Individual Details
Yolande de Courtenay, Princess of Constantinople
(1200 - 1233)
Yolande was born about 1200, the daughter of Pierre II de Courtenay and his second wife Yolande of Flanders, the sister of Baudouin VI-IX and Henri, successive emperors of Constantinople. Her marriage with Andras II, king of Hungary, whose first wife Gertrud von Meran had been murdered by conspirators on 24 September 1213, was arranged by her uncle Emperor Henri I. Andras was the son of Béla III, king of Hungary, and Agnes of Antioch.
The marriage of Yolande and Andras was celebrated in February 1215 in Székesfehérvár and Archbishop John of Esztergom crowned her queen consort. However, Bishop Robert of Veszprém sent a complaint to Pope Innocent III, because the coronation of the queen consort in Hungary had been traditionally the privilege of his see. The pope sent a legate to Hungary in order to investigate the complaint, and he confirmed the privilege of the See of Veszprém.
Following her uncle's death on 11 July 1216, her husband was planning to acquire the imperial crown for himself, but the barons of the Latin Empire proclaimed her father emperor instead.
Yolande and Andras had a daughter Violante who would have progeny, marrying Jaime I 'the Conqueror', king of Aragón. Yolande maintained good relations with her husband's children from his first marriage. She died in 1233, and her husband survived her by two years. She was buried in the White Monks' Abbey in Egres.
Source: Leo van de Pas
The marriage of Yolande and Andras was celebrated in February 1215 in Székesfehérvár and Archbishop John of Esztergom crowned her queen consort. However, Bishop Robert of Veszprém sent a complaint to Pope Innocent III, because the coronation of the queen consort in Hungary had been traditionally the privilege of his see. The pope sent a legate to Hungary in order to investigate the complaint, and he confirmed the privilege of the See of Veszprém.
Following her uncle's death on 11 July 1216, her husband was planning to acquire the imperial crown for himself, but the barons of the Latin Empire proclaimed her father emperor instead.
Yolande and Andras had a daughter Violante who would have progeny, marrying Jaime I 'the Conqueror', king of Aragón. Yolande maintained good relations with her husband's children from his first marriage. She died in 1233, and her husband survived her by two years. She was buried in the White Monks' Abbey in Egres.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1200 | ||||
| Marriage | 1215 | Andras II King of Hungary | |||
| Death | 1233 |
Families
| Spouse | Andras II King of Hungary (1176 - 1235) |
| Child | Princess Violante of Hungary (1216 - 1251) |
| Father | Pierre II de Courtenay, Emperor of Constantinople (1155 - 1218) |
| Mother | Yolande of Flandre Hainaut ( - 1219) |