Elizabeth the Cuman^[1]

- Aft 1290

• Name	Elizabeth the Cuman
  Gender	Female
  Acceded	1272
  	Regent of Hungary
  	She was regent of Hungary during the minority of her son in 1272-1277.
  Name	Elizabeth of Kumanien
  Death	Aft 1290
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal26239 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_the_Cuman The Cumans were the western tribes of the Cuman-Kipchak confederation. The Cumans were a confederation of Turkic speaking peoples who spoke the Cuman language / Kipchak languages . Her people followed a Shamanist religion and were considered Pagans by their contemporary Christians of Europe .
  Person ID	I8357	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Kuthen of Kumanien, Khan of Kumanien (Cumania)   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Galicie of Halicz   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3426	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Stephen V of Hungary, King of Hungary,   b. Bef 18 Oct 1239, Buda, Hungary d. 6 Aug 1272, Csepel Island, Hungary (Age ~ 32 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1253
  	Stephen's father, attempting to bind the powerful but pagan Cuman tribes more closely to the dynasty , arranged for Stephen's marriage, as a youth (about 1253), to Elizabeth, the daughter of a Cuman chieftain Köten .
  Children	1. Ladislas IV the Cumanian of Hungary, King of Hungary,   b. 1262   d. 10 Jul 1290 (Age 28 years)   2. Mary of Hungary   d. 25 Mar 1323   3. Anna of Hungary, Byzantine Empress,   b. Abt 1260   d. 1281 (Age ~ 21 years)
  Family ID	F3425	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).