Helena of Hungary (c. 1158 – 25 May 1199) was the daughter of King Géza II of Hungary

Géza II of Hungary

Géza II , , King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Dalmatia and Rama . He ascended the throne as a child and during his minority the kingdom was governed by his mother and uncle...

 and his wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev

Euphrosyne of Kiev

Euphrosyne of Kiev was Queen consort of Hungary.Euphrosyne was the first daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev and his second wife, Liubava Dmitrievna...

, daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev

Mstislav I of Kiev

Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great was the Grand Prince of Kiev , the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex...

 by his second wife, Liubava Dmitrievna.

Life

Little is known of Helena's life or character. The only clear facts about her life are that she was married to the Babenberg duke Leopold V of Austria

Leopold V, Duke of Austria

Leopold V , the Virtuous, was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 and of Styria from 1192 until his death...

 in 1174, by whom she had children and that she died in 1199.

Marriage and children

By her marriage to Duke Leopold V, Helena had at least two (possibly as many as four) children:

• Frederick I
  Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)
  Frederick I of Austria was a Duke of Austria from the Babenberg family. He was a son of Duke Leopold V and, in 1197, participated in the Emperor Henry VI's Crusade of 1197.He died on the return from Palestine....
  
   (d. 16 April 1198)
• Leopold VI
  Leopold VI, Duke of Austria
  Leopold VI , called the Glorious, from the House of Babenberg, was Duke of Austria from 1198 to 1230 and of Styria from 1194 to 1230....
  
  (d. 28 July 1230)
• ?Agnes
• ?Bertha

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