ANDREW II. (1 1 7 5-123 5) , king of Hungary, son of Bela III., succeeded his nephew, the infant Ladislas III., in 1205. By his reckless generosity Andrew impoverished the crown, and made the monarchy dependent on the great feudatories, who reduced Hungary to a state bordering on anarchy. His first wife, Gertrude of Meran, was murdered (Sept. 24 1213) by rebellious nobles. In 1217 Andrew set out for the Holy Land with , an army of 15,00o men, about io,000 of whom sailed from Venice to Acre. The expedition failed, and on Andrew's return the barons extorted from him the Golden Bull which has been called the Hungarian Magna Carta. Andrew was thrice married. St. Elizabeth of Hun gary was his daughter by his first wife, Gertrude.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.-NO special monograph for the whole reign exists, Bibliography.-NO special monograph for the whole reign exists, but there is a good description of Andrew's crusade in Reinhold Roehricht, Geschichte des Konigreiches Jerusalem (Innsbruck, 1898): The best account of Andrew's government is in Laszlo Szalay's History of Hungary (Hung.), vol. i. (Leipzig and Budapest, 1851-62).