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.