Tomasina Morosini

Tomasina Morosini
Duchess of Slavonia
Born	c. 1250 Republic of Venice
Died	1296 or 1297 Kingdom of Hungary
Buried	San Michele in Isola
Noble family	Morosini
Spouse(s)	Stephen the Posthumous
Issue	Andrew III of Hungary
Father	Michele Morosini
Mother	Agnese Cornaro

Tomasina with her son Andrew

Tomasina Morosini (also Tommasina or Thomasina; c. 1250 – 1296 or 1297), Duchess of Slavonia, was a member of the prominent Venetian Morosini family. Her son was Andrew III "the Venetian", King of Hungary.

Early life

Tomasina was born around 1250 into the influential and powerful Morosini family, as the daughter of Michele Morosini, a patrician of Venice, who was podestà of Faenza in 1240. Her mother was Agnese Cornaro, of the "dalla Sbarra" branch of the House of Cornaro. When Tomasina was born, her grandfather Marino Morosini was the incumbent Doge of Venice from 1249 to 1253. Tomasina had a brother Albertino, also an influential Venetian governor of several cities since the 1270s, and a sister Geneure.

In 1263 she married Stephen the Posthumous, Prince of Hungary in Venice where he was living in exile. His paternity was disputed by his brothers born from their father's earlier marriage and he was not recognized as heir presumptive to the Hungarian throne. Tomasina gave birth to a son, Andrew III, King of Hungary (ruled 1290-1301), who was named after his grandfather, Andrew II.

She supported her son's claim to the Hungarian throne. After the death of King Ladislaus IV, Prince Andrew succeeded to gain the kingdom and he was crowned King of Hungary in the name of Andrew III in 1290. He summoned his mother to Hungary and appointed her Princess of Slavonia.

Allegedly she was poisoned in 1300, shortly before her son's death on 14 January 1301 which was also rumoured to have been caused by poisoning. He was the last king of the House of Árpád.

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