romanovich rallied their troops to march against Mikhail Vsevolodovich and Rostislav, but they barricaded themselves in Halych with their retinue, the local militia, and a contingent of Hungarians sent by king Béla IV, and thus their opponents had to withdraw.[2]
     "After the Hungarian troops had departed, Daniil Romanovich tried again, and Mikhail Vsevolodovich attempted to placate him by giving him Przemy?l.[2] Shortly afterwards, Rostislav was appointed to rule Halych by his father who was about departing for Kiev which had been occupied by Yaroslav Vsevolodovich.[2] After Mikhail had reoccupied Kiev, he and Rostislav attacked Przemy?l and took it back from Daniil Romanovich.[2]
     "Rostislav retained the loyalty of the Galician boyars but he was not as capable a military commander as his father.[2] Around 1237, he rode against the Lithuanians who had pillaged the lands of duke Conrad of Mazovia who had been his ally against Daniil Romanovich.[2] He also took all the boyars and horsemen with him and only a skeleton force remained behind to defend Halych.[2] The people of Halych therefore summoned Daniil Romanovich and installed him as prince.[2] On hearing the news, Rostislav fled to king Béla IV.[2]
The Tatar invasion of the Kievan Rus’
     "In the winter of 1237, the Tatar troops led by Batu Khan devastated Ryazan; by 1240, almost the lands of Chernigov, Pereyaslavl, Ryazan, and Suzdalia lay in ruins.[2] During the first half of 1240, Mikhail Vsevolodovich defied Batu Khan by putting his envoys, who were seeking to coax him into submitting, to death.[2] The only allies to whom he could turn for aid were the Hungarians and the Poles, and therefore he fled to Hungary.[2] He attempted to arrange a marriage for Rostislav with the king's daughter, but Béla IV saw no advantage to forming an alliance and evicted the two princes from Hungary.[2]
     "Rostislav and his father went to Masovia where his father decided that the expedient course of action was to seek reconciliation with Daniil Romanovich who had been controlling his domains by that time and holding Mikhail Vsevolodovich's wife (and his own sister) captive.[2] Mikhail Vsevolodovich sent envoys to his brother-in-law admitting that he had sinned against him on many occasions by waging war and by reneging on his promises.[2] He pledged never again to antagonize Daniil Romanovich and forswore making any future attempts on Halych.[2] Daniil Romanovich invited him to Volhynia, returned his wife, and relinquished control of Kiev and he gave Lutsk to Rostislav, evidently, in compensation for taking away Halych.[2]
     "Meanwhile, the Tatars sacked Kiev which fell on December 6, 1240.[2] On learning Kiev's fate, Mikhail Vsevolodovich and his family withdrew from Volhynia and for the second time imposed himself on Conrad of Mazovia's graces.[2] In the spring of 1241, Mikhail Vsevolodovich went home to Kiev and gave Chernigov to Rostislav.[2]
     "Boyar greed gave Rostislav the pretext for reviving his quest for Halych where the local magnates acknowledged Daniil Romanovich (his uncle) as their prince, but appropriated authority to themselves.[2] In 1241, Rostislav marshaled the princes of Bolokhoveni, and besieged Bakota which was an important purveyor of salt.[2] When he failed to take the city, he withdrew to Chernigov, but later he redirected his attack against the more important towns of Halych and Przemy?l.[2] He had strong support from the local boyars who cajoled the townsmen of Halych itself into capitulating without a fight.[2] After occupying Halych, Rostislav made prince Konstantin Vladimirovich Ryazansky the ruler of Przemy?l.[2] The bishops of the only two eparchies in Halych also supported Rostislav.[2]
     "However, his uncles (Daniil and Vasil’ko Romanovich) retaliated by marching against Halych; unable to withstand their attack, Rostislav fled with his supporters and sought sanctuary in Shchekotov.[2] His uncles pursued him, but on learning that the Tatars had left Hungary and were returning via Halych, they abandoned the chase.[2] As the Tatars passed through Halych, they routed Rostislav's force at a location which the chronicler identifies as a small pine forest; he therefore fled again to the Hungarians.[2]
His struggle for Halych
     "Béla IV, who had returned home from Dalmatia after May in 1242, approved Rostislav's marriage to his daughter, Anna.[2] The king was seeking to organize a new defensive system by creating client states to the south and east of Hungary, and in his search for a vassal whom he could appoint to Halych, he chose Rostislav.[2]
     "On learning that Béla IV had given his daughter in marriage to Rostislav, his father believed that his efforts to form an alliance with the Árpád dynasty had finally been realized.[2] Mikhail Vsevolodovich therefore rode to Hungary expecting to negotiate the agreements that normally accompanied such an alliance.[2] However, Béla IV rebuffed him, and he, greatly angered also by his son, returned to Chernigov and disowned Rostislav.[2]
     "Acting as his father-in-law's agent, Rostislav made two unsuccessful attacks of Halych.[2] Sometime in 1244, he led a Hungarian force against Przemy?l; Daniil Romanovich, however, marshaled his troops and routed the attackers making Rostislav flee to Hungary.[2] In the following year, Rostislav recruited many Hungarians and Poles and launched an attack against Jaros?aw north of Przemy?l; on August 17, 1245, his uncle, with Cuman help, annihilated the enemy, and Rostislav had to flee again to Hungary.[2]
     "After his defeat, Rostislav never returned to Halych.[2]
Ban of Slavonia and Duke of Macsó
     "Rostislav received land grants from his father-in-law in Hungary, and thus he became the lord of the royal possessions of Bereg and the Castle of Füzér.[4] He was mentioned among the dignitaries of Béla IV as Ban of Slavonia in 1247, and from 1254 onward he was mentioned as the Duke of Macsó (in Latin, dux de Macho).[1] The Banate of Macsó originally centered around the river Kolubara, but later it also included Belgrade (in Hungarian, Nándorfehérvár) and by 1256, if not earlier, Brani?evo (in Hungarian, Barancs).[5]
     "In 1255, a peace between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Bulgarian Empire was sealed, and Tsar Michael of Bulgaria married Rostislav's daughter.[5] In 1256, Rostislav mediated a peace between his son-in-law and Emperor Theodore II of Nicaea.[5]
His struggle for Bulgaria
     "Late in 1256 (probably in December), a group of boyars, who had decided to kill Tsar Michael and replace him with his first cousin, Koloman, attacked the former, who died soon afterwards from his wounds.[5] To further his claims, Koloman II forcibly married Michael's widow, the daughter of Rostislav, but he could not consolidate power and was killed almost immediately.[5] To protect his daughter, Rostislav now, early in 1257, invaded Bulgaria; it seems he was using her as an excuse to acquire the Bulgarian throne for himself.[5] Rostislav appeared at the gates of T?rnovo and recovered his daughter; though it is sometimes stated that he briefly obtained T?rnovo, but it seems that he probably never actually gained possession of the city.[5]
     "Having failed to take T?rnovo, Rostislav retreated to Vidin where he established himself, taking the title of Tsar of Bulgaria, and the Hungarians recognized him with this title.[5] Meanwhile, in southeastern Bulgaria, Mitso (a relative of Ivan Asen II) was proclaimed tsar, but the boyars who were holding T?rnovo elected one of their number, Constantine Tikh as tsar.[5]
     "Shortly afterwards, Rostislav led a large portion of his troops off to Bohemia in order to assist his father-in-law against King Ottokar II of Bohemia.[5] Thus his Vidin province became undermanned, and the situation was ideal for Tsar Constantine Tikh who attacked the token forces left behind in Vidin and regained not only the city but the whole province to the borders of the province of Brani?evo.[5]
     "As soon as the Hungarians concluded peace with the Bohemians in March 1261, they, led by Stephen V of Hungary (co-king and Rostislav's brother-in-law) attacked Bulgaria.[5] They first overran the Vidin province and forced Tsar Constantine Tikh to withdraw his troops from it.[5] As a result of Hungary's action, Rostislav was restored to the position he had held prior to Constantine Tikh's attack on him in 1260.[5] Whether further Bulgarian territory east of Vidin (e.g., Lom) was taken by the Hungarians or Rostislav is not known.[5]
     "When he died, his lands were divided between two sons: his part of Bosnia went to his elder son Michael, while, Macsó went to his younger son, Béla; the immediate fate of Vidin is not known.[5]
Marriage and children
     "#1243: Anna of Hungary (c. 1226 – after 1274), daughter of King Béla IV of Hungary and his wife, Maria Laskarina[1][3]
Footnotes
1. Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század).[page needed]
2. Dimnik, Martin. The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246.
3. Charles Cawley (2008-05-19). "Russia, Rurikids - Grand Princes of Kiev, Princes of Chernigov, descendants of Sviatoslav II, Grand Prince of Kiev (fourth son of Iaroslav I)". Medieval Lands. Foundation of Medieval Genealogy. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
4. Zsoldos, Attila. Családi ügy - IV. Béla és István ifjabb király viszálya az 1260-as években.
5. Fine, John V. A. The Late Medieval Balkans - A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest.
6. Kristó, Gyula. Középkori históriák oklevelekben (1002-1410).[page needed]
Sources
** Dimnik, Martin: The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; ISBN 978-0-521-03981-9.
** Fine, John V. A., Jr.: The Late Medieval Balkans - A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest; The University of Michigan Press, 2006, Ann Arbor; ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
** Kristó, Gyula: Középkori históriák oklevelekben (1002-1410) (Medieval Stories in Royal Charters /1002-1410/); Szegedi Középkorász M?hely in association with the Gondolat Kiadó, 1992, Szeged; ISBN 963-04-1956-4.
** Kristó, Gyula (General Editor) - Engel, Pál (Editor) - Makk, Ferenc (Editor): Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9-14. század) (Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History /9th-14th centuries/); Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994, Budapest; ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
** Zsoldos, Attila: Családi ügy - IV. Béla és István ifjabb király viszálya az 1260-as években (A Family Affair - The Conflict of Béla IV and Junior King Stephen in the 1260s); História - MTA Történettudományi Intézete, 2007, Budapest; ISBN 978-963-9627-15-4.
Further reading
** ????, ?., 2014. ? ????? ????????? ????? ????? ?????????? ??????????. ??????? ????? ???'?????-???????????? ????????????? ???????????? ????? ????? ???????. ????????? ?????, (24), pp.183-194."¹³

; Per Genealogics:
     "Rosztiszlo was born sometime between 1212 and 1225, the eldest son of Michail 'the Saint', grand duke of Kiev, and Marija Romanowna of Halicz. The Russian annals mention him for the first time in 1229 when the Novgorodians invited his father to be their prince.
     "Rosztiszlo underwent the ritual hair-cutting ceremony _(postrig)_ in the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod on 19 May 1230, and his father installed him on the throne. The _postrig_ conferred on Rosztiszlo the official status of prince of Novgorod and thus he ruled Novgorod as a fully fledged prince after the ceremony. Rosztiszlo, in keeping with his father's policy, continued to pass legislation favouring the Novgorodians.
     "In September 1230 a frost destroyed the crops in the Novgorod district, causing a great famine. Novgorodians opposed to his father's rule took advantage of the calamity to foment unrest, and they incited the townsmen to plunder the court of _posadnik_ (mayor) Vodovik who was his father's man. Although the _posadnik_ forced the rival boyars to swear oaths of allegiance on 6 November, a month later, when he and Rosztiszlo visited Torzhok, the Novgorodians looted Vodovik's court and those of his supporters. Shortly afterwards Rosztiszlo was forced to flee to his father. The Novgorodians considered themselves free to invite another prince, and they summoned Prince Yaroslav Vsevolodovich of Vladimir, who came on 30 December.
     "Towards the end of September 1235 Rosztiszlo's father Michail occupied Halicz, whose prince (his brother-in-law and thus Rosztiszlo's maternal uncle) Daniil Romanowitsch had fled from the principality. In the spring of 1236 Rosztiszlo accompanied his father in attacking the principality of Volhynia which was still under the rule of Daniil Romanowitsch. However, in the meantime the Cumans plundered the Galician lands, forcing Michail to abandon his campaign.
     "At the beginning of the summer of 1236 Daniil Romanowitsch and his brother Vasilko rallied their troops to march against Michail and Rosztiszlo, but they barricaded themselves in Halicz with their retinue, the local militia, and a contingent of Hungarians sent by King Béla IV, and their opponents had to withdraw.
     "After the Hungarian troops had departed, Daniil Romanowitsch tried again, and Michail attempted to placate him by giving him Przemysl. Shortly afterwards Rosztiszlo was appointed to rule Halicz by his father, who wished to depart for Kiev which had been occupied by Yaroslav Vsvelodovich. After Michail had reoccupied Kiev, he and Rosztiszlo attacked Przemysl and took it back from Daniil Romanowitsch.
     "Rosztiszlo retained the loyalty of the Galician boyars, but he was not as capable a military commander as his father. Around 1237 he rode against the Lithuanians who had pillaged the lands of his father's maternal uncle Konrad I, duke of Masovia, who had been his ally against Daniil Romanowitsch. He also took all the boyars and horsemen with him and only a skeleton force remained behind to defend Halicz. The people of Halicz thereupon summoned Daniil and installed him as prince. On hearing the news, Rosztiszlo fled to Béla IV, king of Hungary.
     "In the winter of 1237 the Tatar troops led by Batu Khan devastated Ryazan; by 1240 almost all the lands of Chernigov, Perejaslawl, Ryazan, and Suzdalia lay in ruins. During the first half of 1240 Michail defied Batu Khan by putting to death his envoys, who had been seeking to coax him into submitting to Batu. The only allies to whom he could turn for aid were the Hungarians and the Poles, and therefore he fled to Hungary. He attempted to arrange a marriage for Rosztiszlo with the king's daughter Anna, but Béla saw no advantage to forming an alliance and evicted the two princes from Hungary. Rosztiszlo and his father took refuge in Masovia as guests of Konrad I, and Michail decided that the expedient course of action was to seek reconciliation with Daniil Romanowitsch, who had been controlling his domains by that time and holding Rosztiszlo's mother (his own sister) captive. Michail sent envoys to his brother-in-law admitting that he had sinned against him on many occasions by waging war and by reneging on his promises. He pledged never again to antagonise Daniil and forswore making any future attempts on Halicz. Daniiel invited him to Volhynia, returned his wife, and relinquished control of Kiev, and he gave Lutsk to Rosztiszlo, evidently in compensation for taking away Halicz.
     "Meanwhile, the Tatars sacked Kiev, which fell on 6 December 1240. On learning Kiev's fate, Michail and his family withdrew from Volhynia and for the second time imposed themselves on Konrad of Masovia's hospitality. In the spring of 1241 Michail went home to Kiev and gave Chernigov to Rosztiszlo.
     "Boyar greed gave Rosztiszlo the pretext for reviving his quest for Halicz, where the local magnates acknowledged his uncle Daniil Romanowitsch as their prince, but appropriated authority to themselves. In 1241 Rosztiszlo marshalled the princes of Bolokhov and besieged Bakota, an important purveyor of salt. When he failed to take the city he withdrew to Chernigov, but later he redirected his attack against the more important towns of Halicz and Przemysl. He had strong support from the local boyars who cajoled the townsmen of Halicz itself into capitulating without a fight. After occupying Halicz, Rosztiszlo made Prince Konstantin Vladimirovich Ryazansky the ruler of Przemysl. The bishops of the only two dioceses in Halicz also supported Rosztiszlo.
     "However his uncles Daniil and Vasilko Romanowitsch retaliated by marching against Halicz; unable to withstand their attack, Rosztiszlo fled with his supporters and sought sanctuary in Shchetkotov. His uncles pursued him, but on learning that the Tatars had left Hungary and were returning via Halicz, they abandoned the chase. As the Tatars passed through Halicz, they routed Rosztiszlo's force at a location which the chronicler identifies as a small pine forest; he then fled again to the Hungarians.
     "Béla IV, who had returned home from Dalmatia after May 1242, approved Rosztiszlo's marriage to his daughter Anna. The king was seeking to organise a new defensive system by creating client states to the south and east of Hungary, and in his search for a vassal whom he could appoint to Halicz, he chose Rosztiszlo. He and Anna had two sons and three daughters, but only their daughters Kunigunde and Erzsebet are recorded as having progeny.
     "On learning that Béla IV had given his daughter in marriage to Rosztiszlo, his father believed that his efforts to form an alliance with the Arpad dynasty had finally been realised, Michail therefore rode to Hungary expecting to negotiate the agreements that normally accompanied such an alliance. However, Béla IV rebuffed him and he returned to Chernigov, angry with what he saw as Rosztiszlo's disloyalty.
     "Acting as his father-in-law's agent, Rosztiszlo made two unsuccessful attacks on Halicz. Sometime in 1244 he led a Hungarian force against Przemysl; however Daniil Romanowitsch marshalled his troop and routed the attackers, forcing Rosztiszlo to flee back to Hungary. In the following year Rosztiszlo recruited many Hungarians and Poles and launched an attack against Jaroslaw north of Przemysl; on 17 August 1245 his uncle, with Cuman help, annihilated Rosztiszlo, who again had to flee to Hungary. After this defeat, Rosztiszlo never returned to Halicz.
     "Rosztiszlo received land grants from his father-in-law in Hungary, and thus he became the lord of the royal possessions of Bereg and the castle of Füzér. He was mentioned among the dignitaries of Béla IV as ban of Slavonia in 1247, and from 1254 onward he was mentioned as the duke of Macva (in Latin, _dux de Macho_). The banate of Macva originally centred on the river Kolubara, but later it also included Belgrade (Nándorfehérvár in Hungarian) and by 1256, if not earlier, Branicevo (Barancs in Hungarian).
     "In 1255 a peace between the kingdom of Hungary and the Bulgarian empire was sealed, and Mihaly II Asen, tsar of Bulgaria, married Rosztiszlo's daughter Erzebet. In 1256 Rosztiszlo mediated a peace between his son-in-law and Theodoros II Dukas Laskaris, emperor of Byzantium.
     "Late in 1256 (probably in December) a group of boyars, who had decided to kill Tsar Mihaly and replace him with his first cousin Koloman II, attacked Mihaly who died soon afterwards from his wounds. To further his claims, Koloman forcibly married Mihaly's widow Erzsebet, but he could not consolidate power and was killed almost immediately. To protect his daughter, Rosztiszlo early in 1257 invaded Bulgaria; it seems he was using her as an excuse to acquire the Bulgarian throne for himself. Rosztiszlo appeared at the gates of Tarnovo and recovered his daughter; though it is sometimes stated that he briefly obtained Tarnovo, it seems that he probably never actually gained possession of the city.
     "Having failed to take Tarnovo, Rosztiszlo retreated to Vidin where he established himself, taking the title of Tsar of Bulgaria, and the Hungarians recognised him with this title. Meanwhile, in southeastern Bulgaria, Mitso (a relative of Mihaly's father Iwan Asen II) was proclaimed tsar, but the boyars who were holding Tarnovo elected one of their number, Constantine Tikh as tsar.
     "Shortly afterwards Rosztiszlo led a large portion of his troops to Bohemia in order to assist his father-in-law Béla IV against Przemysl Ottokar II, king of Bohemia. Thus his Vidin province became undermanned, and the situation was ideal for Tsar Constantine Tikh who attacked the token forces left behind in Vidin and gained not only the city but the whole province up to the borders of the province of Branicevo.
     "As soon as the Hungarians concluded peace with the Bohemians in March 1261, they attacked Bulgaria, led by Stephan V of Hungary (his father Béla IV's co-king and Rosztiszlo's brother-in-law). They first overran the Vidin province and forced Tsar Constantine Tikh to withdraw his troops from it. As a result of Hungary's action, Rosztiszlo was restored to the position he had held prior to Constantine Tikh's attack on him in 1260. Whether further Bulgarian territory east of Vidin was taken by the Hungarians or Rosztiszlo is not known. In October 1261 Rosztiszlo's daughter Kunigunde married Przemysl Ottokar II, with whom she had progeny including Wenceslas II, the future king of Bohemia and Poland.
     "When Rosztiszlo died about 1264, his lands were divided between his two sons: his part of Bosnia went to the elder son Michael, while Macva went to his younger son Béla; the immediate fate of Vidin is not known."¹⁴

Reference: Genealogics cites:
1. Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, 4 volumes, Marburg, 1953, 1975., W. K. Prinz von Isenburg, Reference: II 91.
2. Nemesi Evkonyv 1972/75 Luzern, 1972. , Reference: 493.
3. Europäische Stammtafeln, J.A. Stargardt Verlag Marburg., Detlev Schwennicke, Editor, Reference: II 131.
4. Biogr. details drawn from Wikipedia. biographical details.¹⁴ EDV-23. Rostislav Mikhailovich (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod, Galitzia, Lutsk and Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria was also known as Rostislav (?) Gr Pr of Chernigov.¹⁵ Rostislav Mikhailovich (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, Prince of Novgorod, Galitzia, Lutsk and Chernigov, Tsar of Bulgaria was also known as Rosztiszlo (?) Grand Duke of Kiev, King of Bulgaria.¹

; Per Med Lands:
     "ROSTISLAV Mikhailovich, son of MIKHAIL Vsevolodich Grand Prince of Kiev & his wife Maria Romanovna of Galich ([1225]-1263). The Novgorod Chronicle records that he was appointed Prince of Novgorod in 1229 by his father but was expelled 8 Dec 1230[329]. Grand Prince of Kiev 1231/1240. Prince of Galich 1236/1238. After the Mongol invasion, he sought refuge with Bela IV King of Hungary, married the king's daughter, and was appointed Ban of Ma?va. He mediated the peace between Bulgaria and the empire of Nikaia in 1256[330]. On the death of his son-in-law Kalojan II Tsar of Bulgaria in 1258, Rostislav invaded Bulgaria from neighbouring Ma?va, ostensibly to protect the interests of his daughter, who was handed to him at Trnovo. He retreated to Vidin where he assumed the title ROSTISLAV Tsar of the Bulgarians, and was recognised as such by Hungary[331]. His forces were temporarily expelled from Vidin province by his rival Konstantin Tih, during Rostislav's temporary absence helping his father-in-law Bela IV King of Hungary in his war with Bohemia, but he was restored by Hungarian troops which expelled Konstantin from the area in 1261[332]. On his death, his lands were divided between his sons, Mikhail taking his part of Bosnia and Bela taking Ma?va.
     "m (1243) ANNA [Agnes] of Hungary, daughter of BÉLA IV King of Hungary & his wife Maria Laskarina of Nikaia ([1226/27]-). Her parentage and marriage are indicated by Georgius Akropolites who names "Rosum Urum…Ungariæ regis generum" as father-in-law of "Bulgarorum…princeps"[333]. The name of the wife of Rostislav is confirmed by the Annales Polonorum recording the marriage in 1265 of their daughter Gryfina, in a later passage specifying that she was daughter of "ducis Roczislay et…Anna"[334]. A charter dated 15 Jul 1264 records the confirmation by "ipsius patris regis Belæ IV" of a donation by "Agnes, viduæ post Radislaum ducem Galitiæ, ducissæ Galitiæ, de Bosna et de Mazo, ac Michaeli et Belæ natis eius"[335]. Baumgarten names the wife of Prince Rostislav and gives her origin but only cites one secondary source in support[336]."
Med Lands cites: He was Prince of Novgorod between 1229 and 1230.^3,13 He was Prince of Halych between 1236 and 1237.¹³ He was Prince of Galitzia in 1238.³ He was Prince of Lutsk in 1240.¹³ He was Prince of Chernigov between 1240 and 1243.^3,13 He was Prince of Halych between 1241 and 1242.¹³ He was Ban of Clavonia between 1247 and 1248.¹³ He was Duke of Macsó between 1254 and 1262.¹³