Michael, Magyar Prince

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: Michael's name was also spelt Mihály.

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Name:
He was also the Kuman of Samogy, and the Regent of Poland.

Family/Spouse: Adelaide of Poland. Adelaide (daughter of Mieszko I) died after 997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ladislas I "the Blind", King of Hungary died about 1040.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 955; His army was defeated by Otto the Great.

Taksony married wife, Princess of the Kumans in 947 in Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 933; Zoltan was the Magyar leader of the invasions of western and southern Europe. He was defeated by. the Saxons in 933 near Merseburg while invading Germany.

Zoltán married daughter of Marót. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title(s): 886; He became the Prince of the Magyars.
• Military: 889; He led the emigration from Dnieper steppes to conquer Hungary and Transylvania in 889. He molded Hungary into a unified state and laid the foundations for its future.

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Buried:
Following Magyar custom, his body was burnt, and his ashes buried near a brook. His descendants built a church, the White Church of the Virgin, on that spot.

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Name:
Marót's name was also speltMaroth. He was the Khagan of Jewish Khazars between the rivers of Theiss and Szamos.