hungary hungarian pronunciation hungarian april king hungary death eldest son king father died cousin solomon acquired crown german assistance forcing leave hungary returned polish reinforcements signed treaty solomon early treaty brother acknowledged rule solomon granted father encompassed closely solomon relationship tense king invaded february defeated battle victorious decisive battle march soon acquired throne solomon maintained rule regions present day slovakia years initiated peace negotiations cousin months life sons minors died succeeded brother early years eldest son future king hungary wife daughter king poland narrates brother born poland father banished hungary settled born according historians named grandfather uncle grand prince hungarians father returned hungary received kingdom title duke brother king arrived hungary father king fathered legitimate son declared heir according traditional principle preserved claim succeed brother andrew wife gave birth solomon king son crowned narrates child solomon king consent sons reference public act according contemporaneous text absent meeting sister german monarch engaged child solomon accompanied father left poland seek assistance king andrew returned polish reinforcements father influential advisors wrote persuaded father set free commanders german troops fighting andrew captured battle king died civil war partisans took solomon father crowned king december remained father principal advisor king grant son according offered hostage germans informed german court decided august invade hungary restore solomon germans refused offer died september days imperial troops entered hungary following father death offered accept solomon rule received father offer refused forced brothers leave hungary poland king poland provided reinforcements returned german troops hungary brothers wanted avoid new civil war agreement king solomon according treaty signed january brothers accepted solomon rule king granted father king cousins celebrated easter cathedral duke crown solomon head newcomer established kingdom king solomon afraid attack polish army retired time forces took safe station strongly fortified castle bishops religious men bring peaceful settlement especially bishop duke spirit gentle sweet restore kingdom solomon younger assume father held listened words wise laid aside ill feeling feast day king solomon duke peace hungarian people duke hungary according historians retained administration region present day slovakia gave eastern territories father centered present day romania brother hungarian historian likewise says division time probable historians write married german named time right silver half bore inscriptions duke kingdom hungary closely king instance jointly routed invading army plundered eastern territories kingdom present day romania identification invaders uncertain writes 15th century hungarian chronicles refer russian chronicle identifies modern historians concluded solomon relationship began siege byzantine fortress belgrade commander preferred surrender instead king byzantine envoys arrived hungarian camp fall belgrade negotiated division booty gave rise new conflict solomon accompanied king new campaign byzantine_empire brother stayed half troops conflict king cousins solomon main advisor wanted acquire domains solomon convinced needed foreign reinforcements attacking party concluded truce november april sent brothers poland seek assistance solomon meeting persuaded king break truce order unexpectedly attack hunting forest east river abbot monastery established father warned duke king plans royal army crossed river routed troops battle february battlefield came brother brother law accompanied czech reinforcements arrived hungary order assist solomon ensuing battle fought march troops stationed centre according battle changed standards order solomon planning attack allies won decisive victory forced king flee battlefield withdraw western frontier hungary castles secure garrisons soldiers taking possession entire kingdom reign according accepted throne insistence hungarians solomon taken refuge crowned royal king possession german monarch solomon brother law launched expedition hungary germans marched far applied earth tactics german commanders persuaded german monarch retreat hungary hearing emperor come policy gave instructions approach win patriarch emperor readily listened german promising money emperor turn patriarch gifts possessed love gold invented false stories induce emperor turn patriarch pretended dream interpretation emperor army wholly destroyed divine vengeance returned speed pretended likewise divine warnings early approached pope gregory vii obtain international recognition rule pope wanted advantage conflict solomon attempted persuade acknowledge holy obey pope asked byzantine emperor crown emperor sent gold bore legend faithful king hungary plaques splendid work art lower hungary end 12th century crowned king early year styled king hungarians grace god charter foundation present day slovakia married niece close advisor emperor solomon controlled royal troops command brother according considered crown favor solomon end year died april buried cathedral erected honor brother succeeded grave discovered center medieval cathedral august identified burial site leader excavations king celebrated christmas mass celebrated duly performed king instructed leave bishop king tears archbishop ecclesiastical said possessed kingdom crowned king promised restore kingdom solomon conditions firm peace right hold crown kingdom belonging crowned solomon hold parts kingdom held king sent king solomon letters setting forth terms peace passed feelings reconciliation found king fell ill april adorned virtues went way flesh devoted god catholic faith family married twice family wife married late unknown coronation married second wife niece future byzantine emperor uncertain wife bore children historians font mother adds fathered children known states brothers died apparently born following family tree presents ancestors relatives mentioned article second wife children mother uncertain children names unknown
Géza I of Hungary