Coloman, Stephen II, Boris

Coloman
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Stephen II
Coin with the representation of Stephen II on it
Coloman

His father was King Géza I, his mother was Zsófia. He was born around 1070, he died on 3 february 1116. He reigned between 1095-1116. Originally he was educated to be a priest, he got his famous adjective "Bookworm" because of his education, which was quite unusual among wordly people. His first wife was a Sicilian count's, Roger's daughter, whose name is unknown. She gave birth to their daughter, Zsófia, and to their two sons, Stephen and Ladislaus. His second wife, Euphemia (Vladimir's, Kievian chief prince's, daughter) was chased away because of adulteering. Euphemia's son, who was born after this, called Boris, considered himself Coloman's son and later he made several efforts to gain the Hungarian throne. Coloman was buried at Székesfehérvár.

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Stephen II

He was born in 1101, as King Coloman's eldest son. His marriage to the daughter of the South-Italian Normann prince, Robert (her name is not known) in the early 1120's was a childless marriage. He died in March, 1131 in Várad. He was perhaps buried in the monastery of Váradelőhely.

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Boris

He was born around 1114, in Kiev as son of Euphemia, second wife of the Hungarian king Coloman, caught in an act of adultery. He declared himself to be Coloman's legitimate child throughout his life and made several attempts to assume the Hungarian throne with the help of various supporters (1132, 1146, 1147). At the end of his life he lived in Byzantium, and died in a Byzantian-Pecheneg war around 1153-54. His sons from his marriage to a Byzantine princess did not act as usurpers to the throne.

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