The Hungarian Civil War of 1264–1265 was a brief dynastic conflict between King Béla IV of Hungary and his son Duke Stephen at the turn of 1264 into 1265.
Duke Stephen is crowned by his father, Béla IV (from the Illuminated Chronicle)
King Béla IV of Hungary (from the Illuminated Chronicle)
The Battle of Kressenbrunn (Chronica Hungarorum), which marked a turning point in the relationship between Béla IV and Stephen
Bratislava Castle (Pressburg), where father and son signed the first treaty between them in 1262
Stephen V of Hungary
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Stephen V of Hungary was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1270 and 1272, and Duke of Styria from 1258 to 1260. He was the oldest son of King Béla IV of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. King Béla had hi
Hungarian Civil War (1264–1265)
…Hungarian Civil War of 1264–1265 (Hungarian: 1264–1265. évi magyar belháború) was a brief dynastic conflict between King Béla IV of Hungary and his son Duke Stephen at the turn of 1264 into 1265. Béla's relationship with his oldest son and heir, Stephen, became tense in the early 1260s, because the elderly king…
Stephen's royal seal
Seal of Stephen's wife, Elizabeth the Cuman
Baba Vida, the medieval fortress at Vidin in Bulgaria: Stephen captured it in 1261.