St. Lászlo I, King of Hungary

Lászlo married Adela von Rheinfelden in 1077. Adela (daughter of Rudolf von Rheinfelden and Adelheid of Savoy) died in 1079. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Eirene of Hungary was born about 1078; died on 13 Aug 1134.

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From Leo van de Pas:

Béla was born about 1016, the third son of Vazul (Basil) 'the Blind' of Hungary, and younger brother of András I, who was crowned king after the Vatha pagan rising.

In 1048 András conferred on Béla one third of Hungary as appanage ('Tercia pars Regni'), making him Duke of the Nitrian Frontier duchy, with Nitra its capital, and which included the southern Slovakian Nitrian principality and the north-eastern historic Hungarian Bihar region (not identical to the later Bihar).

The two brothers shared power without incident until 1053, when András fathered a son Salomon. Thereafter András became determined to secure the throne for his son and to displace his brother. András therefore had Salomon, Béla's nephew, crowned future king in 1057. According to legend, András placed before Béla a crown and a sword, representing royal and ducal power, respectively, and asked Béla to take his choice. Knowing that choosing the crown would mean his life, Béla instead selected the sword. In 1059 Béla fled to Poland where he was received by his brother-in-law Kazimierz I Karol, king of Poland, brother of Béla's wife Richeza. Béla and Richeza had eight children, of whom five would have progeny, and two, Geisa I and Lászlo I, would be kings of Hungary.

In 1060 Béla returned to Hungary and defeated András I to become the new king. After András' death, Béla was crowned king on 6 December 1060. During his brief reign he concerned himself with crushing pagan revolts in his kingdom. In 1063 Béla died in an accident when his throne's canopy collapsed. After his death the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich IV installed András I's son Salomon as the new king, and Belá's sons had to flee to Poland again.

Béla married Adelaide of Poland between 1039 and 1043. Adelaide (daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, King Of Poland and Richeza of Lotharingia) was born on 22 Sep 1013; died after 1051. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: 21 May 1075

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Traditionally called Richeza, but contemporary sources suggest that her actual name was a form of Adelaide.

There appears to be uncertainty as to whether she was actually a daughter of Mieszko II, King of Poland, and Richeza of Lotharingia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1038

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"The Blind." Also called Vászoly.

"[T]he only certain information of his life [is] that he was kept in captivity and blinded in the fortress of Nyitra (Nitra, Slovakia) in the last years of the reign of his cousin, King Stephen I of Hungary. Modern historians, including György Györffy, do not exclude that he had earlier been Duke of Nyitra. He is the forefather of nearly all Kings of Hungary who reigned after 1046." [Wikipedia]

Vazul married (Unknown lady of the Tátony clan). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Called on Leo van de Pas's site "Katun Comitopuli or Katalin of Bulgaria."

Mieszko married Richeza of Lotharingia in 1013. Richeza (daughter of Ezzo of Lotharingia and Mathilde von Sachsen) was born about 998; died on 21 Mar 1063 in Saalfield, Thuringia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Duke between Morava and Esztergom.

Possibly married to a Bulgarian princess of the Cometopuli dynasty.

Mihály married Adelajda of Poland. Adelajda died after 997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Possibly a daughter of Mieszko I of Poland.

Boleslaw married Emnilda of Lusatia. Emnilda (daughter of Dobromir, Ruler of Lusatia) was born between 970 and 975; died between 1013 and 1017. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count Palatine of Lotharingia.

Ezzo married Mathilde von Sachsen. Mathilde (daughter of Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and Theophano) was born in 979; died on 4 Dec 1025 in Echtz, Düren, Germany; was buried in Brauweiler Abbey, Pulheim near Cologne, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 973

Taksony married (Unknown Khazar, Pecheneg, or Volga Bulgarian wife of Taksony of Hungary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mieszko married Dobrawa of Bohemia in 955. Dobrawa (daughter of Boleslaus I of Bohemia and Biagota von Stockow) died in 977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count Palatine of Lotharingia.

Hermann married Helwig von Dillingen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Otto married Theophano. Theophano was born between 955 and 956; died on 15 Jun 991 in Nijmegen, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 896
• Alternate death: 949
• Alternate death: Abt 950

Zoltán married (Unknown daughter of Maroth). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Siemomysl. Supposedly a son of Lestek, son of Siemowit, making him the third pagan Polans duke of the Piast dynasty, but the actual existence of any of his claimed forbears is unclear. Ziemomyse's existence as the father of Poland's first Christian ruler, Mieszko I, is relatively well-attested.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: Abt 915
• Alternate death: 15 Jul 972

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Duke of Bohemia. Called "The Cruel" and "The Gruesome."

From Wikipedia:

Boleslav is notorious for the murder of his brother Wenceslaus, through which he became Duke of Bohemia. Wenceslaus was murdered during a feast; at precisely that time Boleslav's son was allegedly born. He received a strange name: Strachkvas, which means "a dreadful feast". Being remorseful for what he had done, Boleslav promised to devote his son to religion and educate him as a clergyman.

Despite the fratricide, Boleslav is generally respected by Czech historians as an energetic ruler who significantly strengthened the Bohemian state and expanded its territory. The pro-Christian religious policies pursued by Wenceslaus do not appear to have been a cause for Boleslav's fratricide, since Boleslav in no way impeded the growth of Christianity in Bohemia, and in fact actually sent his daughter Mlada, a nun, to the Pope in Rome to ask permission to make Prague a bishopric.

Boleslaus married Biagota von Stockow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Count in Keldachgau and Count in Zülpichgau in 942; in Bonngau in 945; in Hattuariergau in 947; in Tubalgau in 948; and in Hubbgelrath in 950. He was also Count in the Belgian county of Huy, and guardian (Vogt) of the abbey of Stablo.

Ehrenfried married Richwara. Richwara died on 10 Jul 963. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hucbald married Dietbirg von Schwaben. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Otto married St. Adelaide of Italy in 951. Adelaide (daughter of Rudolph II, King of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia) was born about 931; died on 16 Dec 999 in Seltz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"Adelaide of Italy, also called Adelaide of Burgundy, was the second wife of Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great and was crowned as the Holy Roman Empress with him by Pope John XII in Rome on February 2, 962. Empress Adelaide was perhaps the most prominent European woman of the 10th century; she was regent of the Holy Roman Empire as the guardian of her grandson in 991-995." [Wikipedia]