hungary blind hungarian croatian february king hungary croatia blinded rebellious father order brother king hungary grew monasteries reign son childless king arranged marriage husband ruler reign crowned king months death implying accession throne happen opposition violent carried partisans predecessors strengthen rule king alleged son tried king allies defeated troops second half reign hungary adopted active foreign policy bosnia split accepted early years son younger brother hungary wife historians write born devised plots brother retaliation king deprived ambitions child blinded secure peaceful succession son stephen according versions events recorded king ordered soldier charged task refused execute order king took duke infant son blinded gave orders infant man instructed blind feared god royal line dog brought king lived monastery founded write probable lived father monastery relates child growing reign son stephen ascended throne having hatched failed plot king left monastery fled constantinople unknown reasons follow father byzantine_empire narrates kept concealed hungary fury king settled abbot sheltered secret died exile september according partisans revealed king believed died alive hearing king stephen great joy knew doubt heir king arranged marriage granted couple king died early late source ottoman turkish chronicle known narrates ascended throne predecessor nephew nominated heir died crowned april reliability report scholarly consensus exact circumstances ascension exists according crowned civil war partisans mention conflict related succession reign consolidation prevented kingdom assistance trust wife brother royal private charters reign emphasize queen pre eminent role decision making process proving king regarded wife ruler according assembly realm near early ordered slaughter accused having suggested husband king distributed goods executed newly established early 11th century good terms interests poland empire polish monarch decided support hungarian crown named born king second wife mother adultery arrived poland number hungarian joined sent invite come help claim kingdom according accompanied polish reinforcements broke hungary entered alliance austria launching counter attack council river relates king asked eminent men hungary present knew son king king partisans attacked murdered proved divided minds meeting thought majority hungarian lords supported claim vain sent partisans camp king mutiny proposed assembly king openly publicly insult approved hope gave great thanks wanted complete begun thought king insulted kingdom king taken station near river sat tent nobles soldiers entered said king dog kingdom better lord kingdom live monastery father nobles realm son king said count waiting seize seize hastily horse fled tried persuade polish monarch stop supporting remained loyal decisive battle fought river july hungarian austrian troops defeated allies expansion iii poland assist battle allies invaded poland year regularly visited court czech monarch persuaded holy roman emperor force iii abandon recognize rule hungary august hungary adopted policy attempts chronicler thomas relates enjoyed great favor kings hungary visited court report suggests split accepted interpretation sources universally accepted historians exact circumstances surrounding submission bosnia unknown region accepted resistance historian writes northeastern regions province formed queen hungarian army penetrated valley tributary assumed title king token new conquest permanent occupation region proven hungarian troops participated campaign launched strengthened alliance purpose gave financial support missions arranged engagement daughter henry son new german king june years according hungarian chronicles years life took advantage receive grants alcoholic ordered execution innocent men died february february thursday buried established rule kingdom wine found asked king grant delivered religious orders hands enemies killed cause family married initiation cousin king stephen beginning daughter wife anna origin uncertain queen gave birth children future king hungary born brothers stephen born early daughter royal couple born died nun abbey engagement germany broken youngest daughter born married poland following family tree presents ancestors relatives mentioned article second wife children mother uncertain
Béla II of Hungary