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Stephen V of Hungary

October 25, 1239 – August 13, 1272

King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272

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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 his son crowned king at the age of six and appointed him Duke of Slavonia. Still a child, Stephen married Elizabeth, a daughter of a chieftain of the Cumans whom his father settled in the Great Hungarian Plain.

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  • Birthday · October 25
  • Anniversary · August 13

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