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Kálmán Árpád-házi Magyar király
- Preferred Name: Kálmán Árpád-házi Magyar király[1] [2] [3] [4]
- Gender: M
- FSID: 9496-LZX
- Death: 3 FEB 1116 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary at LATI: N7.1939 LONG: E8.4243
- Nickname:
- Birth: 1074 in Esztergom, Komárom, Hungary at LATI: N7.7988 LONG: E8.7435
- Burial: 13 FEB 1116 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary at LATI: N7.1939 LONG: E8.4243
- Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Árpád
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Hungary
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Wikipedia
Coloman the Learned,[1][2] also the Book-Lover[3] or the Bookish[4] (Hungarian: Könyves Kálmán; Croatian: Koloman; Slovak: Koloman Učený; c. 1070 – 3 February 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 Coloman—who was "half-blind and humpbacked", according to late medieval Hungarian chronicles—for 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 Duchy—one-third of the Kingdom of Hungary—to 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"[5] by the contemporaneous chronicler Gallus Anonymus. Coloman's decrees, which governed many aspects of life—including taxation, trade and relations between his Christian and non-Christian subjects—remained unmodified for more than a century. He was the first Hungarian king to renounce control of the appointment of prelates in his realms.
Family
Coloman's first wife Felicia—who is incorrectly named Busilla in earlier historiography—was the daughter of Count Roger I of Sicily.[78] There is scholarly uncertainty whether her mother was the count's first wife Judith of Évreux or his second wife Eremburga of Mortain.[140] The marriage of Coloman and Felicia took place in the spring of 1097.[141]
She gave birth to at least three children.[70] According to Font, the eldest child Sophia was born in or before 1100.[70] In 1101 Sophia was followed by twin brothers Stephen and Ladislaus.[70][142] Felicia's death preceded that of Ladislaus, who died in 1112.[70][142]
Coloman married his second wife Eufemia in the summer of 1112.[112][123] Born in 1096 or 1097, she was at least 25 years younger than Coloman.[112] She was the daughter of Vladimir II Monomakh, who was Prince of Pereyaslavl at the time of her marriage.[112] After Coloman repudiated her on a charge of adultery, Eufemia fled to Kiev, where she gave birth to a son, Boris, who was never regarded as Coloman's son by his Hungarian relatives.[143]
In 1112 Coloman—who had been widowed—married Euphemia of Kiev, a daughter of Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Pereyaslavl, in 1112.[123] However, as the Illuminated Chronicle narrated, the queen "was taken in the sin of adultery"[124] in 1113 or 1114.[125] Coloman soon disowned his wife, sending her back to her father.[123]
Coloman died on 3 February 1116.[136] According to the Illuminated Chronicle, "divine vengeance made him drink the bitterness of early death" because of his "shedding of innocent blood"[137] when ordering the punishment of Álmos, Béla, and their partisans.[134] He was the first monarch to be buried near the shrine of Stephen I in the Székesfehérvár Cathedral.[134]
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=== GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Koloman - Kin ===
GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Koloman - King of
BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1070
DEATH: Also shown as Died 3 Feb 1114
=== Ancestral File Number: 881C-59 ===
Ancestral File Number: 881C-59
=== !#552-v2-T206; !King Hungary 1095-1116, ===
!#552-v2-T206; !King Hungary 1095-1116, (Kalman);
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=== King of Hungary, ===
King of Hungary,
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! Europasche Stammtafeln neue folge vol. 2 tafel 154;
=== King of Hungary 1095-1114. ===
King of Hungary 1095-1114.
=== BIRT PLAC Of, Esztergom, Komarom-Eszterg ===
BIRT PLAC Of, Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungary MARR DATE 1112 (DIV)
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Preferred Parents:
Father: I.Géza Árpád-házi Magyar király, b. 1044 in Kraków, Małopolskie, Lengyelország d. 25 APR 1077 in Nyitra - Nitra, Magyarország - Hungary (present Slovakia)
Mother: Zsòfia Loozi Magyar királyné, b. 1042 in Hungary d. 1075 in Székesfehérvár, Fejér, Hungary
Family 1: Euphemia Vladimirovna of Kyiv, b. 1095 in Kiev, Ukraine d. 1139
- m. 1112 in of Esztergom, Komarom-Esztergom, Hungray
- Borisz Árpád-házi, b. 1113 in Esztergom, Hungary d. 1156 in Hungary
Family 2: Felicia "Busilla" Hauteville of Sicily queen consort of Hungary, b. 1078 in Sicilia, Italia d. 1102
- m. MAY 1097 in Of, , , Hungary
- Vjacseszlava Árpád-házi Magyar hercegnő, b. ABT 1103
Sources:
- Title: Geni.com
Author: https://www.geni.com/people/ÁRPÁD-házi-N-a-1/6000000018359459040
Publication: Name: https://www.geni.com/people/ÁRPÁD-házi-N-a-1/6000000018359459040;
Note: N/a-1 ÁRPÁD(házi)
Hungarian: Árpád-házi
Birthdate: circa 1069
Death:
Immediate Family:
Son of Géza I of Hungary and Sophie - Zsófia van Loon queen consort of Hungary
Brother of ÁRPÁD(házi) N/a-2; ÁRPÁD(házi) N/a-3; N/a-4 ÁRPÁD(házi); Koloman of Hungary and prince Álmos Árpád(házi), Prince of Hungary & Duke of Croatia
Half brother of ÁRPÁD(házi) Katalin; N/a ÁRPÁD(házi); N ÁRPÁD(házi); Volkwin von Schwalenberg and Herman I, Graf von Schwalenberg
- Title: Wikipedia - Coloman,King of Hungary
Author: Albert of Aachen: Historia Ierosolimitana—History of the Journey to Jerusalem (Edited and translated by Susan B. Edgington) (2007). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-920486-1. Anna Comnena: The Alexiad (Translated by E. R. A. Sewter) (1969). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044958-7. Archdeacon Thomas of Split: History of the Bishops of Salona and Split (Latin text by Olga Perić; edited, translated and annotated by Damir Karbić, Mirjana Matijević Sokol, and James Ross Sweeney) (2006). CEU Press. ISBN 963-7326-59-6. Cosmas of Prague: The Chronicle of the Czechs (Translated with an introduction and notes by Lisa Wolverton) (2009). The Catholic University of America Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1570-9. Master Roger's Epistle to the Sorrowful Lament upon the Destruction of the Kingdom of Hungary by the Tatars (Translated and Annotated by János M. Bak and Martyn Rady) (2010). In: Rady, Martyn; Veszprémy, László; Bak, János M. (2010); Anonymus and Master Roger; CEU Press; ISBN 978-963-9776-95-1.
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coloman,_King_of_Hungary;
Note: Coloman the Learned,[1][2] also the Book-Lover[3] or the Bookish[4] (Hungarian: Könyves Kálmán; Croatian: Koloman; Slovak: Koloman Učený; c. 1070 – 3 February 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 Coloman—who was "half-blind and humpbacked", according to late medieval Hungarian chronicles—for 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 Duchy—one-third of the Kingdom of Hungary—to 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"[5] by the contemporaneous chronicler Gallus Anonymus. Coloman's decrees, which governed many aspects of life—including taxation, trade and relations between his Christian and non-Christian subjects—remained unmodified for more than a century. He was the first Hungarian king to renounce control of the appointment of prelates in his realms.
Family
Coloman's first wife Felicia—who is incorrectly named Busilla in earlier historiography—was the daughter of Count Roger I of Sicily.[78] There is scholarly uncertainty whether her mother was the count's first wife Judith of Évreux or his second wife Eremburga of Mortain.[140] The marriage of Coloman and Felicia took place in the spring of 1097.[141]
She gave birth to at least three children.[70] According to Font, the eldest child Sophia was born in or before 1100.[70] In 1101 Sophia was followed by twin brothers Stephen and Ladislaus.[70][142] Felicia's death preceded that of Ladislaus, who died in 1112.[70][142]
Coloman married his second wife Eufemia in the summer of 1112.[112][123] Born in 1096 or 1097, she was at least 25 years younger than Coloman.[112] She was the daughter of Vladimir II Monomakh, who was Prince of Pereyaslavl at the time of her marriage.[112] After Coloman repudiated her on a charge of adultery, Eufemia fled to Kiev, where she gave birth to a son, Boris, who was never regarded as Coloman's son by his Hungarian relatives.[143]
In 1112 Coloman—who had been widowed—married Euphemia of Kiev, a daughter of Vladimir Monomakh, Prince of Pereyaslavl, in 1112.[123] However, as the Illuminated Chronicle narrated, the queen "was taken in the sin of adultery"[124] in 1113 or 1114.[125] Coloman soon disowned his wife, sending her back to her father.[123]
Coloman died on 3 February 1116.[136] According to the Illuminated Chronicle, "divine vengeance made him drink the bitterness of early death" because of his "shedding of innocent blood"[137] when ordering the punishment of Álmos, Béla, and their partisans.[134] He was the first monarch to be buried near the shrine of Stephen I in the Székesfehérvár Cathedral.[134]
This article is lengthy and goes into detail regarding his constant threats from his brother's attempts to usurp the throne...click on link to read in full
- Title: Coloman of Hungary, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-HW6C : 15 June 2022), Kálmán, ; Burial, Székesfehérvár, Székesfehérvári járás, Fejér, Hungary, Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; citing record ID 95939821, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-HW6C;
- Title: Coloman of Hungary, "Find A Grave Index"
Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-HW6C : 15 June 2022), Kálmán, ; Burial, Székesfehérvár, Székesfehérvári járás, Fejér, Hungary, Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary; citing record ID 95939821, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLX-HW6C;
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