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Birth:          ABT  977 Poland
Death:          1037 Frehjahr, Hungary

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladislas_the_Bald
Ladislas the Bald (Hungarian: Szár László;[1] Latin: Ladislas calvus; before 997–before 
1030) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of 
the Hungarians. He is the only known brother of Vazul, a rebellious duke who was 
blinded on the order of their cousin, King Saint Stephen I of Hungary in 1031 or 1032. 
Medieval chroniclers, in their effort to conceal that the Kings of Hungary were 
descended from a prince condemned by the saintly first king, wrote that instead of 
Vazul, Ladislas was the Hungarian monarchs' forefather. Ján Steinhübel and other 
modern Slovak historians write that he was Duke of Nyitra under Polish suzerainty, but 
this theory has not been universally accepted by historians.
Life[edit]

Ladislas was a son of Michael, who was the younger son of Grand Prince Taksony.[1] 
According to Hungarian historians, including Gyula Kristó,[1] he was the younger of 
Michael's two sons. On the other hand, Steinhübel[2] and other Slovak scholars[3] 
write his brother, Vazul was younger than him. Their mother's name is unknown.[1] 
György Györffy writes that she "may have been" related to Samuel of Bulgaria, 
because her two sons' name was popular in Samuel's family.[4]

Györffy also writes that neither Ladislas nor his brother, both still minors, were in the 
position to hold administrative functions when their father died sometime before 997.
[5] In contrast with this view, Vladimir Segeš writes that their uncle, Grand Prince 
Géza appointed Ladislas to administer the "Duchy of Nitra" soon after their father was 
murdered, around 977, on the same grand prince's orders.[3] Segeš adds that Géza 
dismissed Ladislas in favor of his own son, Stephen in 995, but the latter, when 
succeeded Géza as grand prince in 997, again granted the duchy to Ladislas.[3]

A third view is presented by Steinhübel. He writes that Ladislas the Bald only became 
the duke of Nitra after Boleslav the Brave, Duke of Poland occupied large territories 
to the north of the river Danube in 1001 from Stephen, who had in the meantime been 
crowned the first king of Hungary.[6] Segeš likewise writes that Ladislas administered 
for the second time the Duchy of Nitra under Polish suzerainty in the early 11th 
century.[7] On the other hand, the theory that large territories to the north of the 
Danube were under Polish suzerainty in the early 11th century – which is only based 
on a late source, the Polish-Hungarian Chronicle – is sharply criticized by Györffy.[8] 
He writes that the "Duchy of Nitra" was administered by one of King Stephen's 
henchmen, Hont in this period.[9]

Whether Ladislas died as a vassal of Boleslaus the Brave or of Stephen I is debated 
even by Slovak historians. According to Segeš, he only died after the Poles withdrew 
from the Duchy of Nitra in 1018, and upon his death his brother, Vazul succeeded him 
as King Stephen's vassal.[10] On the other hand, Steinhübel says that Ladislas was 
still Boleslaus the Brave's vassal when he died and his brother succeeded him 
sometime before 1030.[6]

Family[edit]

The Illuminated Chronicle writes that he took "his wife from Ruthenia".[11][12] Based 
on this report, the Hungarian historian, Gyula Kristó says that she was a member of the 
Rurik dynasty of the Kievan Rus'.[1] He adds that her name was possibly Premislava.
[1] According to many Hungarian chronicles, Ladislas was the forefather of the kings 
of Hungary reigning after 1046, because he fathered three sons, including, Kings 
Andrew I and Béla I of Hungary.[13] However, other sources, including the Chronicle 
of Zagreb and a Legend of Saint Gerard, preserved the tradition that their father was 
actually Vazul.[14] Both Györffy and Steinhübel write that Ladislas the Bald has a son, 
but his name was Bonuzlo, according to the former,[15] and Domoslav, according to 
the latter.[16]

Parents
OF HUNGARY Michael (ABT  950 - ABT  996)
OF POLAND Adelaide (ABT  952 - AFT  997)

Siblings
ARPAD Vazul (Basil) (Ladislas) "the Bald" (ABT  977 - 1037)

Marriage To ____ Katun (ABT  972 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Samuel (ABT  935 - )
CHRYSELIA Agatha (ABT  945 - )

Children by ____ Katun ABT  972 - 
____ Bela I (ABT 1010 - 1063)
ARPAD Andrew (Andras) I (ABT 1015 - AFT 6 Jul 1060)

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