Béla III

King Béla III 1
Emperor Manuel and his wife
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Coin with the representation of Béla III on it 1
Béla III
He was born in 1148, as Géza II's second son. Around 1161 he became a Croatian-Dalmatian prince, in 1163 he went to Constantinople acting on a Hungarian-Byzantine treaty. Under the name of Alexios, he became the official heir to emperor Manuel in Constantinople for a while. In 1170 he married Anna Chatillon (Agnes), who gave birth to four boys (Imre, Andrew, Salamon, Stephen) and three girls (Margit, Constantia, unknown). He had no children in his second marriage (Margit Capet, 1186). He died on 23 April, 1196. He was buried next to his first wife at Székesfehérvár. Their tomb was discovered in 1848.

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