hungary champion hungarian september king hungary death descended younger branch dynasty left hungary brothers andrew execution father settled poland married adelaide daughter king poland returned homeland invitation brother andrew meantime crowned andrew assigned administration called encompassed territory brothers relationship tense andrew son solomon crowned king forced publicly confirm solomon right throne assisted polish relatives rebelled brother introduced monetary reform subdued uprising aimed restoration hungary fatally injured throne collapsed sitting life childhood hungarian chronicles including simon record father cousin stephen king hungary sources add claimed brothers andrew fact sons bald brother chronicles refer gossip claiming brothers father illegitimate sons born girl clan modern historians accept reports reliability unanimously write brothers sons born debated second son view represented example polish historian hungarian scholars write probably derived turkish noble connected slavic word white biblical exile king stephen son survived infancy died september strongest claim succeed king monarch inclined favored sister son order ensure nephew succession stephen blinded brothers fled kingdom settled condition life poor mean moved poland received warm reception king according hungarian chronicles participated polish expedition pagan defeated duke single combat narrates polish monarch praised strength bestowed tribute king gave daughter named adelaide marriage granted quantity land says baptized marriage time refused pay yearly tribute duke poland subject duke set exact force arms tribute poles christians agreed leaders meet duel fell defeated render customary tribute pole loss duke sons fear duel fought presented interpreter spoke pleasing poles lord duke birth pagan fight advantage kingdom honour duke pleasing poles met combat armed said struck horse spot fallen sword duke confessed fault seeing submitted duke poland paid accustomed tribute king died son heir forced leave poland period anarchy followed lasted returned according staying poland period administered kingdom absent brother law hand polish historian writes brothers contrast unanimous report hungarian chronicles arrived poland doubt andrew departed poland according want live life duke poland court regarded brothers duke hungary leaving poland andrew settled returned hungary rebellion dominated broke king andrew proclaimed king died year andrew childless decided invite hungary having lost brother sent poland brother calling great love saying shared poverty labour ask beloved brother come companions joy share good things kingdom presence heir brother shall heir shall succeed kingdom won words came king family king saw great joy fortified brother strength king brother held council divided kingdom parts remained royal majesty power duke division kingdom seed wars kings hungary urged brother returned received kingdom title duke encompassed large territories eastern northern borders including regions slovakia possessed wide range royal including half bore inscription duke according century timber earth walls fortress erected reign brothers closely collaborated subsequent years according worked military strategy germans frequently invading kingdom early writes champion connected fighting germans chronicler emphasizes andrew lived great peace andrew fathered son solomon lords witnessing deed foundation monastery brother established brothers good relationship deteriorated king andrew child solomon crowned king coronation consequence peace negotiations germans marriage solomon sister young german monarch solomon right succeed father declared publicly confirmed andrew determined secure throne son invited manor king offered brother seemingly free choice crown sword symbols royal power respectively ordered murdered chose crown having informed brother secret plan partisans royal court opted sword departed poland meeting returned hungary autumn polish troops duke bold poland provided time german reinforcements arrived hungary assist ensuing civil war ended victory defeated brother successive battles fought river king seriously injured died soon afterward partisans took son child solomon germany reign crowned king december ordered wives sons property followed nephew germany protected kept safe sound induced solomon partisans reconcile rule return hungary reformed introduced large coins silver circulation order stabilize new currency prices eliminated black market ordered weekly markets held saturdays instead sundays kingdom historian says measure adversely affected jewish activities jews observed work saturdays decided discuss innovations representatives sent hungary summon elders gift speech village royal council according great crowd gathered demanded restoration murder collected army suppressed uprising days attempted conclude peace treaty purpose shortly coronation released german commanders assisted brother civil war young german monarch advisors refused proposals summer assembly german princes decided launch military expedition hungary restore young solomon throne planning favor nephew restored seriously injured throne broke beneath manor king half dead according taken western borders kingdom died creek september buried set following death sons sought refuge poland solomon ascended throne family married daughter king poland according eldest children kings hungary respectively born poland son born return hungary followed daughter named married later duke younger sister wife daughter queen king croatia unnamed daughter wife hungarian nobleman clan according historian fathered fifth daughter wife prince following family tree presents ancestry offspring relatives mentioned article lady writes member dynasty mentioned daughter specialists
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