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Birth:          1130 of Kiev, Ukraine
Death:          1186 Byzantium
Burial:         Szekesfehervar, Fejer, Hungary

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphrosyne_of_Kiev
Euphrosyne of Kiev (also Euphrosine of Novgorod;[1] c. 1130 – c. 1193) was Queen 
consort of Hungary.

Euphrosyne was the first daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev and his second 
wife, Ljubava Saviditsch. In 1146, Euphrosyne married King Géza II of Hungary, who 
had come of age shortly before.

During her husband's reign Euphrosyne did not intervene in the politics of the 
kingdom, but after his death on 31 May 1162, her influence strengthened over their 
son, King Stephen III. The young king had to struggle against his uncles Ladislaus 
and Stephen to save his throne, and Euphrosyne took an active part in the struggles. 
She persuaded King Vladislaus II of Bohemia to give military assistance to her son 
against the invasion of the Emperor Manuel I Komnenos.

Euphrosyne's favourite son was the youngest, Duke Géza of Hungary. When King 
Stephen III died on 4 March 1172, she was planning to ensure his succession against 
her older son, Béla, who had been living in the court of the Emperor Manuel I 
Komnenos. However, Béla came back, and he was crowned on 13 January 1173, 
although the Archbishop Lukács of Esztergom denied his coronation. Shortly after, 
King Béla III arrested his brother, which increased the tension between Euphrosyne 
and her son. Duke Géza soon managed to escape, probably with Euphrosyne's help, 
but in 1177 he was again arrested.

In 1186, Euphrosyne tried to release her younger son again, but she failed. King Béla 
III ordered the arrest of Euphrosyne and kept her confined in the fortress of Barancs 
(Serbian: Branicevo). Shortly after, Euphrosyne was set free, but she was obliged to 
leave the kingdom for Constantinople. From Constantinople she moved to Jerusalem 
where she lived as a nun in the convent of the Hospitallers, and then in the Basilian 
monastery of Saint Sabbas.

Marriage and issue[edit]

In 1146, Euphrosyne married King Géza II of Hungary (1130 – 31 May 1162). They had 
the following children:
King Stephen III of Hungary (1147 – 4 March 1172); married, firstly, Yaroslavna of 
Halych, no issue; married, secondly, Agnes of Austria (1154–1182), had issue.
King Béla III of Hungary (1148 – 23 April 1196); married, firstly, Agnes of Antioch, had 
issue; married, secondly, Margaret of France, widow of Henry the Young King, no 
issue.
Elisabeth (c. 1149 – after 1189); married Frederick of Bohemia and had issue.
Géza (c. 1151 – before 1210).
Árpád, died in infancy.
Odola (c. 1156 – 1199); married Sviatopluk of Bohemia.
Helena (c. 1158 – 25 May 1199); married Leopold V, Duke of Austria and had issue.
Margaret (posthumously, 1162 – bef. 1208), married firstly Isaac Dukas "Makrodukas" 
and secondly Andrew, Ispán of Somogy.

Parents
____ Mustislaw (Mstislav) I (1 Jun 1076 - 14 Apr 1132)
DMITRIEVNA Ljubava (ABT 1100 - AFT 1168)

Siblings
MSTISLAWNA OF KIEV Euphrosyne (Evfrosiniya) (1130 - 1186)

Marriage To ____ Geza II "Masodik Geza" (1130 - 31 May 1162)
    m. 1146 

Notes

Parents
____ Bela II "Masodik Tak" "the Blind" (1108 - 13 Feb 1141)
NEMANJICS Ilona (Jelena) (Jereha) (Helena) (ABT 1115 - 1157)

Children by ____ Geza II "Masodik Geza" 1130 - 31 May 1162
____ Bela III "Harmadik Bela" (1148 - 23 Apr 1196)

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