Helena of Hungary, Duchess of Austria
{{other people||Ilona of Hungary (disambiguation){{!}}Ilona of Hungary}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Helena of Hungary
| title = Duchess consort of Austria
| image = Herzogin Helena Gemahlin Leopolds V..PNG
| caption = Duchess Helena, Babenberger Stammbaum, Klosterneuburg Monastery
| house = Árpád
| father = Géza II of Hungary
| mother = Euphrosyne of Kiev
| spouse = Leopold V, Duke of Austria
| issue = Frederick I
Leopold VI
Agnes of Austria
Bertha of Austria
| birth_date = {{circa|1155}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date|1199|12|25|df=y}}
| death_place =
| burial_place = Heiligenkreuz Abbey
}}
Helena (Ilona) of Hungary ({{circa|1155}} – 25 December 1199), a member of the royal Árpád dynasty, was Duchess of Austria from 1177 and Styria from 1192 to 1194 by her marriage with the Babenberg duke Leopold V of Austria.
Biography
Helena was the daughter of King Géza II of Hungary and his wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev, a daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev by his second wife, Liubava Dmitrievna. Little is known of her life or character. The only clear facts about her life are that at Pentecost 1174 she was married to Leopold V of Austria. The marriage reflected the westward orientation of the Hungarian House of Árpád in view of the expansionist politics of the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos. Leopold's sister Agnes had already married King Stephen III of Hungary, Helena's elder brother who had died in 1172.
Helena and Leopold had issue; he died on 31 December 1194 as a result of a horse accident. Helena died five years later in 1199{{Cite web |title=Cook Family Ancestry Helena (Ilona) of Hungary [63928] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here. |url=https://www.cookancestry.com/web/glenn%20cook%20master%20file/63928.htm |access-date=2025-01-04 |website=www.cookancestry.com}} and was buried beside her husband in Heiligenkreuz Abbey.
Marriage and children
By her marriage to Duke Leopold V, Helena had at least two (possibly as many as four) children:
- Frederick I (d. 16 April 1198)
- Leopold VI (d. 28 July 1230)
- ?Agnes
- ?Bertha
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Category:Year of birth uncertain
Category:12th-century Hungarian people
Category:12th-century Hungarian women
Category:12th-century Austrian people