Person:Coloman of Hungary (1)

Coloman _____, of Hungary
d.3 Feb 1116
  1. Coloman _____, of HungaryAbt 1070 - 1116
  2. Prince Álmos of HungaryAbt 1075 - 1129
  • HColoman _____, of HungaryAbt 1070 - 1116
  • WFelicia of SicilyAbt 1078 - Abt 1102
m. May 1097
  1. Stephen II _____, of Hungary1101 - 1131
  2. Unknown daughter of Coloman of Hungary
m. 1112
Facts and Events
Name Coloman _____, of Hungary
Alt Name Kalman _____
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1070 Esztergom, Komárom-Esztergom, HungaryHouse of Arpad
Marriage May 1097 to Felicia of Sicily
Marriage 1112 to Eufemia of Kiev
Death[1] 3 Feb 1116
Reference Number? Q83066?


the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia

Coloman the Learned, also the Book-Lover or the Bookish (; ; ; 10703February 1116) was King of Hungary from 1095 and King of Croatia from 1097 until his death. Because Coloman and his younger brother Álmos were underage when their father Géza I died, their uncle Ladislaus I ascended the throne in 1077. Ladislaus prepared Colomanwho was "half-blind and humpbacked", according to late medieval Hungarian chroniclesfor a church career, and Coloman was eventually appointed bishop of Eger or Várad (Oradea, Romania) in the early 1090s. The dying King Ladislaus preferred Álmos to Coloman when nominating his heir in early 1095. Coloman fled from Hungary but returned around 19 July 1095 when his uncle died. He was crowned in early 1096; the circumstances of his accession to the throne are unknown. He granted the Hungarian Duchyone-third of the Kingdom of Hungaryto Álmos.

In the year of Coloman's coronation, at least five large groups of crusaders arrived in Hungary on their way to the Holy Land. He annihilated the bands who were entering his kingdom unauthorized or pillaging the countryside, but the main crusader army crossed Hungary without incident. He invaded Croatia in 1097, defeating its last native king Petar Svačić. Consequently, he was crowned king of Croatia in 1102. According to the late 14th-century Pacta conventa (the authenticity of which is not universally accepted by scholars), he was only crowned after having ratified a treaty with the leaders of the Croatian nobility. For centuries thereafter, the Hungarian monarchs were also the kings of Croatia.

Coloman had to face his brother's attempts to dethrone him throughout his life; Álmos devised plots to overthrow him on at least five occasions. In retaliation, he seized his brother's duchy in 1107 or 1108 and had Álmos and Álmos' son Béla blinded in about 1114. Hungarian chronicles, which were compiled in the reigns of kings descending from his mutilated brother and nephew, depict Coloman as a bloodthirsty and unfortunate monarch. On the other hand, he is portrayed as "the most well-versed in the science of letters among all the kings of his day" by the contemporaneous chronicler Gallus Anonymus. Coloman's decrees, which governed many aspects of lifeincluding taxation, trade and relations between his Christian and non-Christian subjectsremained unmodified for more than a century. He was the first Hungarian king to renounce control of the appointment of prelates in his realms.

This page uses content from the English Wikipedia. The original content was at Coloman of Hungary. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with WeRelate, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Coloman of Hungary, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.