Individual Details
Jelena of Serbia
(Aft 1109 - Aft 1146)
Jelena was born after 1109, the daughter of Uros, count of Serbia, and Anna Diogenissa. Around 1129 King Stefan II of Hungary arranged her marriage with his cousin Béla, who had been blinded on the order of the king's father, King Kálmán of Hungary. Stefan granted estates near Tolna to the couple. They had six children of whom Géza II, Laszlo and Elisabeth would have progeny.
Following the childless king's death, Jelena's husband was crowned King of Hungary on 28 April 1131. Jelena exerted material influence over her blind husband during his reign. It was she, with her two sons in her arms, who persuaded his partisans, at an assembly in Arad, to massacre 68 nobles they suspected of suggesting to King Kálmán that he have her husband blinded.
When her husband died on 13 February 1141, their eldest son Géza II ascended the throne while still a child. Jelena and her brother Belos of Rascia, whom she had invited to the court, governed the kingdom of Hungary until September 1146 when he came of age.
It is not sure when Jelena died, though it was after Géza came of age.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Following the childless king's death, Jelena's husband was crowned King of Hungary on 28 April 1131. Jelena exerted material influence over her blind husband during his reign. It was she, with her two sons in her arms, who persuaded his partisans, at an assembly in Arad, to massacre 68 nobles they suspected of suggesting to King Kálmán that he have her husband blinded.
When her husband died on 13 February 1141, their eldest son Géza II ascended the throne while still a child. Jelena and her brother Belos of Rascia, whom she had invited to the court, governed the kingdom of Hungary until September 1146 when he came of age.
It is not sure when Jelena died, though it was after Géza came of age.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | Aft 1109 | ||||
| Marriage | 28 Apr 1127 | Béla II "the Blind" King of Hungary | |||
| Death | Aft 1146 |
Families
| Spouse | Béla II "the Blind" King of Hungary (1108 - 1141) |
| Child | Géza II King of Hungary (1130 - 1161) |