When Agnes of Antioch was born in 1154, in Versailles, Seine-et-Oise, France, her father, Renaud I de Châtillon Prince d’Antioche, was 29 and her mother, Constança da Antioquia, was 27. She married Árpád-házi Béla III. Magyar király in 1170. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died in 1184, in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary, at the age of 30, and was buried in Brazil.
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German: possibly a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from orfe, a species of freshwater fish. Alternatively, a habitational name from Urff near Kassel, formerly Orpha.
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Possible Related NamesAgnès de Châtillon ou Agnès d'Antioche, née vers 1154 et morte en 1184, est une reine de Hongrie, épouse du roi Béla III. Elle est la fille de Renaud de Châtillon, prince d'Antioche par son premier m …
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