In this episode of The Story of Hungary, we explore the life of Saint Margaret of Hungary, a Dominican nun who was born into the Árpád dynasty and devoted herself to a life of prayer and penance. Her story weaves together royal politics, the Mongol invasion, and the founding of a convent on the Isle of Hares. We follow her from her birth in Klis Fortress during the Mongol invasion, through her childhood in the Dominican monastery at Veszprém, to her final vows on Margaret Island in Buda. We examine the legends of her asceticism, her dedication to serving the sick, and the political pressure she faced to marry — pressure she resisted until her early death at twenty-eight. Margaret's beatification and eventual canonization, along with the Habsburgs' later attempts to use her cult, show how a saint's memory can serve different political ends. Join Lucas and Luna as they uncover the life of a princess who chose the cloister over the crown, and what her story says about medieval Hungary's relationship with the papacy, the Dominicans, and the Holy Crown itself.
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