Maria of Bytom
Queen consort of Hungary / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria of Bytom (Polish: Maria bytomska; before 1295 – 15 December 1317) was a Queen of Hungary by marriage to Charles I of Hungary.
Maria of Bytom | |
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Queen consort of Hungary | |
Tenure | 1306–1317 |
Born | before 1295 |
Died | 15 December 1317 (aged 22) Temesvár, Hungary |
Burial | |
Spouse | Charles I of Hungary |
Issue | Catherine, Duchess of Świdnica? Elisabeth, Duchess of Niemodlin? |
House | Piast |
Father | Casimir of Bytom |
Mother | Helena |
She was the third child and only daughter of Duke Casimir of Bytom by his wife Helena, whose origins are unknown, although the later historiography tends to recognize her as a daughter of Lev I of Galicia, from the Rurikid dynasty.[1]
Maria was the first or second wife[2] of Charles I Robert of Anjou, King of Hungary. This union was childless, but older literature claimed that they had two daughters. Little is known about the activities of Mary as Queen of Hungary. Her marriage to Charles I Robert consolidated the Polish-Hungarian agreement directed against the Kingdom of Bohemia, and also helped to establish a close Polish-Hungarian relations in the 14th century,[3] reflected in the ecclesiastical career in Hungary of Maria's brothers, Bolesław and Mieszko, and the later third marriage of Charles I Robert with Elizabeth of Kujavia.[4]