Elisabeth, wife of King Stephen V. of Hungary

[Alan B. Wilson]

In article <33e49...@atheria.europa.com>, scot...@europa.com (Grant
Menzies) wrote:

> Is anything known about the extended ancestry of Elisabeth, the Cuman
> princess who married King Stephen V of Hungary. I have a few rather
> oldish sources stating that her father was a khan, but nothing beyond
> that.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Grant
>
>
>
> G M Menzies
>
FWIW, J. D. Joannis and R. de Saint-Jouan, "Les seize quartiers
genealogiques des Capetiens," Lyon: Sauvegarde Historique, 1958, ii, 375,
has the following:

1 Elizabeth of Kumans. Died 1292.
2 Kuthen/Koutyen of Kumans (khan of Kouman Mongols).
3 ? de HALICH.
6 Mustilau de HALICH. (of Mongol origin)
7 ? de KOUMANIE. (of Mongol origin)

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Alan B. Wilson
abwi...@uclink2.berkeley.edu

[AJenk70571]

scot...@europa.com (Grant Menzies) wrote
>
>Is anything known about the extended ancestry of Elisabeth, the Cuman
>princess who married King Stephen V of Hungary. I have a few rather
>oldish sources stating that her father was a khan, but nothing beyond
>that.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Grant

I have her father's name as Kuthen, khan of the Cumans. Nothing beyond
that. I have never seen even a reference to a treatment of Cuman history,
to the point that I don't know whether we are talking about a unified
khanate or a collection of Cuman tribal units.
I would guess the latter.

I have seen a couple of peripheral references to the Cumans in Anna
Comnena, and I imagine that Magyar sources have a little to say about
them. But the place I would expect to see most source material would be
in Russian. Perhaps Alexander Agramov is in a position to comment? Are
the Cumans related to the Polovskians (?spelling?)?

Chris
[from, my wife's account]