Elizabeth, the daughter of King Andrew II …
Years: 1227 - 1227
Elizabeth, the daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary, widowed at twenty by the death of Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia, in 1227, enters the newly founded Franciscan third order and places herself under Konrad’s spiritual direction, at whose behest Elizabeth enters a life of extreme austerity, devoting herself to charitable activities.
Locations
People
Groups
- Papal States (Republic of St. Peter)
- Hungary, Kingdom of
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Thuringia, Landgraviate of
- Franciscans, or Order of St. Francis
