Salamon, battle of Mogyoród
Salamon
He was born in 1053, as Andrew I's elder son. In 1063 he married Judith, daughter of the German emperor, Henry III, but they had no children. In 1074 he suffered a defeat from Béla I's sons in the fight for the throne. After this his power was limited to the western borderline. In 1081 he submitted to Ladislaus I, but later he organised a plot against him. As a consequence he was put into prison by Ladislaus, but in 1083 he was set free. He went abroad, and tried to regain the throne with the help of the Pechenegs - without any success. He died in a Pecheneg-Byzantine war in 1087. According to another source, he lived as a hermit near Pula, on the Istrian Peninsula and died there.
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The battle of Mogyoród
The crucial battle of the war between king Salamon and Béla's sons, which was fought on 14 March 1074 near Mogyoród, a village east of Pest. Before it were the battles at Kemej, in the county of Heves, in the region beyond the Tisza river (26 February 1074), where king Salamon - in the absence of prince Ladislaus - defeated prince Géza. However, in the battle of Mogyoród the united army of Béla's sons triumphed over the king. Consequently Salamon lost his power, and prince Géza could ascend the throne.
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