Béla III of Hungary
Videos
Béla III was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a duchy, which included Croati
Bela III from the Illuminated Chronicle
The seal of Béla's father, Géza II of Hungary
Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos—Béla-Alexios was the Emperor's designated heir between 1165 and 1169
Facial reconstruction of King Béla III of Hungary at an exhibition of the Institute of Hungarian Research (Emese Gábor, 2023)
Andrew II of Hungary
Videos
Andrew II, also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210
Béla III of Hungary
…principality and expelled him. Instead of restoring Vladimir Yaroslavich to his former position, Béla imprisoned him and granted control of Halych to Andrew, who was Béla's younger son. As a token of his conquest, Béla styled himself as King of Galicia. . In the summer of 1189, German crusaders marched…
Seal of Andrew II, 1224
Coronation of Andrew II depicted in Illuminated Chronicle
Andrew II depicted in Illuminated Chronicle
![Gertrude of Merania and Andrew depicted in the 13th-century Landgrafenpsalter [de] from the Landgraviate of Thuringia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Andreas_Getrude_Ungarn.jpg/500px-Andreas_Getrude_Ungarn.jpg)
Gertrude of Merania and Andrew depicted in the 13th-century Landgrafenpsalter [de] from the Landgraviate of Thuringia