Editing Stephen V of Hungary (section)

==Childhood (1239–1245)==
[[File:BelaIV-ChroniconPictum.jpg|thumb|left|150px|alt=King Béla IV |Stephen's father, King [[Béla IV of Hungary]] (from the ''[[Illuminated Chronicle]]'')]]
Stephen was the eighth child and first son of King [[Béla IV of Hungary]] and his wife, [[Maria Laskarina|Maria]], a daughter of [[Theodore I Lascaris]], [[Emperor of Nicaea]].{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=267, Appendix 4}} He was born in 1239.{{sfn|Makk|1994|p=294}} Archbishop [[Robert, Archbishop of Esztergom|Robert of Esztergom]] baptised him on 18 October.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=146}} The child, [[heir apparent]] from birth, was named after [[Stephen I of Hungary|Saint Stephen]], the first [[King of Hungary]].{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=267}}

Béla and his family, including Stephen, fled to [[Zagreb]] after the [[Mongols]] had annihilated the royal army in the [[Battle of Mohi]] on 11 April 1241.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=148}} The Mongols crossed the frozen [[Danube]] in February 1242 and the royal family ran off as far as the well-fortified [[Dalmatia]]n town of [[Trogir]].{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=267}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|pp=148–149}} The King and his family returned from Dalmatia after the Mongols unexpectedly withdrew from Hungary in March.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=149}}