Individual Details
Kunhata of Slavonia
(Abt 1245 - 9 Sep 1285)
Kunhata was born about 1245, the daughter of Rosztiszlo, grand duke of Kiev, king of Bulgaria, and Anna of Hungary. She was probably born in Ruthenia, in the domains of her paternal grandfather Michail 'the Saint', grand duke of Kiev. After the death of Michail, Kunhata's family relocated to Hungary, where her mother's father Béla IV, king of Hungary, made her father governor of certain Serbian-speaking regions in the Danube Valley. Her father proclaimed himself Emperor of Bulgaria in 1256 but did not stay there to defend his title.
On 25 October 1261 in Pressburg, Kunhata was married - as a token of alliance from her maternal grandfather Béla IV - to Przemysl Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, following his divorce from Margarethe of Austria, who was unable to provide heirs for the king. Kunhata, 41 years younger than Margarethe, bore Ottokar several children of whom Wenceslas II, Kunigunde and Agnes would have progeny. However the peace between Bohemia and Hungary ended after 10 years, when Kunhata's uncle Stephan V came to power as the king of Hungary.
In 1278 King Ottokar tried to recover the lands he lost to Rudolf I von Habsburg, the emperor-elect, in 1276. He made allies and collected a large army, but he was defeated by Rudolf and killed at the Battle of Dürnkrut on 26 August 1278. Moravia was subdued and its government entrusted to Rudolf's representatives, leaving Kunhata, now queen regent of Bohemia, in control of only the province surrounding Prague, while the young Wenceslas II was betrothed and married to one of Rudolf's daughters, Guta (Bona) von Habsburg.
On 2 June 1284 in Prague, Kunhata married a Bohemian magnate Zavis z Falkenstejna, Burggraf of Falkstejna and Rozmberka, son of Budivoj z Krumlova. However she died without further progeny on 9 September 1285. Zavis survived her and married Elisabeth of Hungary. He was executed on the orders of his step-son King Wenceslas II on 24 August 1290.
Source: Leo van de Pas
On 25 October 1261 in Pressburg, Kunhata was married - as a token of alliance from her maternal grandfather Béla IV - to Przemysl Ottokar II, king of Bohemia, following his divorce from Margarethe of Austria, who was unable to provide heirs for the king. Kunhata, 41 years younger than Margarethe, bore Ottokar several children of whom Wenceslas II, Kunigunde and Agnes would have progeny. However the peace between Bohemia and Hungary ended after 10 years, when Kunhata's uncle Stephan V came to power as the king of Hungary.
In 1278 King Ottokar tried to recover the lands he lost to Rudolf I von Habsburg, the emperor-elect, in 1276. He made allies and collected a large army, but he was defeated by Rudolf and killed at the Battle of Dürnkrut on 26 August 1278. Moravia was subdued and its government entrusted to Rudolf's representatives, leaving Kunhata, now queen regent of Bohemia, in control of only the province surrounding Prague, while the young Wenceslas II was betrothed and married to one of Rudolf's daughters, Guta (Bona) von Habsburg.
On 2 June 1284 in Prague, Kunhata married a Bohemian magnate Zavis z Falkenstejna, Burggraf of Falkstejna and Rozmberka, son of Budivoj z Krumlova. However she died without further progeny on 9 September 1285. Zavis survived her and married Elisabeth of Hungary. He was executed on the orders of his step-son King Wenceslas II on 24 August 1290.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | Abt 1245 | ||||
| Death | 9 Sep 1285 |
Families
| Spouse | Przemysl Ottokar II King of Bohemia (1230 - 1278) |
| Child | Wenceslas II (Vaclav) King of Bohemia and Poland (1271 - 1305) |
| Father | Grand Duke Rosztiszlo of Kiev, King of Bulgaria (1225 - 1264) |
| Mother | Anna of Hungary ( - ) |