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Also known as Géza of Hungary, Geza of Hungary, Geisa Arpád, King of Hungary, Gejza

Grand Prince of the Hungarians (c.940–997)

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Key facts

Reign
early 970s – 997
Predecessor
Taksony
Successor
Stephen
Born
c. 940
Spouse
Sarolt of Transylvania , Adelaide (Adleta) of Poland (?)
Issue
Judith Margaret Stephen I of Hungary Grimelda, Dogaressa of Venice
Dynasty
Árpád dynasty
Father
Taksony

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Commons category
Géza of Hungary
date of death
0997-00-00
date of birth
0940-01-01
name in native language
Géza magyar fejedelem
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Géza (c. 940 – 997), also Gejza, was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from the early 970s. He was the son of Grand Prince Taksony and his Oriental—Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian—wife. He married Sarolt, a daughter of an Eastern Orthodox Hungarian chieftain. After ascending the throne, Géza made peace with the Holy Roman Empire. Within Hungary, he consolidated his authority with extreme cruelty, according to the unanimous narration of nearly contemporaneous sources. He was the first Hungarian monarch to support Christian missionaries from Western Europe. Although he was baptised (his baptismal name was Stephen), his Christian faith remained shallow and he continued to perform acts of pagan worship. He was succeeded by his son Stephen, who was crowned the first King of Hungary in 1000 or 1001.

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