andrew hungary catholic hungarian december king hungary descended younger branch dynasty spending years exile ascended throne extensive revolt pagan hungarians strengthened position christianity successfully defended independence efforts ensure succession son solomon resulted open revolt brother andrew force andrew suffered severe injuries fighting died brother crowned king early life childhood medieval sources provide contradictory reports parents andrew brothers instance chronicle life write father grandson grand prince hungarians medieval sources write relationship girl clan bore sons born true marriage bed according concurrent tradition preserved chronicles princes sons brother modern historians reject report agree andrew brothers sons clan according historian andrew second sons writes andrew born exile according medieval chronicles blinded reign cousin king stephen christian monarch hungary king ordered death son surviving infancy contemporary annals writes king ordered strong claim throne attempt ensure peaceful succession sister son source adds king expelled blinded cousin sons hungary according contrasting report hungarian chronicles king stephen wanted save young princes lives enemies royal court speed depart hungary having son died father life having sons stephen king good memory maternal uncle adopted appointed heir kingdom son disagreed stephen blinded kingdom sent little sons exile exiled hungary andrew brothers settled court came king poland likewise took refuge opponents expelled kingdom polish monarch regained crown returned poland andrew condition life poor mean followed received poland youngest married daughter andrew decided depart poland felt living poland brother shadow according simon hungarian chronicles preserved story fabulous details brothers ensuing instance andrew captured arrived europe having faced hardships andrew established court grand prince late grand prince gave daughter marriage andrew writes andrew time remained pagan baptized occasion having received permission polish monarch andrew left brother way receive lay head went seeing persons excellent bearing thought come spy land captive hungarian recognized certainly killed kept time departed russia return hungary meantime succeeded king stephen hungary alienated lords especially recognized according lords seeing people assembled romania agreed send envoys andrew order persuade return hungary fearing ambush brothers set agents sent hungary confirmed hungarians uprising king time brothers decided return revolt broken hungary dominated captured slaughtered andrew met rebels narrates urged allow people live according rites kill bishops clergy destroy churches throw christian faith worship idols source adds andrew gave demands fight king peter annals states andrew flock ready join andrew captured slaughtered including king peter decided flee hungary refugee austria andrew envoys tricked king return reached frontier captured blinded reign coronation hungarian lords opposed restoration preferred devout christian andrew pagan brother according eldest sons hungarian chronicles write died short time oppose brother ascension throne bishops survived pagan uprising crowned andrew quarter spring writes andrew crowned crown sent plaques golden crown unearthed slovakia 19th century andrew soon broke pagan supporters restored christianity declared pagan rites illegal according andrew white catholic connected events having secure disturbances enemies received crown royal city bishops escaped great slaughter christians performed ceremony coronation year lord proclamation people pain death lay aside pagan rites permitted return true faith christ live things according law king stephen taught wars contemporaneous narrates andrew sent frequent envoys humble emperor proposing annual tribute faithful service emperor recognized reign andrew persuaded brother return poland hungary granted brother kingdom title duke comprised regions centered slovakia skirmishes frontier hungary occurred emperor henry invaded hungary august andrew successfully applied earth tactics imperial troops forced withdraw legend says near named hungarian discarded retreating german soldiers andrew initiated new peace negotiations emperor promised pay annual tribute offers refused summer emperor returned hungary laid siege slovakia swimmer scuttled emperor ships pope peace treaty emperor lifted siege withdrew hungary andrew soon refused fulfill promises allied duke bavaria prominent opponent emperor king hungarians inclined send envoys promises concerning peace treaty emperor laid siege fortress long time attacked machines war god aided besieged called efforts frustrated means capture lord intervened request peace called emperor end siege pope found emperor respects agreement discovering contrary advice angry threatened mocking succession crisis death andrew queen gave birth son named solomon andrew attempted son succession secure brother strong claim succeed andrew according traditional principle brothers relationship deteriorate immediately solomon birth deed foundation monastery established andrew duke listed lords witnessing act charter primarily written latin contains earliest extant text military road leads written hungarian andrew established orthodox orthodox monastery near book law king hungary refers estate survey judge king andrew duke according royal domains registered survey took place andrew suffered stroke paralyzed attempt strengthen son claim throne child solomon crowned year long period beginning autumn purpose andrew arranged engagement son daughter late emperor sister new german monarch september according episode narrated hungarian chronicles king invited duke meeting meeting andrew seemingly offered brother freely choose crown sword symbols kingdom respectively previously informed partisans andrew court murdered king order opted crown chose sword actually intention claim succeed brother favor nephew fled poland sought military assistance poland support returned hungary head polish troops hand empress governed minor son sent bohemian saxon troops assist andrew decisive battle fought regions east river andrew suffered injuries lost battle attempted flee brother partisans routed annals narrates wagons horses battlefield deadly wounded battlefield andrew seized taken brother partisans treated neglect according andrew died royal manor brother crowned king december andrew buried church family andrew wife daughter grand duke wise wife daughter king sweden andrew married born child adelaide born wife initially duke king andrew son solomon born second son david years later solomon david fathered sons male line andrew family died death end 11th century king david brother children seed king perished believe act god return brother hungary purpose gaining kingdom permitted evil men kill christians medieval chronicles write andrew natural son named george village popular orthodox believers says mother russian lady waiting andrew queen theory clan scotland descended george widely accepted scholars following family tree presents andrew ancestry offspring relatives mentioned article lady writes member dynasty gallery
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