Abt 931 - 972 (41 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Géza, Prince of Hungary (1.Taksony1) died on 1 Feb 997 in Hungary. Other Events and Attributes:
- History: Géza was baptized as an adult before 972 in Constantinople, Empire of the East.
Under Géza Hungary was slowly transformed into a Christian nation. He allowed missionaries and priest to enter the country and convert the people.
- Married: (1) Sarolta, the daughter of Gyula, Duke of Translyvania.
Issue:
1. Saint Stephen I, King of Hungary
- Married: (2) Adelajda "the White", Princess of Poland, the daughter of Ziemonysl, Prince of Poland. [Adelajda married Géza Prince of Hungary] She died in 997 in Hungary.
Issue:
1. Maria of Hungary
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Generation: 3
Generation: 4
6. | Béla I "the Boxer", King of Hungary (4.Ladislas3, 3.Michael2, 1.Taksony1) was born about 1016; died on 11 Sep 1063 in Hungary; was buried in Szekszárd Abbey, Szekszárd, Hungary. Other Events and Attributes:
- General Information: Béla's baptismal name was Adalbert.
- Moved To: 1031, Poland; In 1031 he left Hungary, together with his brothers, Levente and Andrew, after the execution of their father, Vazul. Béla settled in Poland
- Moved To: 1048, Hungary; In 1048 he returned to his homeland upon the invitation of his brother Andrew, who had in the meantime been crowned King of Hungary. Andrew assigned the administration of the so-called ducatus or "duchy", which encompassed around one-third of the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, to Béla.
- Rebellion: About 1057; The two brothers' relationship became tense when Andrew had his own son, Solomon, crowned king, and forced Béla to publicly confirm Solomon's right to the throne in 1057 or 1058. Béla, assisted by his Polish relatives, rebelled against his brother, defeated his brother in two successive battles fought at the river Tisza and at Moson, and dethroned him in 1060.
- Reign: From 1060 to 1063; King of Hungary
- Crowned: 6 Dec 1060, Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary; He was crowned King of Hungary on 6 Dec 1060 at Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. He ordered that "the wives and sons and all the property of all those who had followed" his nephew to Germany "should be protected and kept safe and sound",[41] which induced many of Solomon's partisans to reconcile themselves to Béla's rule and return to Hungary.
- Last Full Review: 24 Dec 2020
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Béla was fatally injured when his throne collapsed while he was sitting on it. Half dead, he was taken to the western borders of his kingdom, where he died at the creek Kinizsa.
Béla married Richeza, Princess of Hungary between 1039 and 1043. Richeza (daughter of Mieszko II, King of Poland and Richenza of Pfalz-Lorraine, Queen of Poland) was born in 1018; died after 1052. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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