hungary hungarian croatian early king hungary croatia ruled father king crowned child denying crown uncle year reign venice occupied stephen restored rule province reign characterized frequent wars neighbouring countries early years till stephen twin brother sons queen sicily according born year lord stephen named king hungary implying father heir birth document written approximately makes mention stephen renowned king proving year old son crowned king time stephen coronation demonstrated intention secure succession son ambitious brother rebelled king opposed plan left hungary sought assistance holy roman emperor followed appeal poland efforts ended failure submitted returned hungary abortive attempts following decade order bring end menace plots presented stephen succession little son blinded fell ill early brother imprisoned narrates dying king instructed son great men invade order vengeance failure siege poland died february reign wars internal conflicts stephen crowned king thirty days father death peaceful succession showed effectiveness measures implemented prevent throne advice stephen initiated meeting duke order improve countries relations deteriorated previous decade monarchs met river marked border realms lack mutual confidence hindered opening negotiations leading armed conflicts evolved battle battlefield bohemian army inflicted defeat stephen troops contemporaneous prague blamed young king advisors later medieval hungarian chronicles completed kings descending stephen opponent wrote king acted consulting advisors nature hungarian people energy mighty strength powerful military arms sufficient fight king lands death king princes sent duke renew confirm new king named stephen ancient peace friendship came separates realms hungary immediately hungarian people sands drops rain covered surface land field like scripture says land king child princes pride duke peaceful words sent replies stir strife bring kiss peace conquered island year reign returned head venetian fleet july hungarian troops arrived relieve towns including split surrendered venice terminating coastline adriatic_sea hungarian troops able defeat died battle near enabling split rejoin sovereignty hungarian monarch new invaded year truce concluded confirmed status quo seizure venice stephen troops launched raid austria provoking counter attack austria later year duke supported northwestern regions despite brother fled hungary settled stephen court stephen married daughter early wrote stephen marriage alliance partly directed norman princes pope staunch supporters suggesting marriage continued father foreign policy according stephen married daughter stephen cousin daughter uncle adelaide husband expelled arrived hungary early according stephen received acknowledging relative implies relations uncle time year young king launched military expedition order assist expelled prince regain throne assassinated beginning siege seat stephen decided continue war according commanders threatened continued aggression forcing stephen lift siege return hungary line stood king said lord thing death multitude soldiers castle appoint lord choose nobles remain wish abandon kingdom barons storm castle wish storm storm returning hungary choose king order nobles announced camp hungarians return possible hungary king saw deprived help people returned hungary taking advantage absence venetian fleet adriatic_sea naval expedition levant stephen invaded half charter confirming liberation split july evidence central regions returned rule return venetian towns surrendered according citizens resist army city razed foundations according blind fearing death hands king stephen fled byzantine_empire partisans followed emperor settled town macedonia byzantine historian confirmed emperor looked favorably received kindness added stephen sent envoys emperor demanded expelled byzantine_empire request rejected sources specify date fled likely occurred circa wrote forced flee hungary taken advantage stephen failures stephen stephen met new duke wife october meeting monarchs brought end hostilities countries year stephen concluded agreement years according byzantine chronicler citizens byzantine town attacked plundered hungarians come byzantine empire trade worst crimes retaliation stephen decided wage war byzantine_empire relates childless stephen ordered succession throne death son sister reign chronicle specify date event says stephen probably declared heir half byzantine_empire stephen broke empire summer troops sacked belgrade plundered regions bulgaria returning hungary response emperor marched hungary defeated royal troops battle captured richest land hungary serbia stephen unable participate fighting happened body midst land according said illness expected death chronicle added went far elect kings counts regaining health stephen executed expelled kingdom wrote second campaign stephen byzantine_empire hungarian troops supported czech reinforcements command took storm destroyed fortress emperor forced retreat sue peace writes resulting peace treaty signed october going second time emperor john rebuild time task army suffering winter weather lack severe distress learned hungarians king decided cross danube quickly possible attack unexpectedly hungarians land woman latin birth outstanding wealth distinction sending emperor revealed planned unable engage equivalent force stated army overcome disease lack fortified city possible withdrew years stephen believed cousin died blinded orders stephen father having learnt alive king great joy according granted town arranged marriage recounts stephen showed blatant identified historians arrived hungary years tolerated crimes committed subjects causing revolt death stephen laid aside royal state took habit monk died spring source recorded exact date death biographies wrote died march buried romania family according stephen wish marry wife took advisors kingdom sorry state king heir persuaded marry chose daughter late robert monarch wife recorded stephen died childless following family tree presents stephen ancestors relatives mentioned article second wife children mother uncertain
Stephen II of Hungary