Béla I, king of Hungary

Known as “the Champion” or “the Wisent”.

Baptismal name: Adalbert.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1015-1020.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Kristó and Makk.

Date of Death: 11 September 1063.

Place of Death: Kinisza creek.

Place of Burial: Szekszárd Abbey.

The place is given by Gyöeffy.

Relationships

Father: Vazul, prince of Hungary.

This relationship is given by Magyar Életrajzi Lexicon and by Gyöeffy.

Mother: unknown.

The Illuminated Chronicle, composed in the 14th century, states that she was a member of the Tátony clan.

Spouse: a daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, king of Poland.

This relationship is given by Magyar Életrajzi Lexicon, by Balzer, and by Gyöeffy.

Children (by the daughter of Mieszko II Lambert):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Géza I (before 1048 - 25 April 1077), king of Hungary, married (1) Sophie; a daughter of Theodulas Synadenos.

Sophia (died 18 June 1095) married (1) Ulric I, margrave of Carniola and Istria; married (1) Magnus, duke in Saxony.

László I (died 20 June 1095), king of Hungary, married Adelheid von Rheinfelden.

Euphemia (died 2 April 1111) married Otto I, duke of Brno and Olmütz.

Lambert.

Ilona married Zvonimir Dmitar, king of Croatia.

References

Balzer, Oswald. Genealogia Piastów (Krakow:1895).

“Béla I” in Magyar Életrajzi Lexicon 1000-1990.

Engel, Pál. The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary 895-1526 (2001). 

Gyöeffy, G. "Béla I." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 2 (Stuttgart: 1983).

Kristó, Gyula and Ferenc Makk. Arpaden I genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.