Conflicts with his son and the Church (1222–1234) Andrew II of Hungary
andrew s statute on heroes square in budapest
in 1228, andrew authorized son, béla, revise previous land grants. pope honorius supported béla s efforts. béla confiscated domains of 2 noblemen, simon kacsics , bánk bár-kalán, had taken part in conspiracy murder queen gertrude. in 1229, upon béla s proposal, andrew confirmed privileges of cuman chieftains had subjected béla. robert, archbishop of esztergom, made complaint andrew holy see, because andrew continued employ jews , muslims. pope gregory ix authorized archbishop perform acts of religious censure persuade andrew dismiss non-christian officials. under duress, andrew issued new golden bull in 1231, confirmed muslims banned employment, , empowered archbishop of esztergom excommunicate king if failed honor provisions of new golden bull. in second half of year, andrew invaded halych , restored youngest son, andrew, throne.
archbishop robert excommunicated palatine denis , put hungary under interdict on 25 february 1232, because employment of jews , muslims continued despite golden bull of 1231. since archbishop accused muslims of persuading andrew seize church property, andrew restored properties archbishop, suspended interdict. upon andrew s demand, pope gregory sent cardinal giacomo pecoraria legate hungary , promised nobody excommunicated without pope s special authorization. although andrew departed halych support youngest son in fight against daniel romanivich, continued negotiations papal legate. on 20 august 1233, in forests of bereg, vowed not employ jews , muslims administrate royal revenues, , pay 10,000 marks compensation usurped church revenues. andrew repeated oath in esztergom in september.
andrew , frederick ii, duke of austria, signed peace treaty in late 1233. andrew, had been widowed, married 23-year-old beatrice d este on 14 may 1234, though sons sharply opposed third marriage. john, bishop of bosnia, put hungary under new interdict in first half of 1234, because andrew had not dismissed non-christian officials despite oath of bereg. andrew , archbishop robert of esztergom protested against bishop s act @ holy see.
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