Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.21857/90836cvkzy

Friends, Foes, and Families. Polish-Hungarian Relations in the Mid-Thirteenth Century

Gábor Barabás orcid.org/0000-0003-4786-970X ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Pécs, Hungary *

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

The paper aims to analyse Polish-Hungarian relations in the mid-thirte
enth century from the perspective of the relationship between King Béla IV of Hungary and the Piast princes of Poland. More broadly, it examines the role of the Piast coalitions in the most significant series of conflicts of the period, namely, the Bohemian–Hungarian struggle for the so-called Babenberg legacy, i.e. the duchies of Austria and Styria. The study focuses on the family ties and alliances of the ruling dynasties – the Árpáds of Hungary and the Piasts of Poland – by analysing the effects of the turbulent internal relations among the Piast princes of the Polish duchies.

Keywords

Kingdom of Hungary; Kingdom of Bohemia; Polish principalities; thirteenth century; dynastic relations

Hrčak ID:

347364

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/347364

Publication date:

29.12.2025.

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