Elizabeth Prinzessin der Kumans

   Another name for Elizabeth was Elizabeth Princess of the Kumans.

  General Notes:

Turton's Plantagenêt Ancestry, p. 5 ⁴⁵⁰

  Information about this person:

• Web Reference: Elizabeth the Kuman from Wikipedia.
In 1238, Kuthen led the Kuni and a number of other clans in invading the Kingdom of Hungary while fleeing from the advancing hordes of the Mongol Empire. In time, Béla IV of Hungary negotiated an alliance with Kuthen and his people, granting them asylum in exchange for their conversion to the Roman Catholic Church and loyalty to the King. The agreement was sealed with the betrothal of Elizabeth,daughter of Kuthen,to Stephen, eldest son of Béla IV.

• Background Information. ¹⁶⁰
Stephen V, King of Hungary, son of Béla IV and his wife Maria Lascaris, ruled from 1235 until 1270. born 1239 and died 1 Aug 1272. Stephen V married in 1253, Elizabeth of the Cumans, who died abt 1290, and was the daughter of Kuthen (Zahan) Prince of the Cumans.

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 103:29-30

Elizabeth married Stephen V King of Hungary, son of Bela IV King of Hungary and Maria Laskarina. (Stephen V King of Hungary was born on 18 Oct 1239 in Buda, Kingdom of Hungary and died on 6 Aug 1272 in Csepel Island, Kingdom of Hungary.)