Elizabeth the Cuman
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Elizabeth the Cuman was the queen consort of Stephen V of Hungary. She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son from 1272 to 1277.
Alzbeta Kumanska kralovna
Köten
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Köten was a Cuman–Kipchak chieftain and military commander active in the mid-13th century. He forged an important alliance with the Kievan Rus' against the Mongols but was ultimately defeated by them
Elizabeth the Cuman
…Cuman-Kipchak confederation. Her people followed a shamanist religion and were considered pagans by contemporary Christians of Europe. In 1238, Khan Köten, her father according to historians, led the Cumans and a number of other clans in invading the Kingdom of Hungary while fleeing from the advancing…
Statue of Köten in Karcag, Hungary
First Mongol invasion of Hungary in 1241–1242. The Tatars are dressed in Cuman clothes with sabers. (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)