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<span>Coronation (1000–1001)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Coronation_(1000–1001)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Consolidation_(1001–c._1009)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Consolidation_(1001–c._1009)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Consolidation (1001–c. 1009)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consolidation_(1001–c._1009)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wars_with_Poland_and_Bulgaria_(c._1009–1018)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wars_with_Poland_and_Bulgaria_(c._1009–1018)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Wars with Poland and Bulgaria (c. 1009–1018)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Wars_with_Poland_and_Bulgaria_(c._1009–1018)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Domestic_policies_(1018–1024)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Domestic_policies_(1018–1024)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Domestic policies (1018–1024)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Domestic_policies_(1018–1024)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Conflicts_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(1024–1031)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Conflicts_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(1024–1031)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Conflicts with the Holy Roman Empire (1024–1031)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Conflicts_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(1024–1031)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Last_years_(1031–1038)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Last_years_(1031–1038)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Last years (1031–1038)</span> 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href="#Admonitions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span><i>Admonitions</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Admonitions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_arts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_arts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>In arts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_arts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Sources</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Sources-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Sources subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Primary_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Primary_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Primary sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Primary_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Secondary_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secondary_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Secondary sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secondary_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" 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Svatý – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Štěpán I. Svatý" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_I,_brenin_Hwngari" title="István I, brenin Hwngari – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="István I, brenin Hwngari" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_1._af_Ungarn" title="Stefan 1. af Ungarn – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Stefan 1. af Ungarn" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephan_I._(Ungarn)" title="Stephan I. (Ungarn) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Stephan I. (Ungarn)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_I_P%C3%BCha" title="István I Püha – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="István I Püha" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%AD%CF%86%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%91%CE%84_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Στέφανος Α΄ της Ουγγαρίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Στέφανος Α΄ της Ουγγαρίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esteban_I_de_Hungr%C3%ADa" title="Esteban I de Hungría – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Esteban I de Hungría" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_la_1-a_(Hungario)" title="Stefano la 1-a (Hungario) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Stefano la 1-a (Hungario)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eztebe_I.a_Hungariakoa" title="Eztebe I.a Hungariakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Eztebe I.a Hungariakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%85" title="ایشتوان یکم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ایشتوان یکم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Ier_(roi_de_Hongrie)" title="Étienne Ier (roi de Hongrie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Étienne Ier (roi de Hongrie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estevo_I_de_Hungr%C3%ADa" title="Estevo I de Hungría – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estevo I de Hungría" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%88%ED%8A%B8%EB%B0%98_1%EC%84%B8" title="이슈트반 1세 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이슈트반 1세" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6_I_(%D5%80%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8%D6%80)" title="Իշտվան I (Հունգարիայի թագավոր) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իշտվան I (Հունգարիայի թագավոր)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan_I._Sveti" title="Stjepan I. Sveti – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Stjepan I. Sveti" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n_la_1ma_di_Hungaria" title="István la 1ma di Hungaria – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="István la 1ma di Hungaria" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_I_dari_Hungaria" title="Stefanus I dari Hungaria – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Stefanus I dari Hungaria" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_I_d%27Ungheria" title="Stefano I d&#039;Ungheria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stefano I d&#039;Ungheria" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9F,_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94" title="אישטוואן הראשון, מלך הונגריה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אישטוואן הראשון, מלך הונגריה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8%E1%83%A2%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C_I" title="იშტვან I – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იშტვან I" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D2%9B%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%D1%96" title="Иштуан қасиетті – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Иштуан қасиетті" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefano_wa_Hungaria" title="Stefano wa Hungaria – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Stefano wa Hungaria" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%AB%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BA" title="Иштван I Ыйык – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Иштван I Ыйык" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanus_I_(rex_Hungariae)" title="Stephanus I (rex Hungariae) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Stephanus I (rex Hungariae)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C5%A1tv%C4%81ns_I" title="Ištvāns I – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ištvāns I" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Istv%C3%A1n_magyar_kir%C3%A1ly" title="I. István magyar király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="I. István magyar király" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_(%D0%A3%D0%BD%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Стефан I (Унгарија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Стефан I (Унгарија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_an%27i_Hongaria" title="Stephen I an&#039;i Hongaria – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Stephen I an&#039;i Hongaria" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B1" title="ستيفن الاولانى ملك المجر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ستيفن الاولانى ملك المجر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="I Иштван – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="I Иштван" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefanus_I_van_Hongarije" title="Stefanus I van Hongarije – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Stefanus I van Hongarije" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%88%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B31%E4%B8%96_(%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B)" title="イシュトヴァーン1世 (ハンガリー王) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イシュトヴァーン1世 (ハンガリー王)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%8C_%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B5" title="Сийлахь Иштванан де – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Сийлахь Иштванан де" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_av_Ungarn" title="Stefan I av Ungarn – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Stefan I av Ungarn" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishtvan_I_Avliyo" title="Ishtvan I Avliyo – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ishtvan I Avliyo" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_%C5%9Awi%C4%99ty" title="Stefan I Święty – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Stefan I Święty" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%AAv%C3%A3o_I_da_Hungria" title="Estêvão I da Hungria – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estêvão I da Hungria" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98tefan_I_al_Ungariei" title="Ștefan I al Ungariei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Ștefan I al Ungariei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9" title="Иштван I Святой – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Иштван I Святой" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ist%C3%A8vene_I_de_Ungheria" title="Istèvene I de Ungheria – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Istèvene I de Ungheria" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0tefan_I._(Uhorsko)" title="Štefan I. (Uhorsko) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Štefan I. (Uhorsko)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0tefan_I._Ogrski" title="Štefan I. Ogrski – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Štefan I. Ogrski" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%A3%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8" title="Стефан I Угарски – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Стефан I Угарски" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sveti_Stefan_Ma%C4%91arski" title="Sveti Stefan Mađarski – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Sveti Stefan Mađarski" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapani_I_(Unkari)" title="Tapani I (Unkari) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Tapani I (Unkari)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_I_av_Ungern" title="Stefan I av Ungern – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Stefan I av Ungern" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D" title="அங்கேரியின் முதலாம் இஸ்தேவான் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அங்கேரியின் முதலாம் இஸ்தேவான்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88_1_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5" title="พระเจ้าอิชต์วานที่ 1 แห่งฮังการี – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พระเจ้าอิชต์วานที่ 1 แห่งฮังการี" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._Istv%C3%A1n" title="I. István – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="I. István" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD_I_%D0%A3%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9" title="Стефан I Угорський – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Стефан I Угорський" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A8fano_I_de_Ungaria" title="Stèfano I de Ungaria – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="Stèfano I de Ungaria" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a 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For the dreadnought, see <a href="/wiki/SMS_Szent_Istv%C3%A1n" title="SMS Szent István">SMS Szent István</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: #cbe; color:inherit; font-size: 125%">Stephen I</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image photo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrayal_of_Stephen_I,_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg/220px-Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg/330px-Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg/440px-Portrayal_of_Stephen_I%2C_King_of_Hungary_on_the_coronation_pall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="953" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-bottom:0.2em;padding-top:0.2em;">Portrayal of Stephen I on the Hungarian coronation pall (<a href="/wiki/Chasuble" title="Chasuble">chasuble</a>) from 1031</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/King_of_Hungary" title="King of Hungary">King of Hungary</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">1000 or 1001–1038</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch" title="Coronation of the Hungarian monarch">Coronation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25 December 1000 or 1 January 1001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Urseolo_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Urseolo of Hungary">Peter</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Grand Prince of the Hungarians</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">997–1000 or 1001</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Vajk<br /><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 975<br /><a href="/wiki/Esztergom" title="Esztergom">Esztergom</a>, <a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Hungary" title="Principality of Hungary">Principality of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1038 (aged&#160;62&#8211;63)<br /><a href="/wiki/Esztergom" title="Esztergom">Esztergom</a> or <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1000%E2%80%931301)" title="Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301)">Kingdom of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Székesfehérvár Basilica">Székesfehérvár Basilica</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Bavaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Gisela of Bavaria">Gisela of Bavaria</a> (m. 996)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Otto<br /><a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Saint Emeric</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">Árpád</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Father</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mother</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sarolt" title="Sarolt">Sarolt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="font-size:85%;">(pre-<a href="/wiki/Great_Schism_of_1054" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Schism of 1054">Great Schism of 1054</a>)</span> <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholicism" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholicism">Catholicism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="notpageimage infobox-signature skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stephen I&#39;s signature"><img alt="Stephen I&#39;s signature" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg/125px-King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg/188px-King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg/250px-King_Saint_Stephen_signature.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="519" data-file-height="382" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stephen I</b>, also known as <b>King Saint Stephen</b> (<a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>: <i lang="hu">Szent István király</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="hu-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Hungarian" title="Help:IPA/Hungarian">&#91;ˌsɛnt<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈiʃtvaːn<span class="wrap"> </span>kiraːj&#93;</a></span>; <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Sanctus Stephanus</i>; <a href="/wiki/Slovak_language" title="Slovak language">Slovak</a>: <i lang="sk">Štefan I. or Štefan Veľký</i>; <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 975 – 15 August 1038), was the last <a href="/wiki/Grand_prince_of_the_Hungarians" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand prince of the Hungarians">grand prince of the Hungarians</a> between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first <a href="/wiki/King_of_Hungary" title="King of Hungary">king of Hungary</a> from 1000 or 1001 until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in, or after, 975, in <a href="/wiki/Esztergom" title="Esztergom">Esztergom</a>. He was given the pagan name <b>Vajk</b> at birth, but the date of his baptism is unknown. He was the only son of Grand Prince <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza</a> and his wife, <a href="/wiki/Sarolt" title="Sarolt">Sarolt</a>, who was descended from a prominent family of <i><a href="/wiki/Gyula_(title)" title="Gyula (title)">gyulas</a></i>. Although both of his parents were baptized, Stephen was the first member of <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">his family</a> to become a devout Christian. He married <a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Bavaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Gisela of Bavaria">Gisela of Bavaria</a>, a scion of the imperial <a href="/wiki/Ottonian_dynasty" title="Ottonian dynasty">Ottonian dynasty</a>. </p><p>After succeeding his father in 997, Stephen had to fight for the throne against his relative, <a href="/wiki/Kopp%C3%A1ny" title="Koppány">Koppány</a>, who was supported by large numbers of pagan warriors. He defeated Koppány with the assistance of foreign knights including <a href="/wiki/Vecelin" title="Vecelin">Vecelin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hont-P%C3%A1zm%C3%A1ny#Notable_members_of_the_clan" title="Hont-Pázmány">Hont and Pázmány</a>, and native lords. He was crowned on 25 December 1000 or 1 January 1001 with a crown sent by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_II" title="Pope Sylvester II">Pope Sylvester II</a>. In a series of wars against semi-independent tribes and chieftains—including the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hungarians" title="Black Hungarians">Black Hungarians</a> and his uncle, <a href="/wiki/Gyula_III" title="Gyula III">Gyula the Younger</a>—he unified the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpathian Basin">Carpathian Basin</a>. He protected the independence of his kingdom by forcing the invading troops of <a href="/wiki/Conrad_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor">Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor</a>, to withdraw from Hungary in 1030. </p><p>Stephen established at least one archbishopric, six bishoprics and three Benedictine monasteries, leading the Church in Hungary to develop independently from the archbishops of the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>. He encouraged the spread of Christianity by meting out severe punishments for ignoring Christian customs. His system of local administration was based on <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary">counties</a> organized around fortresses and administered by <a href="/wiki/Isp%C3%A1n" title="Ispán">royal officials</a>. Hungary enjoyed a lasting period of peace during his reign, and became a preferred route for <a href="/wiki/Pilgrims" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrims">pilgrims</a> and merchants traveling between <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Land" title="Holy Land">Holy Land</a> and <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a>. </p><p>Stephen survived all of his children, dying on 15 August 1038 aged 62 or 63. He was buried in <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Székesfehérvár Basilica">his new basilica</a>, built in <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a> and dedicated to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Virgin" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Virgin">Holy Virgin</a>. His death was followed by civil wars which lasted for decades. He was <a href="/wiki/Canonized" class="mw-redirect" title="Canonized">canonized</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII" title="Pope Gregory VII">Pope Gregory VII</a>, together with his son <a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a> and Bishop <a href="/wiki/Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d" title="Gerard of Csanád">Gerard of Csanád</a>, in 1083. Stephen is a popular saint in Hungary and neighboring territories. In Hungary, his <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a> (celebrated on 20 August) is also a <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hungary" title="Public holidays in Hungary">public holiday</a> commemorating the foundation of the state, known as <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Hungary" title="Public holidays in Hungary">State Foundation Day</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years_(c._975–997)"><span id="Early_years_.28c._975.E2.80.93997.29"></span>Early years (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 975–997)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early years (c. 975–997)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stephen's birth date is uncertain as it was not recorded in contemporaneous documents.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hungarian and Polish chronicles written centuries later give three different years: 967, 969 and 975.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The unanimous testimony of his three late 11th-century or early 12th-century <a href="/wiki/Hagiographies" class="mw-redirect" title="Hagiographies">hagiographies</a> and other Hungarian sources, which state that Stephen was "still an adolescent" in 997,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> substantiate the reliability of the latest year (975).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Life_of_Saint_Stephen,_King_of_Hungary_(Vita_minor)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Life of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary (Vita minor) (page does not exist)">Lesser Legend</a></i> adds that he was born in <a href="/wiki/Esztergom" title="Esztergom">Esztergom</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> which implies that he was born after 972 because his father, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians</a>, chose Esztergom as royal residence around that year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Géza promoted the spread of Christianity among his subjects by force, but never ceased worshipping pagan gods.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199951_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199951-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Both his son's <i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Saint_Stephen,_King_of_Hungary_(Vita_maior)" class="mw-redirect" title="Life of Saint Stephen, King of Hungary (Vita maior)">Greater Legend</a></i> and the nearly contemporaneous <a href="/wiki/Thietmar_of_Merseburg" title="Thietmar of Merseburg">Thietmar of Merseburg</a> described Géza as a cruel monarch, suggesting that he was a despot who mercilessly consolidated his authority over the rebellious Hungarian lords.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakay1999547_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakay1999547-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hungarian chronicles agree that Stephen's mother was <a href="/wiki/Sarolt" title="Sarolt">Sarolt</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Gyula_II" title="Gyula II">Gyula</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Gyula_(title)" title="Gyula (title)">Hungarian chieftain</a> with jurisdiction either in <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a> or in the wider region of the confluence of the rivers <a href="/wiki/Tisza" title="Tisza">Tisza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mure%C8%99_(river)" title="Mureș (river)">Maros</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199444_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199444-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESălăgean2005147_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESălăgean2005147-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Many historians—including Pál Engel and <a href="/wiki/Gyula_Krist%C3%B3" title="Gyula Kristó">Gyula Kristó</a>—propose that her father was identical with "<a href="/wiki/Gyula_II" title="Gyula II">Gylas</a>", who had been baptized in <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> around 952 and "remained faithful to Christianity",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> according to Byzantine chronicler <a href="/wiki/John_Skylitzes" title="John Skylitzes">John Skylitzes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200124_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200124-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199628_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199628-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, this identification is not unanimously accepted; historian <a href="/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Gy%C3%B6rffy" title="György Györffy">György Györffy</a> states that it was not Sarolt's father, but his younger brother, who was baptized in the Byzantine capital.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199444_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199444-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast with all Hungarian sources, the <i><a href="/wiki/Polish-Hungarian_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish-Hungarian Chronicle">Polish-Hungarian Chronicle</a></i> and later <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> sources state that Stephen's mother was Adelhaid, an otherwise unknown sister of Duke <a href="/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Mieszko I of Poland">Mieszko I of Poland</a>, but the reliability of this report is not accepted by modern historians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199446_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199446-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_I%27s_birth_(Chronicon_Pictum_037).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Miniature of an illuminated manuscript depicting a birth." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg/220px-Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="381" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg/330px-Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg/440px-Stephen_I%27s_birth_%28Chronicon_Pictum_037%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="1578" /></a><figcaption>Stephen's birth depicted in the <i><a href="/wiki/Illuminated_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Illuminated Chronicle">Illuminated Chronicle</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Stephen was born as <a href="/wiki/Vajk_(given_name)" title="Vajk (given name)">Vajk</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200127_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200127-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> a name derived from the <a href="/wiki/Turkic_languages" title="Turkic languages">Turkic</a> word <i><a href="/wiki/Bey" title="Bey">baj</a></i>, meaning "hero", "master", "prince" or "rich".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's <i>Greater Legend</i> narrates that he was baptized by the saintly Bishop <a href="/wiki/Adalbert_of_Prague" title="Adalbert of Prague">Adalbert of Prague</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who stayed in Géza's court several times between 983 and 994.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007329_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007329-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200116_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200116-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Saint Adalbert's nearly contemporaneous <i>Legend</i>, written by <a href="/wiki/Bruno_of_Querfurt" title="Bruno of Querfurt">Bruno of Querfurt</a>, does not mention this event.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007329_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007329-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200116_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200116-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accordingly, the date of Stephen's baptism is unknown: Györffy argues that he was baptized soon after birth, while Kristó proposes that he only received baptism just before his father's death in 997.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200116_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200116-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen's <a href="/wiki/Legenda_Hartviciana" title="Legenda Hartviciana">official hagiography</a>, written by Bishop <a href="/wiki/Hartvik" title="Hartvik">Hartvic</a> and sanctioned by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III" title="Pope Innocent III">Pope Innocent III</a>, narrates that he "was fully instructed in the knowledge of the grammatical art" in his childhood.<sup id="cite_ref-Hartvic_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hartvic-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This implies that he studied Latin, though some scepticism is warranted as few kings of this era were able to write. His two other late 11th-century hagiographies do not mention any grammatical studies, stating only that he "was brought up by receiving an education appropriate for a little prince".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kristó says that the latter remark only refers to Stephen's physical training, including his participation in hunts and military actions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>, one of his tutors was a Count Deodatus from <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy_(imperial)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Italy (imperial)">Italy</a>, who later founded a monastery in <a href="/wiki/Tata,_Hungary" title="Tata, Hungary">Tata</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1983132_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1983132-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Stephen's legends, Grand Prince Géza convoked an assembly of the Hungarian chieftains and warriors when Stephen "ascended to the first stage of adolescence",<sup id="cite_ref-Hartvic_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hartvic-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> at the age of 14 or 15.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199479–80_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199479–80-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200117_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200117-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Géza nominated Stephen as his successor and all those present took an oath of loyalty to the young prince.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200117_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200117-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy writes, without identifying his source, that Géza appointed his son to rule the "<a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Nitra" title="Principality of Nitra">Nyitra ducate</a>" around that time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199478-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Slovak historians, including <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1n_Steinh%C3%BCbel" title="Ján Steinhübel">Ján Steinhübel</a> and Ján Lukačka, accept Györffy's view and propose that Stephen administered Nyitra (now <a href="/wiki/Nitra" title="Nitra">Nitra</a>, Slovakia) from around 995.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELukačka201131_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELukačka201131-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Géza arranged Stephen's marriage to <a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Hungary" title="Gisela of Hungary">Gisela</a>, daughter of <a href="/wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Henry II, Duke of Bavaria">Henry II, Duke of Bavaria</a>, in or after 995.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200116–17_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200116–17-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This marriage established the first family link between a Hungarian ruler and a Western European ruling house,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> as Gisela was closely related to the <a href="/wiki/Ottonian_dynasty" title="Ottonian dynasty">Ottonian dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Holy Roman Emperor">Holy Roman Emperors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200116_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200116-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to popular tradition preserved in the <a href="/wiki/Scheyern_Abbey" title="Scheyern Abbey">Scheyern Abbey</a> in <a href="/wiki/Bavaria" title="Bavaria">Bavaria</a>, the ceremony took place at the <a href="/wiki/Scheyern" title="Scheyern">Scheyern</a> castle and was celebrated by Saint Adalbert.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200117_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200117-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gisela was accompanied to her new home by Bavarian knights, many of whom received land grants from her husband and settled in Hungary, helping to strengthen Stephen's military position. According to Györffy, Stephen and his wife "presumably" settled in Nyitra after their marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199481_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199481-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200118_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200118-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign_(997–1038)"><span id="Reign_.28997.E2.80.931038.29"></span>Reign (997–1038)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Reign (997–1038)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_Prince_(997–1000)"><span id="Grand_Prince_.28997.E2.80.931000.29"></span>Grand Prince (997–1000)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Grand Prince (997–1000)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Grand Prince of the Hungarians</a></div> <p>Grand Prince Géza died in 997.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200127_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200127-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELukačka201133_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELukačka201133-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen convoked an assembly at Esztergom where his supporters declared him grand prince.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Initially, he only controlled the northwestern regions of the <a href="/wiki/Carpathian_Basin" class="mw-redirect" title="Carpathian Basin">Carpathian Basin</a>; the rest of the territory was still dominated by tribal chieftains.<sup id="cite_ref-Kristó_web_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristó_web-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's ascension to the throne was in line with the principle of <a href="/wiki/Primogeniture" title="Primogeniture">primogeniture</a>, which prescribed that a father was succeeded by his son.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200118_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200118-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, it contradicted the traditional idea of <a href="/wiki/Seniority" title="Seniority">seniority</a>, according to which Géza should have been succeeded by the most senior member of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">Árpád dynasty</a>, which was <a href="/wiki/Kopp%C3%A1ny" title="Koppány">Koppány</a> at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200118_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200118-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199952–53_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199952–53-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Koppány, who held the title Duke of <a href="/wiki/Somogy_County_(former)" title="Somogy County (former)">Somogy</a>, had for many years administered the regions of <a href="/wiki/Transdanubia" title="Transdanubia">Transdanubia</a> south of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Balaton" title="Lake Balaton">Lake Balaton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELukačka201133_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELukačka201133-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200130_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200130-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Koppany.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Koppány&#39;s execution" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Koppany.jpg/220px-Koppany.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Koppany.jpg/330px-Koppany.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Koppany.jpg/440px-Koppany.jpg 2x" data-file-width="828" data-file-height="1106" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kopp%C3%A1ny" title="Koppány">Koppány</a>'s execution after his defeat by Stephen, depicted in the <i><a href="/wiki/Chronicon_Pictum" title="Chronicon Pictum">Chronicon Pictum</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Koppány proposed to Géza's widow, Sarolt, in accordance with the pagan custom of <a href="/wiki/Levirate_marriage" title="Levirate marriage">levirate marriage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200118–19_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200118–19-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201111_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201111-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also announced his claim to the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although it is not impossible that Koppány had already been baptized, in 972,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> most of his supporters were pagans, opponents of the Christianity represented by Stephen and his predominantly German <a href="/wiki/Retinue" title="Retinue">retinue</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200119_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200119-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A charter of 1002 for the <a href="/wiki/Pannonhalma_Archabbey" title="Pannonhalma Archabbey">Pannonhalma Archabbey</a> writes of a war between "the Germans and the Hungarians" when referring to the armed conflicts between Stephen and Koppány.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200119_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200119-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483–84_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199483–84-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even so, Györffy says that <i>Oszlar</i> ("<a href="/wiki/Alans" title="Alans">Alan</a>"), <i>Besenyő</i> ("<a href="/wiki/Pechenegs" title="Pechenegs">Pecheneg</a>"), <i>Kér</i> and other place names, referring to ethnic groups or <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_tribes" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian tribes">Hungarian tribes</a> in Transdanubia around the supposed borders of Koppány's duchy, suggest that significant auxiliary units and groups of Hungarian warriors—who had been settled there by Grand Prince Géza—fought in Stephen's army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199484_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199484-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kristó states that the entire conflict between Stephen and Koppány was only a feud between two members of the <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">Árpád dynasty</a>, with no effect on other Hungarian tribal leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-Kristó_web_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristó_web-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Koppány and his troops invaded the northern regions of Transdanubia, took many of Stephen's forts and plundered his lands.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200119_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200119-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen, who, according to the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>, "was for the first time girded with his sword",<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> placed the brothers <a href="/wiki/Hont-P%C3%A1zm%C3%A1ny#Notable_members_of_the_clan" title="Hont-Pázmány">Hont and Pázmány</a> at the head of his own guard and nominated <a href="/wiki/Vecelin" title="Vecelin">Vecelin</a> to lead the royal army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200119_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200119-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199463,_83_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199463,_83-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200139_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200139-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The last was a German knight who had come to Hungary in the reign of Géza.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199463_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199463-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hont and Pázmány were, according to <a href="/wiki/Simon_of_K%C3%A9za" title="Simon of Kéza">Simon of Kéza</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_Hunnorum_et_Hungarorum" title="Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum">Gesta Hunnorum et Hungarorum</a></i> and the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>, "knights of <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Swabia" title="Duchy of Swabia">Swabian</a> origin"<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who settled in Hungary either under Géza or in the first years of Stephen's reign.<sup id="cite_ref-Kristó_web_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kristó_web-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, Lukačka and other Slovak historians say that Hont and Pázmány were "Slovak" noblemen who had joined Stephen during his rule in Nyitra.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELukačka201132–33_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELukačka201132–33-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Koppány was besieging <a href="/wiki/Veszpr%C3%A9m" title="Veszprém">Veszprém</a> when he was informed of the arrival of Stephen's army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199484_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199484-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the ensuing battle, Stephen won a decisive victory over his enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201111_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201111-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Koppány was killed on the battlefield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His body was quartered and its parts were displayed at the gates of the forts of Esztergom, <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%91r" title="Győr">Győr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gyulafeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyulafehérvár">Gyulafehérvár</a> (Alba Iulia, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>) and Veszprém in order to threaten all of those who were conspiring against the young monarch.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201111_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201111-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199953_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199953-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199485_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199485-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen occupied Koppány's duchy and granted large estates to his own partisans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELukačka201133_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELukačka201133-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199485–86_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199485–86-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also prescribed that Koppány's former subjects were to pay <a href="/wiki/Tithe" title="Tithe">tithes</a> to the Pannonhalma Archabbey, according to the deed of the foundation of this monastery which has been preserved in a manuscript containing <a href="/wiki/Interpolation_(manuscripts)" title="Interpolation (manuscripts)">interpolations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200119_35-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200119-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007351_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007351-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The same document declares that "there were no other bishoprics and monasteries in Hungary" at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the nearly contemporary Bishop <a href="/wiki/Thietmar_of_Merseburg" title="Thietmar of Merseburg">Thietmar of Merseburg</a> stated that Stephen "established bishoprics in his kingdom"<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicon_193_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicon_193-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> before being crowned king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> If the latter report is valid, the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Veszpr%C3%A9m" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Veszprém">dioceses of Veszprém</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Gy%C5%91r" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Győr">Győr</a> are the most probable candidates, according to historian <a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A1bor_Thoroczkay&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gábor Thoroczkay (page does not exist)">Gábor Thoroczkay</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152–54_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200152–54-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Coronation_(1000–1001)"><span id="Coronation_.281000.E2.80.931001.29"></span>Coronation (1000–1001)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Coronation (1000–1001)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/King_of_Hungary" title="King of Hungary">King of Hungary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coronation_of_the_Hungarian_monarch" title="Coronation of the Hungarian monarch">Coronation of the Hungarian monarch</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="St Stephen&#39;s modern sculpture in Budapest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG/220px-Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="331" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG/330px-Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG/440px-Statue_of_Stephen_I_of_Hungary_in_Buda_Castle_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption>King Saint Stephen's modern sculpture in <a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a></figcaption></figure> <p>By ordering the display of one part of Koppány's quartered corpse in Gyulafehérvár, the seat of his maternal uncle, <a href="/wiki/Gyula_III" title="Gyula III">Gyula the Younger</a>, Stephen asserted his claim to rule all lands dominated by Hungarian lords.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200120_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200120-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also decided to strengthen his international status by adopting the title of king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200121_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200121-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the exact circumstances of his coronation and its political consequences are subject to scholarly debate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200128_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200128-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thietmar of Merseburg writes that Stephen received the crown "with the favour and urging"<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicon_193_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicon_193-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Otto_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto III</a> (r. 996–1002),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> implying that Stephen accepted the Emperor's suzerainty before his coronation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200128_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200128-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, all of Stephen's legends emphasize that he received his crown from <a href="/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_II" title="Pope Sylvester II">Pope Sylvester II</a> (r. 999–1003).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200128_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200128-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kristó<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200122_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200122-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and other historians<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> point out that Pope Sylvester and Emperor Otto were close allies, which implies that both reports are valid: Stephen "received the crown and consecration"<sup id="cite_ref-Chronicon_193_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronicon_193-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from the Pope, but not without the Emperor's consent. Around 75 years after the coronation, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII" title="Pope Gregory VII">Pope Gregory VII</a> (r. 1075–1085), who claimed suzerainty over Hungary, declared that Stephen had "offered and devotedly surrendered" Hungary "to <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter" title="Saint Peter">Saint Peter</a>" (that is, to the <a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a contrasting report, Stephen's <i>Greater Legend</i> states that the King offered Hungary to the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199496-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Modern historians—including Pál Engel, and Miklós Molnár—write that Stephen always asserted his sovereignty and never accepted papal or imperial suzerainty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120_25-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200120-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200128_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200128-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For instance, none of his charters were dated according to the years of the reign of the contemporary emperors, which would have been the case if he had been their vassal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200145_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200145-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Furthermore, Stephen declared in the preamble to his <i>First Book of Laws</i> that he governed his realm "by the will of God".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200145_58-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200145-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The exact date of Stephen's coronation is unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200122_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200122-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to later Hungarian tradition, he was crowned on the first day of the second millennium, which may refer either to 25 December 1000 or to 1 January 1001.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200127_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200127-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200122–23_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200122–23-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Details of Stephen's coronation preserved in his <i>Greater Legend</i> suggest that the ceremony, which took place in Esztergom or <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> followed the rite of the coronation of the German kings.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199498_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199498-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accordingly, Stephen was <a href="/wiki/Anointment" class="mw-redirect" title="Anointment">anointed</a> with <a href="/wiki/Chrism" title="Chrism">consecrated oil</a> during the ceremony.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199498_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199498-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's portrait, preserved on his royal cloak from 1031, shows that his crown, like the Holy Roman Emperor's diadem, was a <a href="/wiki/Hoop_crown" title="Hoop crown">hoop crown</a> decorated with <a href="/wiki/Gemstones" class="mw-redirect" title="Gemstones">gemstones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Besides his crown, Stephen regarded a spear with a flag as an important symbol of his sovereignty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For instance, <a href="/wiki/Coinage_in_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Coinage in the Kingdom of Hungary">his first coins</a> bear the inscription LANCEA REGIS ("the king's spear") and depict an arm holding a spear with flag.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199497-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the contemporaneous <a href="/wiki/Ad%C3%A9mar_de_Chabannes" title="Adémar de Chabannes">Adémar de Chabannes</a>, a spear had been given to Stephen's father by Emperor Otto III as a token of Géza's right to "enjoy the most freedom in the possession of his country".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200141_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200141-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen is styled in various ways—<i>Ungarorum rex</i> ("king of the Hungarians"), <i>Pannoniorum rex</i> ("king of the Pannonians") or <i>Hungarie rex</i> ("king of Hungary")—in his charters.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consolidation_(1001–c._1009)"><span id="Consolidation_.281001.E2.80.93c._1009.29"></span>Consolidation (1001–<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1009)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Consolidation (1001–c. 1009)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although Stephen's power did not rely on his coronation,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the ceremony granted him the internationally accepted legitimacy of a Christian monarch who ruled his realm "<a href="/wiki/By_the_Grace_of_God" title="By the Grace of God">by the Grace of God</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200123_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200123-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> All his legends testify that he established an <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Esztergom" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Esztergom">archbishopric with its see in Esztergom</a> shortly after his coronation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200154_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200154-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This act ensured that the Church in Hungary became independent of the prelates of the Holy Roman Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200153_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200153-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199954_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199954-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The earliest reference to an archbishop of Esztergom, named <a href="/wiki/Domonkos_I,_Archbishop_of_Esztergom" title="Domonkos I, Archbishop of Esztergom">Domokos</a>, has been preserved in the deed of foundation of the Pannonhalma Archabbey from 1002.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200154_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200154-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to historian <a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C3%A1bor_Thoroczkay&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gábor Thoroczkay (page does not exist)">Gábor Thoroczkay</a>, Stephen also established the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Kalocsa-Kecskem%C3%A9t" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Kecskemét">Diocese of Kalocsa</a> in 1001.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen invited foreign priests to Hungary to evangelize his kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199954_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199954-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Associates of the late Adalbert of Prague, including <a href="/wiki/Radla" title="Radla">Radla</a> and <a href="/wiki/Astrik" title="Astrik">Astrik</a>, arrived in Hungary in the first years of his reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007336_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007336-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200155–57_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200155–57-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The presence of an unnamed "Archbishop of the Hungarians" at the <a href="/wiki/Synod" title="Synod">synod</a> of 1007 of <a href="/wiki/Frankfurt" title="Frankfurt">Frankfurt</a> and the consecration of an altar in <a href="/wiki/Bamberg" title="Bamberg">Bamberg</a> in 1012 by Archbishop Astrik show that Stephen's <a href="/wiki/Prelate" title="Prelate">prelates</a> maintained a good relationship with the clergy of the Holy Roman Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBakay1999547_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBakay1999547-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The transformation of Hungary into a Christian state was one of Stephen's principal concerns throughout his reign.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201114_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201114-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although the Hungarians' conversion had already begun in his father's reign, it was only Stephen who systematically forced his subjects to give up their pagan rituals.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331,_333_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007331,_333-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His legislative activity was closely connected with Christianity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007333_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007333-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For example, his <i>First Book of Laws</i> from the first years of his reign includes several provisions prescribing the observance of <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast days</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sacrament_of_Penance_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacrament of Penance (Catholic Church)">confession</a> before death.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007334_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007334-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His other laws protected property rights<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201115_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201115-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the interests of widows and orphans, or regulated the status of serfs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>If someone has such a hardened heart—God forbid it to any Christian—that he does not want to confess his faults according to the counsel of a priest, he shall lie without any divine service and alms like an infidel. If his relatives and neighbors fail to summon the priest, and therefore he should die unconfessed, prayers and alms should be offered, but his relatives shall wash away their negligence by <a href="/wiki/Fasting_and_abstinence_in_the_Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Fasting and abstinence in the Roman Catholic Church">fasting</a> in accordance with the judgement of the priests. Those who die a sudden death shall be buried with all ecclesiastical honor; for divine judgment is hidden from us and unknown.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><i>Laws of King Stephen I</i><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_(Chronicon_Pictum_040).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Gyula the Younger is captured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg/220px-Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg/330px-Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg/440px-Stephen_I_intercepts_Gyula_%28Chronicon_Pictum_040%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1359" data-file-height="907" /></a><figcaption>Stephen's forces seize his uncle, <a href="/wiki/Gyula_III" title="Gyula III">Gyula the Younger</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Many Hungarian lords refused to accept Stephen's suzerainty even after his coronation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199953_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199953-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The new King first turned against his own uncle, Gyula the Younger, whose realm "was most wide and rich",<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> according to the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200124_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200124-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen invaded Transylvania and seized Gyula and his family around 1002<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESălăgean2005150–151_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESălăgean2005150–151-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001145_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001145-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> or in 1003.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200127_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200127-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200124_80-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200124-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The contemporary <i>Annals of Hildesheim</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001145_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001145-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> adds that Stephen converted his uncle's "country to the Christian faith by force" after its conquest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200124_80-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200124-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Accordingly, historians date the establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Alba_Iulia" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alba Iulia">Diocese of Transylvania</a> to this period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001145_82-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001145-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> If the identification, proposed by Kristó, Györffy and other Hungarian historians, of Gyula with one Prokui—who was Stephen's uncle according to Thietmar of Merseburg—is valid,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001146_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001146-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gyula later escaped from captivity and fled to <a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave" title="Bolesław I the Brave">Bolesław I the Brave</a>, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Poland">Duke of Poland</a> (r. 992–1025).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200124_80-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200124-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[Duke Boleslav the Brave's] territory included a certain burg, located near the border with the Hungarians. Its guardian was lord Prokui, an uncle of the Hungarian king. Both in the past and more recently, Prokui had been driven from his lands by the king and his wife had been taken captive. When he was unable to free her, his nephew arranged for her unconditional release, even though he was Prokui's enemy. I have never heard of anyone who showed such restraint towards a defeated foe. Because of this, God repeatedly granted him victory, not only in the burg mentioned above, but in others as well.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><a href="/wiki/Thietmar_of_Merseburg" title="Thietmar of Merseburg">Thietmar of Merseburg</a>, <i>Chronicon</i><sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>About a hundred years later, the chronicler <a href="/wiki/Gallus_Anonymus" title="Gallus Anonymus">Gallus Anonymus</a> also made mention of armed conflicts between Stephen and Boleslav, stating that the latter "defeated the Hungarians in battle and made himself master of all their lands as far as the <a href="/wiki/Danube" title="Danube">Danube</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy says that the chronicler's report refers to the occupation of the valley of the river <a href="/wiki/Morava_(river)" title="Morava (river)">Morava</a>—a tributary of the Danube—by the <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Poles</a> in the 1010s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142_86-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the <i><a href="/wiki/Polish-Hungarian_Chronicle" class="mw-redirect" title="Polish-Hungarian Chronicle">Polish-Hungarian Chronicle</a></i> states that the Polish duke occupied large territories north of the Danube and east of the Morava as far as Esztergom in the early 11th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142_86-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119–21_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119–21-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Steinhübel, the latter source proves that a significant part of the lands that now form Slovakia were under Polish rule between 1002 and 1030.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119–21_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESteinhübel201119–21-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In contrast with the Slovak historian, Györffy writes that this late chronicle "in which one absurdity follows another" contradicts all facts known from 11th-century sources.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994107–108,_142_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994107–108,_142-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_(Chronicon_Pictum_041).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Kean&#39;s defeat by Stephen" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg/220px-Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg/330px-Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg/440px-Stephen_I_defeats_Kean_%28Chronicon_Pictum_041%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1369" data-file-height="995" /></a><figcaption>Stephen defeats Kean "Duke of the Bulgarians and Slavs"</figcaption></figure> <p>The <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i> narrates that Stephen "led his army against Kean, Duke of the Bulgarians and Slavs whose lands are by their natural position most strongly fortified"<sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> following the occupation of Gyula's country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200337_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200337-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to a number of historians, including Zoltán Lenkey<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200337_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200337-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and Gábor Thoroczkay,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kean was the head of a small state located in the southern parts of Transylvania and Stephen occupied his country around 1003. Other historians, including Györffy, say that the chronicle's report preserved the memory of Stephen's campaign against <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgaria</a> in the late 1010s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199491_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199491-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Likewise, the identification of the "<a href="/wiki/Black_Hungarians" title="Black Hungarians">Black Hungarians</a>"<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—who were mentioned by Bruno of Querfurt and Adémar de Chabannes among the opponents of Stephen's proselytizing policy—is uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200338–39_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200338–39-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy locates their lands to the east of the river <a href="/wiki/Tisza" title="Tisza">Tisza</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994187_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994187-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> while Thoroczkay says they live in the southern parts of Transdanubia.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200158-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bruno of Querfurt's report of the Black Hungarians' conversion by force suggests that Stephen conquered their lands at the latest in 1009 when "the first mission of Saint Peter"<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—a <a href="/wiki/Papal_legate" title="Papal legate">papal legate</a>, Cardinal Azo—arrived in Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200339_96-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200339-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The latter attended the meeting in <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%91r" title="Győr">Győr</a> where the royal charter determining the borders of the newly established <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_P%C3%A9cs" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs">Bishopric of Pécs</a> was issued on 23 August 1009.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160_95-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Archdiocese_of_Eger" title="Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Eger">Diocese of Eger</a> was also set up around 1009.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160_95-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200160-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994108_97-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994108-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Thoroczkay, "it is very probable" that the bishopric's establishment was connected with the conversion of the <a href="/wiki/Kabars" class="mw-redirect" title="Kabars">Kabars</a>—an ethnic group of <a href="/wiki/Khazars" title="Khazars">Khazar</a> origin—<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200122_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200122-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and their chieftain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200161_99-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200161-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The head of the Kabars—who was either <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Aba" title="Samuel Aba">Samuel Aba</a> or his father—<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200129_100-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200129-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> married Stephen's unnamed younger sister on this occasion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200161_99-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200161-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199663_101-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199663-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Aba_(family)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aba (family)">Aba clan</a> was the most powerful among the native families who joined Stephen and supported him in his efforts to establish a Christian monarchy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200140,_85_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200140,_85-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The reports by <a href="/wiki/Anonymus_(notary_of_B%C3%A9la_III)" title="Anonymus (notary of Béla III)">Anonymus</a>, Simon of Kéza and other Hungarian chroniclers of the Bár-Kalán, <a href="/wiki/Cs%C3%A1k_(genus)" title="Csák (genus)">Csák</a> and other 13th-century noble families descending from Hungarian chieftains suggest that other native families were also involved in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200140,_85_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200140,_85-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen set up a territory-based administrative system,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200124_80-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200124-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> establishing <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_the_Kingdom_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary">counties</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200140–41_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200140–41-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Each county, headed by a royal official known as a count or <i><a href="/wiki/Isp%C3%A1n" title="Ispán">ispán</a></i>, was an administrative unit organized around a royal fortress.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200140–41_103-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200140–41-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most fortresses were earthworks in this period,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> but the castles at Esztergom, <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a> and Veszprém were built of stone.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200141_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200141-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Forts serving as county seats also became the nuclei of Church organization.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119_104-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The settlements developing around them, where markets were held on each Sunday, were important local economic centers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119_104-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994119-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wars_with_Poland_and_Bulgaria_(c._1009–1018)"><span id="Wars_with_Poland_and_Bulgaria_.28c._1009.E2.80.931018.29"></span>Wars with Poland and Bulgaria (<abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1009–1018)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Wars with Poland and Bulgaria (c. 1009–1018)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stephen's brother-in-law, <a href="/wiki/Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry II</a>, became <a href="/wiki/King_of_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Germany">King of Germany</a> in 1002 and Holy Roman Emperor in 1013.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200145_58-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200145-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Their friendly relationship ensured that the western borders of Hungary experienced a period of peace in the first decades of the 11th&#160;century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200145_58-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200145-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994140_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994140-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Even when Henry II's discontented brother, <a href="/wiki/Bruno_of_Augsburg" title="Bruno of Augsburg">Bruno</a>, sought refuge in Hungary in 1004, Stephen preserved the peace with Germany and negotiated a settlement between his two brothers-in-law.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk200145_58-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk200145-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994133_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994133-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Around 1009, he gave his younger sister in marriage to <a href="/wiki/Otto_Orseolo" title="Otto Orseolo">Otto Orseolo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doge_of_Venice" title="Doge of Venice">Doge of Venice</a> (r. 1008–1026), a close ally of the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Byzantine Emperor">Byzantine Emperor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basil_II" title="Basil II">Basil II</a> (r. 976–1025), which suggests that Hungary's relationship with the <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine Empire</a> was also peaceful.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994144_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994144-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the alliance between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire brought her into a war with Poland lasting from around 1014<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200371_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200371-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> until 1018.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200388_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200388-110"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>110<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Poles occupied the Hungarian posts along the river Morava.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk199348–49_111-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk199348–49-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy and Kristó write that a <a href="/wiki/Pechenegs" title="Pechenegs">Pecheneg</a> incursion into Transylvania, the memory of which has been preserved in Stephen's legends, also took place in this period, because the Pechenegs were close allies of the Polish duke's brother-in-law, Grand Prince <a href="/wiki/Sviatopolk_I_of_Kiev" title="Sviatopolk I of Kiev">Sviatopolk I of Kiev</a> (r. 1015–1019).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200371_109-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200371-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>109<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143_112-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poland and the Holy Roman Empire concluded the <a href="/wiki/Peace_of_Bautzen" title="Peace of Bautzen">Peace of Bautzen</a> in January 1018.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143_112-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Later in the same year, 500 Hungarian horsemen accompanied <a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave" title="Bolesław I the Brave">Boleslav of Poland</a> to <a href="/wiki/Kyiv" title="Kyiv">Kyiv</a>, suggesting that Hungary had been included in the peace treaty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143_112-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994143-112"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>112<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The historian Ferenc Makk says that the Peace of Bautzen obliged Boleslav to hand over all the territories he had occupied in the Morava valley to Stephen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakk199348–49_111-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakk199348–49-111"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>111<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Leodvin, the first known <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Oradea_Mare" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Oradea Mare">Bishop of Bihar</a> (r. <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1050 – <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1060), Stephen allied with the Byzantines and led a military expedition to assist them against "<a href="/wiki/Barbarian" title="Barbarian">barbarians</a>" in the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Peninsula">Balkan Peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994145–146_113-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994145–146-113"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>113<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Byzantine and Hungarian troops jointly took "Cesaries" which Györffy identifies as the present-day town of <a href="/wiki/Ohrid" title="Ohrid">Ohrid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146_114-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Leodvin's report suggests that Stephen joined the Byzantines in the war ending with <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_conquest_of_Bulgaria" title="Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria">their conquest of Bulgaria</a> in 1018.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200372_115-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200372-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, the exact date of his expedition is uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146_114-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy argues that it was only in the last year of the war that Stephen led his troops against the Bulgarians.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146_114-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Domestic_policies_(1018–1024)"><span id="Domestic_policies_.281018.E2.80.931024.29"></span>Domestic policies (1018–1024)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Domestic policies (1018–1024)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple,_Prince_Emeric,_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail,_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_(8640275845).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Saints Gerard and Emeric" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg/220px-Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg/330px-Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg/440px-Bishop_Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d_and_his_disciple%2C_Prince_Emeric%2C_P%C3%BCsp%C3%B6kk%C3%BAt_Memorial_Column_detail%2C_Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r_%288640275845%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2291" data-file-height="3439" /></a><figcaption> Modern statute of Bishop <a href="/wiki/Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d" title="Gerard of Csanád">Gerard of Csanád</a> and his disciple, Prince <a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a> (both were canonized along with King Stephen in 1083). Püspökkút-statue in <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a>, installment</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Pécsvárad Abbey" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG/220px-P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG/330px-P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG/440px-P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad12.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2176" /></a><figcaption>Ruins of the <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad_Abbey" title="Pécsvárad Abbey">Pécsvárad Abbey</a>, established by Stephen</figcaption></figure> <p>Bishop Leodvin wrote that Stephen collected <a href="/wiki/Relic" title="Relic">relics</a> of a number of saints in "Cesaries" during his campaign in the Balkans, including <a href="/wiki/Saint_George" title="Saint George">Saint George</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Nicholas" title="Saint Nicholas">Saint Nicholas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200372_115-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200372-115"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>115<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He donated them to his new triple-naved basilica dedicated to the Holy Virgin<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159_116-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> in Székesfehérvár,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146,_151_117-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146,_151-117"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>117<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> where he also set up a <a href="/wiki/Cathedral_chapter" title="Cathedral chapter">cathedral chapter</a> and his new capital.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200143_118-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200143-118"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>118<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His decision was influenced by the opening, in 1018 or 1019, of a new <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimage</a> route that bypassed his old capital, Esztergom. The new route connected Western Europe and the <a href="/wiki/Holy_Land" title="Holy Land">Holy Land</a> through Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147,_151_120-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147,_151-120"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>120<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen often met the pilgrims, contributing to the spread of his fame throughout Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148_121-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Abbot <a href="/wiki/Odilo_of_Cluny" title="Odilo of Cluny">Odilo of Cluny</a>, for example, wrote in a letter to Stephen that "those who have returned from the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">shrine of our Lord</a>" testify to the king's passion "towards the honour of our divine religion".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147_122-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen also established four hostels for pilgrims in Constantinople, <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ravenna" title="Ravenna">Ravenna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994150_123-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994150-123"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>123<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>[Almost] all those from Italy and Gaul who wished to go to the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Church of the Holy Sepulchre">Sepulchre of the Lord</a> at Jerusalem abandoned the usual route, which was by sea, making their way through the country of King Stephen. He made the road safe for everyone, welcomed as brothers all he saw and gave them enormous gifts. This action led many people, nobles and commoners, to go to Jerusalem.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><a href="/wiki/Rodulfus_Glaber" title="Rodulfus Glaber">Rodulfus Glaber</a>, <i>The Five Books of the Histories</i><sup id="cite_ref-124" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-124"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>124<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>In addition to pilgrims, merchants often used the safe route across Hungary when travelling between Constantinople and Western Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's legends refer to 60 wealthy Pechenegs who travelled to Hungary, but were attacked by Hungarian border guards.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200128_125-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200128-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The king sentenced his soldiers to death in order to demonstrate his determination to preserve internal peace.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200128_125-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200128-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Regular minting of coinage began in Hungary in the 1020s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994160_126-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994160-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His silver dinars bearing the inscriptions STEPHANUS REX ("King Stephen") and REGIA CIVITAS ("royal city") were popular in contemporary Europe, as demonstrated by counterfeited copies unearthed in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994160_126-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994160-126"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>126<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen convinced some pilgrims and merchants to settle in Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147_122-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994147-122"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>122<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gerard_of_Csan%C3%A1d" title="Gerard of Csanád">Gerard</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Benedictine" class="mw-redirect" title="Benedictine">Benedictine</a> monk who arrived in Hungary from the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> between 1020 and 1026, initially planned to continue his journey to the Holy Land, but decided to stay in the country after his meeting with the king.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148_121-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen also established a number of Benedictine monasteries—including the abbeys at <a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9csv%C3%A1rad_Abbey" title="Pécsvárad Abbey">Pécsvárad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zalav%C3%A1r" title="Zalavár">Zalavár</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bakonyb%C3%A9l_Abbey" title="Bakonybél Abbey">Bakonybél</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007352_127-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007352-127"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>127<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—in this period.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994110_128-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994110-128"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>128<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Long_Life_of_Saint_Gerard" title="Long Life of Saint Gerard">Long Life of Saint Gerard</a></i> mentions Stephen's conflict with <a href="/wiki/Ajtony" title="Ajtony">Ajtony</a>, a chieftain in the region of the river <a href="/wiki/Mure%C8%99_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Mureș River">Maros</a>. Many historians date their clash to the end of the 1020s, although Györffy and other scholars put it at least a decade earlier.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta200140_129-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta200140-129"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>129<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142_86-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994142-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The conflict arose when Ajtony, who "had taken his power from the Greeks", according to Saint Gerard's legend, levied tax on the salt transported to Stephen on the river.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994101_130-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994101-130"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>130<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The king sent a large army led by <a href="/wiki/Csan%C3%A1d" title="Csanád">Csanád</a> against Ajtony, who was killed in battle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001142_131-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001142-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His lands were transformed into a Hungarian <a href="/wiki/Csan%C3%A1d_County" title="Csanád County">county</a> and the king set up a <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Szeged-Csan%C3%A1d" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Szeged-Csanád">new bishopric at Csanád</a> (Cenad, Romania), Ajtony's former capital, which was renamed after the commander of the royal army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECurta2001142_131-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECurta2001142-131"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>131<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Annales_Posonienses" title="Annales Posonienses">Annales Posonienses</a></i>, the Venetian Gerard was consecrated as the first bishop of the new diocese in 1030.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200162_132-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThoroczkay200162-132"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>132<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conflicts_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_(1024–1031)"><span id="Conflicts_with_the_Holy_Roman_Empire_.281024.E2.80.931031.29"></span>Conflicts with the Holy Roman Empire (1024–1031)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Conflicts with the Holy Roman Empire (1024–1031)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stephen's brother-in-law, Emperor Henry, died on 13 July 1024.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram200640_133-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram200640-133"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>133<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was succeeded by a distant relative,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006187_134-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006187-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Conrad_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor">Conrad II</a> (r. 1024–1039), who adopted an offensive foreign policy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200390_135-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200390-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Conrad II expelled Doge Otto Orseolo—the husband of Stephen's sister—from Venice in 1026.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148_121-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994148-121"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>121<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey200390_135-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey200390-135"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>135<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He also persuaded the Bavarians to proclaim his own son, <a href="/wiki/Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry</a>, as their duke in 1027, although Stephen's son Emeric had a strong claim to the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Bavaria" title="Duchy of Bavaria">Duchy of Bavaria</a> through his mother.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006187_134-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006187-134"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>134<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Emperor Conrad planned a marriage alliance with the Byzantine Empire and dispatched one of his advisors, Bishop <a href="/wiki/Werner_I_(Bishop_of_Strasbourg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Werner I (Bishop of Strasbourg)">Werner of Strasbourg</a>, to Constantinople.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159_116-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006197–198_136-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006197–198-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the autumn of 1027, the bishop seemingly travelled as a pilgrim, but Stephen, who had been informed of his actual purpose, refused to let him enter into his country.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159_116-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998159-116"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>116<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006197–198_136-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006197–198-136"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>136<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Conrad II's biographer <a href="/wiki/Wipo_of_Burgundy" title="Wipo of Burgundy">Wipo of Burgundy</a> narrated that the Bavarians incited skirmishes along the common borders of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire in 1029, causing a rapid deterioration in relations between the two countries.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149_137-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200374_138-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200374-138"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>138<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emperor Conrad personally led his armies to Hungary in June 1030 and plundered the lands west of the River <a href="/wiki/R%C3%A1ba" title="Rába">Rába</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149_137-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149-137"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>137<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006231_139-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006231-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, according to the <i>Annals of Niederalteich</i>, the emperor, suffering from consequences of the <a href="/wiki/Scorched_earth" title="Scorched earth">scorched earth</a> tactics used by the Hungarian army,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200374–75_140-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200374–75-140"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>140<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> returned to Germany "without an army and without achieving anything, because the army was threatened by starvation and was captured by the Hungarians at <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006231_139-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWolfram2006231-139"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>139<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Peace was restored after Conrad had ceded the lands between the rivers <a href="/wiki/Lajta" class="mw-redirect" title="Lajta">Lajta</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fischa" title="Fischa">Fischa</a> to Hungary in the summer of 1031.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149–150_141-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994149–150-141"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>141<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>At this same time, dissensions arose between the Pannonian nation and the Bavarians, through the fault of the Bavarians. And, as a result, King [Stephen] of Hungary made many incursions and raids in the realm of the Norici (that is, of the Bavarians). Disturbed on this account Emperor Conrad came upon the Hungarians with a great army. But King [Stephen], whose forces were entirely insufficient to meet the Emperor, relied solely on the guardianship of the Lord, which he sought with prayers and fasts proclaimed through his whole realm. Since the Emperor was not able to enter a kingdom so <a href="/wiki/Gyep%C3%BC" class="mw-redirect" title="Gyepü">fortified with rivers and forests</a>, he returned, after he had sufficiently avenged his injury with lootings and burnings on the borders of the kingdom; and it was his wish at a more opportune time to complete the things he had begun. His son, King <a href="/wiki/Henry_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor">Henry</a>, however, still a young boy entrusted to the care of Eigilbert, <a href="/wiki/Bishop_of_Freising" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop of Freising">bishop of Freising</a>, received a legation of King [Stephen] which asked for peace; and solely with the counsel of the princes of the realm, and without his father's knowledge, he granted the favor of reconciliation.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite><a href="/wiki/Wipo_of_Burgundy" title="Wipo of Burgundy">Wipo</a>, <i>The Deeds of Conrad II</i><sup id="cite_ref-142" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-142"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>142<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Last_years_(1031–1038)"><span id="Last_years_.281031.E2.80.931038.29"></span>Last years (1031–1038)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Last years (1031–1038)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Prince Emeric&#39;s funeral and the blinding of Vazul" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg/220px-K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg/330px-K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg/440px-K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_-_44.oldal_-_Imre_herceg_temet%C3%A9se_%C3%A9s_Vazul_megvak%C3%ADttat%C3%A1sa_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="854" data-file-height="1142" /></a><figcaption>Prince <a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a>'s funeral and the blinding of <a href="/wiki/Vazul" title="Vazul">Vazul</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Chronicon_Pictum" title="Chronicon Pictum">Chronicon Pictum</a></i>, 1358)</figcaption></figure> <p>Stephen's biographer, Hartvic, narrates that the King, whose children died one by one in infancy, "restrained the grief over their death by the solace on account of the love of his surviving son",<sup id="cite_ref-143" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-143"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>143<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199648_144-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199648-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Emeric was wounded in a hunting accident and died in 1031.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> After the death of his son, the elderly King could never "fully regain his former health",<sup id="cite_ref-145" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-145"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>145<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> according to the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199648_144-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199648-144"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>144<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kristó writes that the picture, which has been preserved in Stephen's legends, of the king keeping the <a href="/wiki/Vigil_(liturgy)" title="Vigil (liturgy)">vigils</a> and washing the feet of paupers, is connected with Stephen's last years, following the death of his son.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200132_146-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200132-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Emeric's death jeopardized his father's achievements in establishing a Christian state,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994169_147-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994169-147"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>147<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> because Stephen's cousin, <a href="/wiki/Vazul" title="Vazul">Vazul</a>—who had the strongest claim to succeed him—was suspected of an inclination towards paganism.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKontler199958–59_148-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKontler199958–59-148"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>148<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to the <i><a href="/wiki/Annales_Altahenses" title="Annales Altahenses">Annals of Altaich</a></i> Stephen disregarded his cousin's claim and nominated his sister's son, the Venetian <a href="/wiki/Peter_Orseolo" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Orseolo">Peter Orseolo</a>, as his heir.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170_149-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The same source adds that Vazul was captured and blinded, and his three sons, <a href="/wiki/Levente" title="Levente">Levente</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_I_of_Hungary" title="Andrew I of Hungary">Andrew</a> and <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_I_of_Hungary" title="Béla I of Hungary">Béla</a>, were expelled from Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170_149-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's legends refer to an unsuccessful attempt upon the elderly king's life by members of his court.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200132_146-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200132-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Kristó, the legends refer to a plot in which Vazul participated and his mutilation was a punishment for this act.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200132_146-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200132-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That Vazul's ears were filled with molten lead was only recorded in later sources, including the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200132_146-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200132-146"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>146<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the view of some historians, provisions in Stephen's <i>Second Book of Laws</i> on the "conspiracy against the king and the kingdom" imply that the book was promulgated after Vazul's unsuccessful plot against Stephen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-150" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-150"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>150<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, this view has not been universally accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135_76-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994135-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Györffy states that the law book was issued, not after 1031, but around 1009.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994136_151-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994136-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Likewise, the authenticity of the decree on tithes is debated: according to Györffy, it was issued during Stephen's reign, but Berend, Laszlovszky and Szakács argue that it "might be a later addition".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007351_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007351-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994136_151-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994136-151"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>151<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen died on 15 August 1038.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001136_152-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001136-152"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>152<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was buried in the basilica of Székesfehérvár.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170_149-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994170-149"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>149<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His reign was followed by a long period of civil wars, pagan uprisings and foreign invasions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200129–32_153-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200129–32-153"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>153<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200125–27_154-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200125–27-154"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>154<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The instability ended in 1077 when <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">Ladislaus</a>, a grandson of Vazul, ascended the throne.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMolnár200127_155-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMolnár200127-155"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>155<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Agatha_(wife_of_Edward_the_Exile)" title="Agatha (wife of Edward the Exile)">Agatha (wife of Edward the Exile)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_(Chronicon_Pictum_042).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="King St Stephen and his wife" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg/220px-Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg/330px-Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg/440px-Commemoration_on_the_Foundation_of_the_Church_in_Obuda_%28Chronicon_Pictum_042%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1339" data-file-height="1417" /></a><figcaption>King Stephen and his wife <a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Hungary" title="Gisela of Hungary">Gisela of Bavaria</a> founding a church at <a href="/wiki/%C3%93buda" title="Óbuda">Óbuda</a> from the <i><a href="/wiki/Chronicon_Pictum" title="Chronicon Pictum">Chronicon Pictum</a></i></figcaption></figure> <p>Stephen married <a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Hungary" title="Gisela of Hungary">Gisela</a>, a daughter of Duke Henry the Wrangler of Bavaria, who was a nephew of <a href="/wiki/Otto_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor">Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200126_156-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200126-156"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>156<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gisela's mother was <a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Burgundy" title="Gisela of Burgundy">Gisela of Burgundy</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Elder_House_of_Welf" title="Elder House of Welf">Welf dynasty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200117_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200117-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236_157-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Born around 985, Gisela was younger than her husband, whom she survived.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200117_21-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200117-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236_157-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> She left Hungary in 1045 and died as Abbess of the Niedernburg Abbey in <a href="/wiki/Passau" title="Passau">Passau</a> in Bavaria around 1060.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994237_158-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994237-158"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>158<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i> states that Stephen "begot many sons",<sup id="cite_ref-159" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-159"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>159<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168_160-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> only two of them, Otto and Emeric, are known by name.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200123_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200123-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Otto, who was named after Otto III, seems to have been born before 1002.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200123_65-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200123-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He died as a child.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168_160-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a>, who received the name of his maternal uncle, Emperor Henry II, was born around 1007.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200123_65-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200123-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His <i>Legend</i> from the early 12th century describes him as a saintly prince who preserved his <a href="/wiki/Chastity" title="Chastity">chastity</a> even during his marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168_160-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994168-160"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>160<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Györffy, Emeric's wife was a kinswoman of the Byzantine Emperor Basil II.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146_114-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994146-114"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>114<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His premature death led to the series of conflicts leading to Vazul's blinding and civil wars.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201116_119-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201116-119"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>119<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998160_161-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998160-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Be obedient to me, my son. You are a child, descendant of rich parents, living among soft pillows, who has been caressed and brought up in all kinds of comforts; you have had a part neither in the troubles of the campaigns nor in the various attacks of the pagans in which almost my whole life has been worn away.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>Stephen's <i>Admonitions</i> to his son, Emeric<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200128_125-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200128-125"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>125<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The following family tree presents Stephen's ancestors and his relatives who are mentioned in the article.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236_157-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVeszprémy1994236-157"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>157<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199617,_Appendices_1–2_162-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199617,_Appendices_1–2-162"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>162<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <table style="border-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate;"> <tbody><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Gyula_II" title="Gyula II">Gyula the Elder</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Grand Prince <a href="/wiki/Taksony_of_Hungary" title="Taksony of Hungary">Taksony</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Taksony_of_Hungary#Family" title="Taksony of Hungary">a "Cuman" lady</a>*</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Henry II, Duke of Bavaria">Henry of Bavaria</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Burgundy" title="Gisela of Burgundy">Gisela of Burgundy</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Gyula_III" title="Gyula III">Gyula the Younger</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Sarolt" title="Sarolt">Sarolt</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Grand Prince <a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">two daughters</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>daughter</i></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Doge <a href="/wiki/Otto_Orseolo" title="Otto Orseolo">Otto Orseolo</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><i>daughter</i></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Aba" title="Samuel Aba">Samuel Aba</a>***</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Gisela_of_Hungary" title="Gisela of Hungary">Gisela of Bavaria</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em;background-color: #d0e5f5"><b>Stephen I</b></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em">a Bulgarian princess**</td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Michael_of_Hungary" title="Michael of Hungary">Michael of Hungary</a></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Peter,_King_of_Hungary" title="Peter, King of Hungary">Peter, King of Hungary</a></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right:1px solid;height:2em;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;border-bottom:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:2em"></td><td style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px solid;width:1em"></td><td rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:2px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Vazul" title="Vazul">Vazul</a></td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td><td style="height:1em;width:1em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td><td style="border-right:1px solid;height:1em;width:1em"></td></tr> <tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Otto</td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="height:2em;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em"><a href="/wiki/Saint_Emeric_of_Hungary" title="Saint Emeric of Hungary">Emeric</a></td><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;border-bottom:1px dashed;width:2em"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border:1px solid;padding:0.2em">Byzantine princess</td></tr><tr style="height:1px;text-align:center"><td colspan="2" style="height:1em;width:2em"></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><i>*A Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian lady.</i><br /><i>**Györffy writes that she may have been a member of the <a href="/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian</a> <a href="/wiki/Cometopuli_dynasty" title="Cometopuli dynasty">Cometopuli dynasty</a>.</i><br /><i>***Samuel Aba might have been the son of Stephen's sister instead of her husband.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founder_of_Hungary">Founder of Hungary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Founder of Hungary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:10000_HUF_2014_ob.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/10000_HUF_2014_ob.jpg/300px-10000_HUF_2014_ob.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/10000_HUF_2014_ob.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="187" /></a><figcaption>King Saint Stephen on the 10,000 forint <a href="/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Hungarian_forint" title="Banknotes of the Hungarian forint">Hungarian banknote</a> (1998–)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png/300px-5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png/450px-5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png/600px-5_Peng%C5%91_-_Mikl%C3%B3s_Horthy_Death_of_St._Stephen_1938.png 2x" data-file-width="2745" data-file-height="1353" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Silver_coin" title="Silver coin">Silver coin</a>: 5 Pengő, Death of St. Stephen 1938</figcaption></figure> <p>Stephen has always been considered one of the most important statesmen in the history of Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199651_163-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199651-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His main achievement was the establishment of a Christian state that ensured that the Hungarians survived in the Carpathian Basin, in contrast to the <a href="/wiki/Huns" title="Huns">Huns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pannonian_Avars" title="Pannonian Avars">Avars</a> and other peoples who had previously controlled the same territory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199651_163-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristóMakk199651-163"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>163<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As Bryan Cartledge emphasizes, Stephen also gave his kingdom "forty years of relative peace and sound but unspectacular rule".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECartledge201117_164-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECartledge201117-164"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>164<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>His successors, including those descended from Vazul, were eager to emphasize their devotion to Stephen's achievements.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey2003106_165-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey2003106-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Although Vazul's son, <a href="/wiki/Andrew_I_of_Hungary" title="Andrew I of Hungary">Andrew I of Hungary</a>, secured the throne due to a <a href="/wiki/Vata_pagan_uprising" title="Vata pagan uprising">pagan uprising</a>, he prohibited pagan rites and declared that his subjects should "live in all things according to the law which King St. Stephen had taught them", according to the 14th-century <i>Illuminated Chronicle</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELenkey2003106_165-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELenkey2003106-165"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>165<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-166" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-166"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>166<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1000%E2%80%931526)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1526)">medieval Hungary</a>, communities that claimed a privileged status or attempted to preserve their own "<a href="/wiki/Privilege_(law)" title="Privilege (law)">liberties</a>" often declared that the origin of their special status was to be attributed to King Saint Stephen.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETringli2001129_167-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETringli2001129-167"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>167<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An example is a 1347 letter from the people of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1p" title="Táp">Táp</a> telling the king about their grievances against the Pannonhalma Archabbey and stating that the taxes levied upon them by the abbot contradicted "the liberty granted to them in the time of King Saint Stephen".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETringli2001139_168-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETringli2001139-168"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>168<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sainthood">Sainthood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Sainthood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above n" style="font-size:125%;background-color:gold;"><div style="display:inline;" class="fn">King Saint Stephen</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:StefanIHongarije.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/StefanIHongarije.jpeg/220px-StefanIHongarije.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/StefanIHongarije.jpeg/330px-StefanIHongarije.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/StefanIHongarije.jpeg/440px-StefanIHongarije.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="811" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:gold;">King and Confessor</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Venerated&#160;in</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church" title="Eastern Orthodox Church">Eastern Orthodox Church</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Canonization" title="Canonization">Canonized</a></th><td class="infobox-data">20 August 1083, <a href="/wiki/Sz%C3%A9kesfeh%C3%A9rv%C3%A1r" title="Székesfehérvár">Székesfehérvár</a> by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Gregory_VII" title="Pope Gregory VII">Pope Gregory VII</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Major <a href="/wiki/Shrine" title="Shrine">shrine</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Basilica" title="St. Stephen&#39;s Basilica">St. Stephen's Basilica</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Budapest" title="Budapest">Budapest</a>, Hungary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 August<br />20 August (in Hungary)<br />2 September (1686–1969)<br />30 May (his Holy Dexter in Hungary)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Saint_symbolism" title="Saint symbolism">Attributes</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Holy_Crown_of_Hungary" title="Holy Crown of Hungary">Crown</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sceptre" title="Sceptre">Sceptre</a>; <a href="/wiki/Globus_cruciger" title="Globus cruciger">globe</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">Patronage</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Hungary, kings, masons, stonecutters, stonemason, bricklayers, protector against child death</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Stephen's cult emerged after the long period of anarchy characterizing the rule of his immediate successors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMagyar199624_169-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMagyar199624-169"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>169<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, there is no evidence that Stephen became an object of veneration before his canonization.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002127_171-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002127-171"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>171<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> For instance, the first member of the royal family to be named after him, <a href="/wiki/Stephen_II_of_Hungary" title="Stephen II of Hungary">Stephen II</a>, was born in the early 12th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002129_172-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002129-172"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>172<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen's canonization was initiated by Vazul's grandson, King <a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">Ladislaus I of Hungary</a>, who had consolidated his authority by capturing and imprisoning his cousin, <a href="/wiki/Solomon,_King_of_Hungary" title="Solomon, King of Hungary">Solomon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200132–33_173-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200132–33-173"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>173<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200135_174-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200135-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to Bishop Hartvic, the canonization was "decreed by apostolic letter, by order of the Roman see",<sup id="cite_ref-175" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-175"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>175<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> suggesting that the ceremony was permitted by Pope Gregory VII.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002125_176-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002125-176"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>176<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The ceremony started at Stephen's tomb, where on 15 August 1083 masses of believers began three days of fasting and praying.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124_177-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Legend tells that Stephen's coffin could not be opened until King Ladislaus held Solomon in captivity at <a href="/wiki/Visegr%C3%A1d" title="Visegrád">Visegrád</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124_177-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The opening of Stephen's tomb was followed by the occurrence of healing miracles, according to Stephen's legends.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200135_174-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200135-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Historian Kristó attributes the healings either to <a href="/wiki/Folie_%C3%A0_deux" title="Folie à deux">mass psychosis</a> or deception.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200135_174-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200135-174"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>174<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen's legends also say that his "balsam-scented" remains were elevated from the coffin, which was filled with "rose-colored water", on 20 August.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124_177-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On the same day, Stephen's son, Emeric, and the bishop of Csanád, Gerard, were also canonized.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200133_178-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200133-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Having completed the office of <a href="/wiki/Vespers" title="Vespers">Vespers</a> the third day, everyone expected the favors of divine mercy through the merit of the blessed man; suddenly with Christ visiting his masses, the signs of miracles poured forth from heaven throughout the whole of the holy house. Their multitude, which that night were too many to count, brings to mind the answer from the <a href="/wiki/Gospel_of_Matthew" title="Gospel of Matthew">Gospel</a> which the <a href="/wiki/Redeemer_(Christianity)" title="Redeemer (Christianity)">Savior of the world</a> confided to <a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John</a>, who asked through messengers whether he was <a href="/wiki/Jewish_messianism" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish messianism">the one who was to come</a>: <i>the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the lepers are cleansed</i>, the crippled are set straight, the paralyzed are cured...</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>Hartvic, <i>Life of King Stephen of Hungary</i><sup id="cite_ref-179" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-179"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>179<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>Stephen's first legend, the so-called <i>Greater Legend</i>, was written between 1077 and 1083.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375_180-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It provided an idealized portrait of the king,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490_181-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> one who dedicated himself and his kingdom to the Virgin Mary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375_180-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> However, Stephen's <i>Lesser Legend</i>—composed around 1100,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490_181-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> under King <a href="/wiki/Coloman,_King_of_Hungary" title="Coloman, King of Hungary">Coloman</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375_180-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup>—emphasized Stephen's severity.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490_181-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199490-181"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>181<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A third legend, also composed during King Coloman's reign by Bishop Hartvic, was based on the two existing legends.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375_180-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Sanctioned in 1201 by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III" title="Pope Innocent III">Pope Innocent III</a>, Hartvic's work served as Stephen's official legend.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375_180-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerend2001375-180"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>180<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Gábor Klaniczay wrote that Stephen's legends "opened a new chapter in the legends of holy rulers as a genre", suggesting that a monarch can achieve sainthood through actively using his royal powers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002136_182-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002136-182"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>182<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen was the first triumphant <i><a href="/wiki/Miles_Christianus" title="Miles Christianus">miles Christi</a></i> ("Christ's soldier") among the canonized monarchs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002134_183-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002134-183"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>183<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was also a "<a href="/wiki/Confessor_of_the_Faith" title="Confessor of the Faith">confessor king</a>", one who had not suffered martyrdom, whose cult was sanctioned, in contrast with earlier holy monarchs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay200216_184-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay200216-184"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>184<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Stephen's cult spread beyond the borders of Hungary. Initially, he was primarily venerated in Scheyern and <a href="/wiki/Bamberg" title="Bamberg">Bamberg</a>, in Bavaria, but his relics were also taken to <a href="/wiki/Aachen" title="Aachen">Aachen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montecassino" class="mw-redirect" title="Montecassino">Montecassino</a> and <a href="/wiki/Namur" title="Namur">Namur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Upon the liberation of <a href="/wiki/Buda" title="Buda">Buda</a> from the Ottoman Turks, <a href="/wiki/Pope_Innocent_XI" title="Pope Innocent XI">Pope Innocent XI</a> expanded King Saint Stephen's cult to the entire Roman Catholic Church in 1686,<sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and declared 2 September his <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998160_161-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEButlerCummingBurns1998160-161"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>161<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> As the feast of Saint <a href="/wiki/Joachim" title="Joachim">Joachim</a> was moved, in 1969, from 16 August,<sup id="cite_ref-185" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-185"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>185<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the day immediately following the day of Stephen's death, Stephen's feast was moved to that date.<sup id="cite_ref-186" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-186"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>186<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Stephen is venerated as the patron saint of Hungary,<sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and regarded as the protector of kings, masons, stonecutters, stonemasons and bricklayers,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001314_187-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001314-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and also of children suffering from severe illnesses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001314_187-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGuiley2001314-187"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>187<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His canonization was recognized by <a href="/wiki/Ecumenical_Patriarch_of_Constantinople" title="Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople">Ecumenical Patriarch</a> <a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_I_of_Constantinople" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartholomew I of Constantinople">Bartholomew I of Constantinople</a> in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-Uj_Ember_188-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uj_Ember-188"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>188<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the calendar of the Hungarian Catholic Church, Stephen's feast is observed on 20 August, the day on which his relics were <a href="/wiki/Translation_(relics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Translation (relics)">translated</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In addition, a separate feast day (30 May) is dedicated to his "Holy Dexter".<sup id="cite_ref-Diós_170-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diós-170"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>170<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Holy_Dexter">Holy Dexter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Holy Dexter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A mumified hand, with a strip decorated with pearls on it, in a gilded box" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg/220px-Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg/330px-Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg/440px-Budapest_bazylika_sw_Stefana_20.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2755" data-file-height="2028" /></a><figcaption>The Holy Right displayed in <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Basilica" title="St. Stephen&#39;s Basilica">St. Stephen's Basilica</a>, Budapest</figcaption></figure> <p>Stephen's intact dexter, or right hand (<a href="/wiki/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language">Hungarian</a>: <i lang="hu">Szent Jobb</i>), became the subject of a cult.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200133_178-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200133-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECsorba20047_189-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECsorba20047-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A cleric named Mercurius stole it, but it was discovered on 30 May 1084 in <a href="/wiki/Bihar_County" title="Bihar County">Bihar County</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124_177-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002124-177"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>177<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The theft of sacred relics, or <i><a href="/wiki/Furta_sacra" title="Furta sacra">furta sacra</a></i>, had by that time become a popular topic of saints' biographies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002146_190-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002146-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Bishop Hartvic described the discovery of Stephen's right hand in accordance with this tradition, referring to adventures and visions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002146_190-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKlaniczay2002146-190"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>190<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An abbey erected in Bihar County (now <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A2niob" title="Sâniob">Sâniob</a>, Romania) was named after and dedicated to the veneration of the Holy Dexter.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEngel200133_178-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEngel200133-178"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>178<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Why is it, brothers, that his other limbs having become disjointed and, his flesh having been reduced to dust, wholly separated, only the right hand, its skin and <a href="/wiki/Sinews" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinews">sinews</a> adhering to the bones, preserved the beauty of wholeness? I surmise that the inscrutability of divine judgement sought to proclaim by the extraordinary nature of this fact nothing less than that the work of love and alms surpasses the measure of all other virtues.&#160;... The right hand of the blessed man was deservedly exempt from <a href="/wiki/Putrefaction" title="Putrefaction">putrefaction</a>, because always reflourishing from the flower of kindness it was never empty from giving gifts to nourish the poor.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>Hartvic, <i>Life of King Stephen of Hungary</i><sup id="cite_ref-191" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-191"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>191<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <p>The Holy Dexter was kept for centuries in the Szentjobb Abbey, except during the Mongol invasion of 1241 and 1242, when it was transferred to Ragusa (now <a href="/wiki/Dubrovnik" title="Dubrovnik">Dubrovnik</a>, Croatia).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECsorba20047_189-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECsorba20047-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The relic was then taken to Székesfehérvár around 1420.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECsorba20047_189-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECsorba20047-189"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>189<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Following the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Hungary" title="Ottoman Hungary">Ottoman occupation</a> of the central territories of the Kingdom of Hungary in the mid-16th&#160;century, it was guarded in many places, including <a href="/wiki/Bosnia" class="mw-redirect" title="Bosnia">Bosnia</a>, Ragusa and Vienna.<sup id="cite_ref-Szent_Jobb_192-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Szent_Jobb-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was returned to Hungary in 1771, when Queen <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a> donated it to the cloister of the <a href="/wiki/Sisters_of_Loreto" title="Sisters of Loreto">Sisters of Loreto</a> in Buda.<sup id="cite_ref-Szent_Jobb_192-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Szent_Jobb-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It was kept in <a href="/wiki/Buda_Castle" title="Buda Castle">Buda Castle</a>'s St. Sigismund Chapel between around 1900 and 1944, in a cave near <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a> in 1944 and 1945, and again by the Sisters of Loreto in Buda, between 1945 and 1950. Finally, since 1950, the Holy Dexter has been in <a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Basilica" title="St. Stephen&#39;s Basilica">St. Stephen's Basilica</a> in Budapest.<sup id="cite_ref-Szent_Jobb_192-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Szent_Jobb-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> An annual procession celebrating the relic was instituted in 1938, and continued until 1950, when the procession was forbidden by the Communist government. It was resumed in 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-Szent_Jobb_192-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Szent_Jobb-192"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>192<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Admonitions"><i>Admonitions</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Admonitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Admonitions" title="Admonitions">Admonitions</a></div> <p>According to Stephen's <i>Greater Legend</i>, the king "himself compiled a book for his son on moral education".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994166–167_193-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994166–167-193"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>193<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This work, now known as <i>Admonitions</i> or <i>De institutione morum</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994166_194-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994166-194"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>194<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> was preserved in manuscripts written in the <a href="/wiki/Late_Middle_Ages" title="Late Middle Ages">Late Middle Ages</a>. Although scholars debate whether it can actually be attributed to the king or a cleric, most of them agree that it was composed in the first decades of the 11th&#160;century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167_195-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Admonitions</i> argues that kingship is inseparably connected with the Catholic faith.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167_195-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Its author emphasized that a monarch is required to make donations to the Church and regularly consult his prelates, but is entitled to punish clergymen who do wrong.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343_54-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBerendLaszlovszkySzakács2007343-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One of its basic ideas was that a sovereign has to cooperate with the "pillars of his rule", meaning the prelates, aristocrats, <i>ispáns</i> and warriors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167_195-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGyörffy1994167-195"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>195<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My dearest son, if you desire to honor the royal crown, I advise, I counsel, I urge you above all things to maintain the Catholic and Apostolic faith with such diligence and care that you may be an example for all those placed under you by God, and that all the clergy may rightly call you a man of true Christian profession. Failing to do this, you may be sure that you will not be called a Christian or a son of the Church. Indeed, in the royal palace, after the faith itself, the Church holds second place, first constituted and spread through the whole world by His members, the apostles and holy fathers, And though she always produced fresh offspring, nevertheless in certain places she is regarded as ancient. However, dearest son, even now in our kingdom the Church is proclaimed as young and newly planted; and for that reason she needs more prudent and trustworthy guardians lest a benefit which the divine mercy bestowed on us undeservedly should be destroyed and annihilated through your idleness, indolence or neglect.</p><div class="templatequotecite">—&#8202;<cite>Stephen's <i>Admonitions</i> to his son, Emeric<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEO&#39;Malley199546–47_196-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEO&#39;Malley199546–47-196"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>196<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></cite></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_arts">In arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: In arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A mumified hand, with a strip decorated with pearls on it, in a gilded box" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg/220px-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg/330px-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg/440px-%D0%A1%D0%B2%D1%98%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%98%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D1%83_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%82%D0%B8_%D1%85%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%B2._%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5_%D1%83_%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%83.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2716" data-file-height="2768" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava" title="Church of Saint Sava">Church of Saint Sava</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgrade" title="Belgrade">Belgrade</a></figcaption></figure> <p>King St Stephen has been a popular theme in <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_poetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Hungarian poetry">Hungarian poetry</a> since the end of the 13th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Pomogats_197-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pomogats-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The earliest poems were religious <a href="/wiki/Hymn" title="Hymn">hymns</a> which portrayed the holy king as the apostle of the Hungarians. Secular poetry, especially poems written for his feast day, followed a similar pattern, emphasizing Stephen's role as the first king of Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-Pomogats_197-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pomogats-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Poets described Stephen as the symbol of national identity and independence and of the ability of the Hungarian nation to survive historical cataclysms during the <a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People&#39;s Republic">Communist regime</a> between 1949 and 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-Pomogats_197-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pomogats-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>A popular hymn, still sung in the churches, was first recorded in the late <span class="nowrap">18th century</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-Pomogats_197-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pomogats-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> It hails King St. Stephen as "radiant star of Hungarians".<sup id="cite_ref-Pomogats_197-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pomogats-197"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>197<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> composed his <i><a href="/wiki/King_Stephen_(Beethoven)" title="King Stephen (Beethoven)">King Stephen Overture</a></i> for the inauguration of the Hungarian theatre in <a href="/wiki/Pest,_Hungary" title="Pest, Hungary">Pest</a> in 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-Keller_198-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keller-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to musician James M. Keller, "[t]he descending unisons that open the <i>King Stephen Overture</i> would seem to prefigure the opening of the <i><a href="/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)" title="Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)">Ninth Symphony</a></i><span class="nowrap">; ...</span> [a]nd then a later theme, introduced by flutes and clarinets, seems almost to be a <span class="nowrap">variation ...</span> of the famous <i>Ode 'To Joy'</i> melody of the Ninth Symphony's finale".<sup id="cite_ref-Keller_198-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Keller-198"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>198<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hungarian composer <a href="/wiki/Ferenc_Erkel" title="Ferenc Erkel">Ferenc Erkel</a> named his last complete <a href="/wiki/Opera" title="Opera">opera</a> from 1885, <i>István király</i> ("King Stephen"), after him.<sup id="cite_ref-199" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-199"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>199<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1938, <a href="/wiki/Zolt%C3%A1n_Kod%C3%A1ly" title="Zoltán Kodály">Zoltán Kodály</a> wrote a choral piece titled <i>Ének Szent István Királyhoz</i> ("Hymn to King Stephen").<sup id="cite_ref-Breuer_200-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breuer-200"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>200<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 1983, Levente Szörényi and <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_Br%C3%B3dy" title="János Bródy">János Bródy</a> composed a <a href="/wiki/Rock_opera" title="Rock opera">rock opera</a>—<i><a href="/wiki/Istv%C3%A1n,_a_kir%C3%A1ly" title="István, a király">István, a király</a></i> ("Stephen, the King")—about the early years of his reign. Seventeen years later, in 2000, Szörényi composed a sequel called <i>Veled, Uram!</i> ("You, Sir").<sup id="cite_ref-201" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-201"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>201<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church_in_Hungary" title="Catholic Church in Hungary">Catholic Church in Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_Hungary" title="History of Christianity in Hungary">History of Christianity in Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isten,_haz%C3%A1nk%C3%A9rt_t%C3%A9rdel%C3%BCnk" title="Isten, hazánkért térdelünk">Isten, hazánkért térdelünk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SMS_Szent_Istv%C3%A1n" title="SMS Szent István">SMS <i>Szent István</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Stephen%27s_Mausoleum" title="St. Stephen&#39;s Mausoleum">St. Stephen's Mausoleum</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGyörffy199464_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGyörffy1994">Györffy 1994</a>, p.&#160;64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKristó200115-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKristó200115_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKristó2001">Kristó 2001</a>, p.&#160;15.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Hartvic, Life of King Stephen of Hungary</i> (ch. 5), p. 381.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Britannica-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Britannica_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Britannica_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Britannica_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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(2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140121071008/http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/BEETHOVEN-%C2%A0Overture-to-King-Stephen%2C-Opus-117-%E2%94%82-Ma.aspx">"Beethoven: Overture to King Stephen, Opus 117"</a>. San Francisco Symphony. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sfsymphony.org/Watch-Listen-Learn/Read-Program-Notes/Program-Notes/BEETHOVEN-%C2%A0Overture-to-King-Stephen,-Opus-117-%E2%94%82-Ma.aspx">the original</a> on 21 January 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Izgalmas királydráma a Tháliában? (You, Sir! King of the exciting drama Thalia Theatre?)"</a>. 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In Head, Thomas. <i>Medieval Hagiography: An Anthology</i>. Routledge. pp.&#160;378–398. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-93753-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-93753-1">0-415-93753-1</a>.</li> <li><i>John Skylitzes: A Synopsis of Byzantine History, 811–1057</i> (Translated by John Wortley with Introduction by Jean-Claude Cheynet and Bernard Flusin and Notes by Jean-Claude Cheynet) (2010). Cambridge University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-76705-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-76705-7">978-0-521-76705-7</a>.</li> <li>"Life of the Five Brethren by Bruno of Querfurt (Translated by Marina Miladinov)" (2013). In <i>Saints of the Christianization Age of Central Europe (Tenth-Eleventh Centuries)</i> (Edited by Gábor Klaniczay, translated by Cristian Gaşpar and Marina Miladinov, with an introductory essay by Ian Wood) [Central European Medieval Texts, Volume 6.]. Central European University Press. pp.&#160;183–314. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-615-5225-20-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-615-5225-20-8">978-615-5225-20-8</a>.</li> <li><i>Ottonian Germany: The</i> Chronicon <i>of Thietmar of Merseburg</i> (Translated and annotated by David A. Warner) (2001). Manchester University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7190-4926-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7190-4926-1">0-7190-4926-1</a>.</li> <li>"Rodulfus Glaber: The Five Books of the Histories" (2002). In <i>Rodulfus Glaber Opera</i> (Edited by John France, Neithard Bulst and Paul Reynolds) [Oxford Medieval Texts]. Oxford University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-822241-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-822241-6">0-19-822241-6</a>.</li> <li><i>Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians</i> (Edited and translated by László Veszprémy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jenő Szűcs) (1999). Central European University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/963-9116-31-9" title="Special:BookSources/963-9116-31-9">963-9116-31-9</a>.</li> <li>"Pope Gregory VII's letter to King Solomon of Hungary, claiming suzerainty over that kingdom". In <i>The Correspondence of Pope Gregory: Selected Letters from the Registrum</i> (Translated with and Introduction and Notes by Ephraim Emerton). Columbia University Press. pp.&#160;48–49. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-09627-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-09627-0">978-0-231-09627-0</a>.</li> <li>"The Deeds of Conrad II (Wipo)" (2000). In <i>Imperial Lives &amp; Letters of the Eleventh Century</i> (Translated by Theodor E. Mommsen and Karl F. Morrison, with a historical introduction and new suggested readings by Karl F. Morrison, edited by Robert L. Benson). Columbia University Press. pp.&#160;52–100. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-231-12121-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-231-12121-7">978-0-231-12121-7</a>.</li> <li><i>The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles</i> (Translated and annotated by Paul W. Knoll and Frank Schaer with a preface by Thomas N. Bisson) (2003). Central European University Press. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/963-9241-40-7" title="Special:BookSources/963-9241-40-7">963-9241-40-7</a>.</li> <li><i>The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle:</i> Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum (Edited by Dezső Dercsényi) (1970). Corvina, Taplinger Publishing. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8008-4015-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-8008-4015-1">0-8008-4015-1</a>.</li> <li>"The Laws of King Stephen I (1000–1038)". In <i>The Laws of the Medieval Kingdom of Hungary, 1000–1301</i> (Translated and edited by János M. Bak, György Bónis, James Ross Sweeney with an essay on previous editions by Andor Czizmadia, Second revised edition, In collaboration with Leslie S. Domonkos) (1999). Charles Schlacks, Jr. Publishers. pp.&#160;1–11. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-884445-29-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-884445-29-2">1-884445-29-2</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495379882">495379882</a>. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/248424393">248424393</a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/89010492">89-10492</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL12153527M">12153527M</a>. (ISBN may be misprinted in the book as 88445-29-2) .</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_sources">Secondary sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Secondary sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBakay1999" class="citation book cs1">Bakay, Kornél (1999). "Hungary". In Reuter, Timothy (ed.). <i>The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III: c. 900–c.1024</i>. Cambridge University Press. pp.&#160;536–552. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-36447-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-36447-8"><bdi>978-0-521-36447-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Hungary&amp;rft.btitle=The+New+Cambridge+Medieval+History%2C+Volume+III%3A+c.+900%E2%80%93c.1024&amp;rft.pages=536-552&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1999&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-521-36447-8&amp;rft.aulast=Bakay&amp;rft.aufirst=Korn%C3%A9l&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerend2001" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Nora_Berend" class="mw-redirect" title="Nora Berend">Berend, Nora</a> (2001). "Introduction to Hartvic, Life of King Stephen of Hungary". In Head, Thomas (ed.). <i>Medieval Hagiography: An Anthology</i>. 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Szegedi Középkorász Műhely. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-963-04-2913-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-963-04-2913-9"><bdi>978-963-04-2913-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Magyar+k%C3%BClpolitika+%28896%E2%80%931196%29+%5BHungarian+Foreign+Policy+%28896%E2%80%931196%29%5D&amp;rft.pub=Szegedi+K%C3%B6z%C3%A9pkor%C3%A1sz+M%C5%B1hely&amp;rft.date=1993&amp;rft.isbn=978-963-04-2913-9&amp;rft.aulast=Makk&amp;rft.aufirst=Ferenc&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMolnár2001" class="citation book cs1">Molnár, Miklós (2001). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00moln"><i>A Concise History of Hungary</i></a></span>. Cambridge University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-66736-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-66736-4"><bdi>978-0-521-66736-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=A+Concise+History+of+Hungary&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-521-66736-4&amp;rft.aulast=Moln%C3%A1r&amp;rft.aufirst=Mikl%C3%B3s&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fconcisehistoryof00moln&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFO&#39;Malley1995" class="citation book cs1">O'Malley, Vincent J., CM (1995). <i>Saintly Companions: A Cross-Reference of Sainted Relationships</i>. 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"Romanian Society in the Early Middle Ages (9th–14th&#160;Centuries&#160;AD)". In Pop, Ioan-Aurel; Bolovan, Ioan (eds.). <i>History of Romania: Compendium</i>. Romanian Cultural Institute (Center for Transylvanian Studies). pp.&#160;133–207. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-973-7784-12-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-973-7784-12-4"><bdi>978-973-7784-12-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Romanian+Society+in+the+Early+Middle+Ages+%289th%E2%80%9314th+Centuries+AD%29&amp;rft.btitle=History+of+Romania%3A+Compendium&amp;rft.pages=133-207&amp;rft.pub=Romanian+Cultural+Institute+%28Center+for+Transylvanian+Studies%29&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft.isbn=978-973-7784-12-4&amp;rft.aulast=S%C4%83l%C4%83gean&amp;rft.aufirst=Tudor&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSteinhübel2011" class="citation book cs1">Steinhübel, Ján (2011). "The Duchy of Nitra". In Teich, Mikuláš; Kováč, Dušan; Brown, Martin D. (eds.). <span class="id-lock-limited" title="Free access subject to limited trial, subscription normally required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/slovakiahistory00teic"><i>Slovakia in History</i></a></span>. Cambridge University Press. pp.&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/slovakiahistory00teic/page/n35">15</a>–29. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-521-80253-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-521-80253-6"><bdi>978-0-521-80253-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=The+Duchy+of+Nitra&amp;rft.btitle=Slovakia+in+History&amp;rft.pages=15-29&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2011&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-521-80253-6&amp;rft.aulast=Steinh%C3%BCbel&amp;rft.aufirst=J%C3%A1n&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fslovakiahistory00teic&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThoroczkay2001" class="citation book cs1">Thoroczkay, Gábor (2001). "The Dioceses and Bishops of Saint Stephen". In Zsoldos, Attila (ed.). <i>Saint Stephen and His Country: A Newborn Kingdom in Central Europe – Hungary</i>. Lucidus Kiadó. pp.&#160;49–68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-963-86163-9-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-963-86163-9-5"><bdi>978-963-86163-9-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=The+Dioceses+and+Bishops+of+Saint+Stephen&amp;rft.btitle=Saint+Stephen+and+His+Country%3A+A+Newborn+Kingdom+in+Central+Europe+%E2%80%93+Hungary&amp;rft.pages=49-68&amp;rft.pub=Lucidus+Kiad%C3%B3&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=978-963-86163-9-5&amp;rft.aulast=Thoroczkay&amp;rft.aufirst=G%C3%A1bor&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTringli2001" class="citation book cs1">Tringli, István (2001). "The Liberty of the Holy King: Saint Stephen and the Holy Kings in the Hungarian Legal Heritaga". In Zsoldos, Attila (ed.). <i>Saint Stephen and His Country: A Newborn Kingdom in Central Europe – Hungary</i>. Lucidus Kiadó. pp.&#160;127–179. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-963-86163-9-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-963-86163-9-5"><bdi>978-963-86163-9-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=The+Liberty+of+the+Holy+King%3A+Saint+Stephen+and+the+Holy+Kings+in+the+Hungarian+Legal+Heritaga&amp;rft.btitle=Saint+Stephen+and+His+Country%3A+A+Newborn+Kingdom+in+Central+Europe+%E2%80%93+Hungary&amp;rft.pages=127-179&amp;rft.pub=Lucidus+Kiad%C3%B3&amp;rft.date=2001&amp;rft.isbn=978-963-86163-9-5&amp;rft.aulast=Tringli&amp;rft.aufirst=Istv%C3%A1n&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVeszprémy1994" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Veszprémy, László (1994). "Gizella". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). <i>Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) </i>[Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)]<i><span></span></i> (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. pp.&#160;236–237. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-963-05-6722-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-963-05-6722-0"><bdi>978-963-05-6722-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Gizella&amp;rft.btitle=Korai+magyar+t%C3%B6rt%C3%A9neti+lexikon+%289%E2%80%9314.+sz%C3%A1zad%29+%5BEncyclopedia+of+the+Early+Hungarian+History+%289th%E2%80%9314th+centuries%29%5D&amp;rft.pages=236-237&amp;rft.pub=Akad%C3%A9miai+Kiad%C3%B3&amp;rft.date=1994&amp;rft.isbn=978-963-05-6722-0&amp;rft.aulast=Veszpr%C3%A9my&amp;rft.aufirst=L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWolfram2006" class="citation book cs1">Wolfram, Herwig (2006). <i>Conrad II, 990–1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms</i>. The Pennsylvania State University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-271-02738-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-271-02738-8"><bdi>978-0-271-02738-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Conrad+II%2C+990%E2%80%931039%3A+Emperor+of+Three+Kingdoms&amp;rft.pub=The+Pennsylvania+State+University+Press&amp;rft.date=2006&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-271-02738-8&amp;rft.aulast=Wolfram&amp;rft.aufirst=Herwig&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBain1911" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Nisbet_Bain" title="Robert Nisbet Bain">Bain, Robert Nisbet</a> (1911). <span class="cs1-ws-icon" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Stephen I. of Hungary"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Stephen_I._of_Hungary">"Stephen I. of Hungary"&#160;</a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Chisholm" title="Hugh Chisholm">Chisholm, Hugh</a> (ed.). <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></i>. Vol.&#160;25 (11th&#160;ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp.&#160;882–883.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Stephen+I.+of+Hungary&amp;rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&amp;rft.pages=882-883&amp;rft.edition=11th&amp;rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1911&amp;rft.aulast=Bain&amp;rft.aufirst=Robert+Nisbet&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHamza2015" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Hamza, Gábor (2015). "ЗАКОНИТЕ (DECRETA) НА ПЪРВИЯ КРАЛ НА REGNUM HUNGARIAЕ СВ. ИЩВАН I, И IUS GRAECO-ROMANUM [The laws <i>(decreta)</i> of the first king of the <i>Regnum Hungariae</i>, St. Stephen and the <i>Ius Graeco-Romanum</i>]". <i>Ius Romanum</i> (in Bulgarian). <b>II</b>: 1–12. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a>&#160;<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/2367-7007">2367-7007</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Ius+Romanum&amp;rft.atitle=%D0%97%D0%90%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%A2%D0%95+%28DECRETA%29+%D0%9D%D0%90+%D0%9F%D0%AA%D0%A0%D0%92%D0%98%D0%AF+%D0%9A%D0%A0%D0%90%D0%9B+%D0%9D%D0%90+REGNUM+HUNGARIA%D0%95+%D0%A1%D0%92.+%D0%98%D0%A9%D0%92%D0%90%D0%9D+I%2C+%D0%98+IUS+GRAECO-ROMANUM+%5BThe+laws+%28decreta%29+of+the+first+king+of+the+Regnum+Hungariae%2C+St.+Stephen+and+the+Ius+Graeco-Romanum%5D&amp;rft.volume=II&amp;rft.pages=1-12&amp;rft.date=2015&amp;rft.issn=2367-7007&amp;rft.aulast=Hamza&amp;rft.aufirst=G%C3%A1bor&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AStephen+I+of+Hungary" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Nora Berend, Stephen I, the First Christian King of Hungary: From Medieval Myth to Modern Legend (Oxford University Press 2024)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephen_I_of_Hungary&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary" class="extiw" title="commons:Stephen I of Hungary"><span style="font-style:italic; 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Vince Kiadó and Neumann Kht.</a></li></ul> </div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #FFD700; text-align:center;"><div>Stephen I of Hungary </div><div><b><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d_dynasty" title="Árpád dynasty">Árpád dynasty</a></b></div><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em"><b>Born:</b> <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 975</span><span style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; margin:2em">&#160;<b>Died:</b> 15 August 1038</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;">Regnal titles </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded&#160;by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za,_Grand_Prince_of_the_Hungarians" title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a 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title="Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians">Géza</a> (<i>c</i>. 972–997)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen</a> (997–1000)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em;font-size:80%; font-weight:normal;">Kings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Stephen I</a> (1000–1038)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter,_King_of_Hungary" title="Peter, King of Hungary">Peter</a> (1038–1041; 1044–1046)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Aba" title="Samuel Aba">Samuel</a> (1041–1044)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_I_of_Hungary" title="Andrew I of Hungary">Andrew I</a> (1046–1060)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_I_of_Hungary" title="Béla I of Hungary">Béla I</a> (1060–1063)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Solomon,_King_of_Hungary" title="Solomon, King of Hungary">Solomon</a> (1063–1074)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za_I_of_Hungary" title="Géza I of Hungary">Géza I</a> (1074–1077)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_I_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus I of Hungary">Ladislaus I</a> (1077–1095)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coloman,_King_of_Hungary" title="Coloman, King of Hungary">Coloman</a> (1095–1116)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_II_of_Hungary" title="Stephen II of Hungary">Stephen II</a> (1116–1131)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_II_of_Hungary" title="Béla II of Hungary">Béla II</a> (1131–1141)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%A9za_II_of_Hungary" title="Géza II of Hungary">Géza II</a> (1141–1162)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_III_of_Hungary" title="Stephen III of Hungary">Stephen III</a> (1162–1172) <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_II_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus II of Hungary">Ladislaus II</a> (1162–1163)</small></li> <li><small><a href="/wiki/Stephen_IV_of_Hungary" title="Stephen IV of Hungary">Stephen IV</a> (1163–1165)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_III_of_Hungary" title="Béla III of Hungary">Béla III</a> (1172–1196)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emeric,_King_of_Hungary" title="Emeric, King of Hungary">Emeric</a> (1196–1204)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_III_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus III of Hungary">Ladislaus III</a> (1204–1205)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_II_of_Hungary" title="Andrew II of Hungary">Andrew II</a> (1205–1235)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9la_IV_of_Hungary" title="Béla IV of Hungary">Béla IV</a> (1235–1270)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_V_of_Hungary" title="Stephen V of Hungary">Stephen V</a> (1270–1272)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_IV_of_Hungary" title="Ladislaus IV of Hungary">Ladislaus IV</a> (1272–1290)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrew_III_of_Hungary" title="Andrew III of Hungary">Andrew III</a> (1290–1301)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="12" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Coa_Hungary_Country_History_(14th_century).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Coat of arms of the King of Hungary (14th century)"><img alt="Coat of arms of the King of Hungary (14th century)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg/80px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg/120px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg/160px-Coa_Hungary_Country_History_%2814th_century%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/P%C5%99emyslid_dynasty" title="Přemyslid dynasty">House of Přemysl</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_III_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus III of Bohemia">Wenceslaus</a> (1301–1305)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wittelsbach" title="House of Wittelsbach">House of Wittelsbach</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Otto_III,_Duke_of_Bavaria" title="Otto III, Duke of Bavaria">Otto</a> (1305–1307)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Capetian House of Anjou</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_Hungary" title="Charles I of Hungary">Charles I</a> (1308–1342)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis I</a> (1342–1382)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary,_Queen_of_Hungary" title="Mary, Queen of Hungary">Maria</a> (1382–1385; 1386–1395)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_III_of_Naples" title="Charles III of Naples">Charles II</a> (1385–1386)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Luxembourg" title="House of Luxembourg">House of Luxembourg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigismund,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor">Sigismund</a> (1387–1437)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">House of Habsburg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Germany" title="Albert II of Germany">Albert</a> (1437–1439)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladislaus_the_Posthumous" title="Ladislaus the Posthumous">Ladislaus V</a> (1440–1457)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="Jagiellonian dynasty">House of Jagiellon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_of_Poland" title="Władysław III of Poland">Vladislaus I</a> (1440–1444)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hunyadi_family" title="Hunyadi family">House of Hunyadi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthias_Corvinus" title="Matthias Corvinus">Matthias I</a> (1458–1490)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="Jagiellonian dynasty">House of Jagiellon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vladislaus_II_of_Hungary" title="Vladislaus II of Hungary">Vladislaus II</a> (1490–1516)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_II_of_Hungary" title="Louis II of Hungary">Louis II</a> (1516–1526)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Z%C3%A1polya_family" title="Zápolya family">House of Zápolya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Z%C3%A1polya" title="John Zápolya">John</a> (1526–1540)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Sigismund_Z%C3%A1polya" title="John Sigismund Zápolya">John Sigismund</a> (1540–1570)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg" title="House of Habsburg">House of Habsburg</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand I</a> (1526–1564)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor">Maximilian</a> (1564–1576)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudolf_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor">Rudolph</a> (1576–1608)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthias,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor">Matthias II</a> (1608–1619)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand II</a> (1619–1637)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_III,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor">Ferdinand III</a> (1637–1657) <ul><li><small><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_IV,_King_of_the_Romans" title="Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans">Ferdinand IV</a> (1647–1654)</small></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor">Leopold I</a> (1657–1705)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_I,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor">Joseph I</a> (1705–1711)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_VI,_Holy_Roman_Emperor" title="Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor">Charles III</a> (1711–1740)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa" title="Maria Theresa">Maria Theresa</a> (1740–1780)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Habsburg-Lorraine" title="House of Habsburg-Lorraine">House of Habsburg-Lorraine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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