glad duke glad bulgarian hungarian romanian glad serbian ruler present day romania serbia time hungarian conquest according written author known modern scholarship second half 12th century early 13th century earliest extant hungarian chronicle refer enemies conquering hungarians mentioned earlier annals chronicles wrote dozen persons including glad unknown primary sources hungarian conquest modern historians debate glad actual enemy fictitious person romanian historiography glad described romanian ruled historical region present day romania early 10th century according glad came bulgaria occupied assistance arrival wrote supported glad invading annihilated united army battle near presents ruled early 11th century according longer version life glad descendant background earliest record hungarians connected alliance group byzantine prisoners planning cross attempt return homeland north northwest black_sea group rebellious subjects known joined according byzantine emperor constantine states launched military expedition invaded bulgaria alliance byzantine_empire retaliation entered alliance jointly invaded lands forcing leave cross search new homeland attacking lands according contemporaneous hungarian conquest principal subject earliest extant hungarian chronicle scholars agree hungary ruled wrote king death according alternative theory author known served hungary starting complete work write duke lower invading opponents mentioned works written earlier centuries refer fights described earlier annals chronicles hand wrote local rulers including duke lord regions rivers ruler lands danube unknown primary sources eve hungarian conquest horse bits spear points graves unearthed german suggest settled soon conquest late archaeological finds lands south attributed dated late period written sources survival rule wider region instance byzantine historian wrote settlements destroyed invading byzantine army rich burial yielding weapons unearthed treasure mare important center power existed late period according archaeologist late survive 8th century launched series expeditions causing bulgaria reigned soon tried advantage fall invaded contemporaneous report mentioned conquest lived danube neighbors sent envoys emperor complaining vicious aggression seeking emperor assistance according inhabited lands according memorial inscription military commander drowned implying attempts expand rule region invaded suggesting controlled crossing points rivers according historian writes source contains contemporaneous information eastern regions 9th century according source actually list tribes inhabiting lands east empire fortified centers lived southernmost parts empire eastern land bordered bulgaria according alternative theory location primarily based emperor constantine report great center early medieval annihilated conquering identifies adding obviously slavic tribe rivers implies population speaking language inhabited early middle ages rivers received names 11th 12th centuries writes archaeological research proven existence settlements glad historians including pop earth wooden stone fortresses unearthed glad forts says dating sites uncertain narration glad according princes gave short description commanders decided invade territory princes told romans inhabited territory short continued princes prince informed leaders territory divided rulers local rulers prince listed glad taken possession land river castle help chapter wrote glad held power castle showing identified glad territory known explicitly referred glad prince country chapter write peoples inhabiting glad hand stated glad commanded great army horsemen foot soldiers army supported according romanian historians list peoples reflects time ethnic composition showing people inhabited region late 9th century writes reference supporting glad army shows glad sought assistance invading wrote glad come castle occupied help report reference assistance suggests glad subjected bulgaria according theory accepted historian pop writes attractive scholarly hypothesis proven says integral bulgaria late independent state glad rule death pop says reference glad arrival suggest glad bulgarian romanian region town densely populated glad probably south slavic origin according pop connection glad emphasized line born named defeated half 11th century according conquest according conquered lands danube western regions present day slovakia supreme head decided send army invade glad dispatched commanders named task commanders crossed halted advancing far weeks forced inhabitants region yield sons hostages continued army marched ford wanted cross river glad large army awaited bank day later brother lower half army try cross way order attack enemy command divisions crossed river stormed enemy camp battle slain glad decided retreat army annihilated writes glad took shelter castle marched borders laid siege forcing glad surrender days later short seized lived month according returned taking hostages booty sent envoy ask permission invade byzantine_empire pop writes glad survived defeat recovered parts exchange paying tribute descendant ruled territory decades later according glad modern historiography glad local rulers mentioned historians continuously debated reliability work published reference supporting glad key points scholarly debate arrive europe pop romanian historians identify saying hungarian word translated originally dubbed tribe according historians including reference peoples reflects ethnic composition late 13th century bulgaria romanian historiography glad presented local ruled territories inhabited time hungarian conquest pop list dozen place names wider region suggest settlements named glad instance village named monastery named mentioned respectively ottoman document referred villages named settlement named writes theory connection glad settlements considerably weak origins chronology place names far thoroughly studied says historical geography reflected accurately chronicle suggests knew geographical features region prove glad real person according historians invented local rulers named glad village monastery built scholars borrowed episodes narrative glad including connection story alleged descendant
Glad (duke)