Also known as Béla I the Champion or the Wisent was King of Hungary from 1060 until his death. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. Béla's baptismal name was Adalbert.
It is debated whether Béla was a second or a third son. The former view is represented, for example, by the Polish historian Wincenty Swoboda,and the latter by the Hungarian scholars Gyula Kristó and Ferenc Makk. Kristó and Makk write that Béla's name "most probably" derived from the Turkish adjective bujla ("noble"). However, the name may also be connected to the Slavic word for white (bjelij) or to the Biblical name Bela.
Béla was crowned king in Székesfehérvár on 6 December 1060.
Béla married Richeza of Poland, in about 1033, a daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland. According to Makk, her name was either Richeza or Adelaide.
They had the following children:
1. King Géza I of Hungary
2. King Ladislaus I of Hungary
3. Duke Lampert of Hungary
4. Sophia wife firstly of Markgraf Ulrich I of Carniola, and secondly of duke Magnus I of Saxony
5. Euphemia wife of Prince Otto I of Olomouc
6. Helen I of Hungary wife of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia
It is debated whether Béla was a second or a third son. The former view is represented, for example, by the Polish historian Wincenty Swoboda,and the latter by the Hungarian scholars Gyula Kristó and Ferenc Makk. Kristó and Makk write that Béla's name "most probably" derived from the Turkish adjective bujla ("noble"). However, the name may also be connected to the Slavic word for white (bjelij) or to the Biblical name Bela.
Béla was crowned king in Székesfehérvár on 6 December 1060.
Béla married Richeza of Poland, in about 1033, a daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland. According to Makk, her name was either Richeza or Adelaide.
They had the following children:
1. King Géza I of Hungary
2. King Ladislaus I of Hungary
3. Duke Lampert of Hungary
4. Sophia wife firstly of Markgraf Ulrich I of Carniola, and secondly of duke Magnus I of Saxony
5. Euphemia wife of Prince Otto I of Olomouc
6. Helen I of Hungary wife of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia
Also known as Béla I the Champion or the Wisent was King of Hungary from 1060 until his death. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. Béla's baptismal name was Adalbert.
It is debated whether Béla was a second or a third son. The former view is represented, for example, by the Polish historian Wincenty Swoboda,and the latter by the Hungarian scholars Gyula Kristó and Ferenc Makk. Kristó and Makk write that Béla's name "most probably" derived from the Turkish adjective bujla ("noble"). However, the name may also be connected to the Slavic word for white (bjelij) or to the Biblical name Bela.
Béla was crowned king in Székesfehérvár on 6 December 1060.
Béla married Richeza of Poland, in about 1033, a daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland. According to Makk, her name was either Richeza or Adelaide.
They had the following children:
1. King Géza I of Hungary
2. King Ladislaus I of Hungary
3. Duke Lampert of Hungary
4. Sophia wife firstly of Markgraf Ulrich I of Carniola, and secondly of duke Magnus I of Saxony
5. Euphemia wife of Prince Otto I of Olomouc
6. Helen I of Hungary wife of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia
It is debated whether Béla was a second or a third son. The former view is represented, for example, by the Polish historian Wincenty Swoboda,and the latter by the Hungarian scholars Gyula Kristó and Ferenc Makk. Kristó and Makk write that Béla's name "most probably" derived from the Turkish adjective bujla ("noble"). However, the name may also be connected to the Slavic word for white (bjelij) or to the Biblical name Bela.
Béla was crowned king in Székesfehérvár on 6 December 1060.
Béla married Richeza of Poland, in about 1033, a daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland. According to Makk, her name was either Richeza or Adelaide.
They had the following children:
1. King Géza I of Hungary
2. King Ladislaus I of Hungary
3. Duke Lampert of Hungary
4. Sophia wife firstly of Markgraf Ulrich I of Carniola, and secondly of duke Magnus I of Saxony
5. Euphemia wife of Prince Otto I of Olomouc
6. Helen I of Hungary wife of Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia
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