Editing Stephen V of Hungary (section)

==Reign (1270–1272)==
[[File:Hungary 13th cent.png|thumb|right|alt=Map of the Kingdom of Hungary|[[Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)|Kingdom of Hungary]] in the second half of the 13th&nbsp;century]]
[[File:Thuróczy krónika - V. István király.jpg|thumb|King Stephen V as depicted in the ''[[Chronica Hungarorum]]'']]
The senior King died on 3 May 1270.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=107}} His daughter, Anna, seized the royal treasury and fled to Bohemia.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=107}}{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=272}} [[Henry I Kőszegi|Henry Kőszegi]], [[Nicholas Geregye]], and [[Lawrence I Aba|Lawrence Aba]]—Béla's closest advisors—followed her and handed over [[Kőszeg]], [[Borostyánkő]] (Bernstein, Austria) and their other castles along the western borders to Ottokar II.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=107}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}} Instead of leaving Hungary, [[Nicholas III Hahót|Nicholas Hahót]] garrisoned Styrian soldiers in his fort at [[Pölöske]], and made plundering raids against the nearby villages.{{sfn|Zsoldos|2007|p=127}} Stephen nominated his own partisans to the highest offices; for instance, [[Joachim Gutkeled]] became [[Ban of Slavonia]], and [[Matthew II Csák|Matthew Csák]] was appointed [[Voivode of Transylvania]].{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}} Stephen granted [[Esztergom County]] to Archbishop Philip who crowned him king in [[Esztergom]] on or after 17 May.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}}{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=33}}

The Polish chronicler [[Jan Długosz]] writes that Stephen made "a pilgrimage to the tomb of [[Stanislaus of Szczepanów|St. Stanisław]]"<ref name=Dlugosz>''The Annals of Jan Długosz'' (A.D. 1270), p. 213.</ref> in [[Kraków]] and visited his brother-in-law, [[Bolesław V the Chaste|Boleslaw the Chaste]], [[Duke of Kraków]] at the end of August.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}} The two monarchs renewed "the old alliance between Hungary and Poland" and entered into an alliance "to have the same friends and the same enemies".{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}}<ref name=Dlugosz/> Stephen also met Ottokar II on an island of the Danube near [[Pressburg]] (present-day Bratislava, Slovakia), but they only concluded a truce.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=272}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=164}}

Stephen launched a plundering raid into Austria around 21 December.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|pp=164–165}} King Ottokar invaded the lands north of the Danube in April 1271 and captured a number of fortresses, including [[Dévény]] (now Devín, Slovakia), Pressburg and [[Nagyszombat]] (present-day Trnava, Slovakia).{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=33}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} Ottokar routed Stephen at Pressburg on 9 May, and at [[Mosonmagyaróvár]] on 15 May, but Stephen won the decisive battle on the [[Rábca River]] on 21 May.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} Ottokar withdrew from Hungary and Stephen chased his troops as far as [[Vienna]].{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} The two kings' envoys reached [[Peace of Pressburg (1271)|an agreement in Pressburg]] on 2 July.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=33}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} According to their treaty, Stephen promised that he would not assist Ottokar's opponents in Carinthia, and Ottokar renounced the castles he and his partisans held in Hungary.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=107}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} The Hungarians soon recaptured Kőszeg, Borostyánkő and other fortresses along the western border of Hungary.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} 
[[File:Funeral Crown of Stephen V Hungarian King.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Stephen V's funeral crown |Stephen's funeral crown]]
According to the ''Life'' of Stephen's saintly sister, [[Saint Margaret of Hungary|Margaret]], who had died on 18 January 1270,{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=163}} Stephen was present when the first miracle attributed to her occurred on the first anniversary of her death.{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=224}} Stephen, in fact, initiated Margaret's canonization at the [[Holy See]] in 1271.{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=224}} In the same year, Stephen granted [[Székesfehérvár laws|town privileges]] to the citizens of [[Győr]].{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}} He also confirmed the liberties of the [[Zipser|Saxon]] "guests" in the [[Szepesség]] region (present-day Spiš, Slovakia), contributing to the development of their autonomous community.{{sfn|Segeš|2011|p=44}} On the other hand, Stephen protected the Archbishop of Esztergom's rights against the [[Nobles of the Church (Kingdom of Hungary)|conditional nobles]] of the archbishopric who attempted to get rid of their obligations.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=165}}

Ban Joachim Gutkeled kidnapped Stephen's ten-year-old son and heir, [[Ladislaus IV of Hungary|Ladislaus]] and imprisoned him in the castle of [[Koprivnica]] in the summer of 1272.{{sfn|Engel|2001|p=107}}{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}} Stephen besieged the fortress, but could not capture it.{{sfn|Érszegi|Solymosi|1981|p=166}} Stephen fell ill and was taken to the [[Csepel Island]]. He died on 6 August 1272.{{sfn|Bartl|Čičaj|Kohútova|Letz|2002|p=33}} Stephen was buried near to the tomb of his sister, Margaret, in the Monastery of the Blessed Virgin on Rabbits' Island.{{sfn|Kristó|Makk|1996|p=273}}{{sfn|Klaniczay|2002|p=225}}