189110360. King Geza II of Hungary & 189110361. Queen Euphrosyne of Kiev
[––Almos
& Bela––]
~1105, Bela
born in Hungary, s/o §§Duke Almos of Hungary (b.~1080).
1112-15,
[Geza’s father] Bela, and Duke Almos [father of Bela], blinded on the order of
Almos’ brother King Coloman of Hungary. [Almos had been trying to overthrow
Coloman.] Almos and Bela were put in the monastery of Domos.
1116, Stephen
II, s/o Coloman, succeeded.
1125, Almos
fled the monastery to Constantinople.
9/1127, Almos
died in Constantinople.
[––Bela
& Geza––]
By 1129,
Stephen II, having no heirs, and joyous on learning that Bela was alive,
arranged for his marriage to Helena, giving them Tolna.
1130, Geza
born in Tolna, Hungary, eldest s/o §§King Béla ‘the Blind’ of Hungary & Queen Helena of Rascia. [Rascia near Kosovo, Russia.]
~1130, Euphrosyne
born in Kiev, d/o §§Grand Prince Mstislav Vladimirovich of Novgorod & Princess
Cristina Ingesdotter of Sweden.
4/1131,
Geza’s father Bela succeeded his cousin, King Stephen II.
1131, Queen
Helena took Géza and his younger brother, Ladislaus, to an assembly held at
Arad, where she ordered the massacre of 68 noblemen by whose counsel Bela had
been blinded.
1132, Boris,
s/o King Coloman’s 2nd wife who had been repudiated for adultery,
invaded Hungary from Poland.
7/22/1132,
Bela’s forces allied with Austrians defeated Boris at a battle on the river
Sajó.
1133, 1134,
1137, and 1139, Bela was visited by his ally Soběslav I of Bohemia.
6/1139, Bela
arranged the engagement of his daughter Sophia with Henry, son of the new
German king Conrad III.
[––Geza––]
2/13/1141,
Bela ‘the blind’ died, buried in the Székesfehérvár Cathedral. Geza succeeded
his father Bela, his mother and her brother Belos acting as guardians.
2/16/1141,
Geza crowned King.
1141, Geza,
‘By the Grace of God, King of Hungary, Dalmatia, Croatia and Rama’ signed a
charter confirming the privileges of the citizens of Split in Dalmatia.
1145, Boris
Kalamanos, a pretender to the crown of Hungary, led German mercenaries into
Hungary and captured the fortress of Pressburg.
1146, Geza,
of age, invaded Austria in retaliation for previous incursions into his lands.
[––Geza
& Euphrosyne––]
1146,
Euphrosyne’s father died, her brother Iziaslav succeeding.
8/1146, Geza
married Euphrosyne.
9/11/1146,
Geza won the Battle of the Fischa on the border between Hungary and Austria.
6/1147,
German crusaders marched through Hungary on their way to the Holy Land.
8/1147,
French crusaders journeyed through Hungary.
1148-1155,
Geza supported Iziaslav II of Kiev [Geza’s brother-in-law] in Kiev-local
conflicts.
1154, Géza
invaded the Byzantine Empire and laid siege to Braničevo.
10/1154, Pope
Anastasius IV declared Géza's rule in Dalmatia unlawful.
1158-60, Géza
supported Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, against the Lombard League.
1/1158, Géza
accepted Emperor Frederick Barbarossa as arbitrator in his conflict with his
younger brother Stephen.
9/1/1159,
Pope Adrian IV died. The Cardinals split and 2 Popes were elected.
1161, Geza
changed alliegance from Pope Victor IV to Pope Alexander III, promising the
Pope to not depose or transfer prelates with his consent.
5/31/1162,
Geza died, his son Stephen succeeding.
Family notes:
Abū Hāmid stated that every country feared Géza's
attack, because of the many armies he has at his disposal and his great
courage, also observing that Geza employed Muslim soldiers. (S) The Travels of
Abū Hāmid al-Andalusī al-Gharnātī, 1130-55, P.82-3.
Child
of Geza and Euphrosyne:
i. Stephen of Hungary, born ? in Hungary.
1172,
Stephen died; his brother succeeding.
ii. Bela III of Hungary (94555180) born ~1150 in
Hungary.
iii. Elizabeth of Hungary, born ? in Hungary.
1157, Elizabeth married to Frederick of Bohemia.
iv. Odola of Hungary, born ? in Hungary.
Odala married to Sviatopluk of Bohemia.
v. Helena of Hungary, born by 1162 in Hungary.
1174, Helean married to Leopold V of Austria.
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