Géza
Sign in to saveAlso known as Géza of Hungary, Geza of Hungary, Geisa Arpád, King of Hungary, Gejza
Grand Prince of the Hungarians (c.940–997)
Key facts
- Reign
- early 970s – 997
- Predecessor
- Taksony
- Successor
- Stephen
- Born
- c. 940
- Spouse
- Sarolt of Transylvania , Adelaide (Adleta) of Poland (?)
- Issue
- Judith Margaret Stephen I of Hungary Grimelda, Dogaressa of Venice
- Dynasty
- Árpád dynasty
- Father
- Taksony
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Géza
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Principality of Hungary
- Father
- Taksony of Hungary
- Sibling
- Michael of Hungary
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- duke
- Family
- Árpád dynasty
- Image
- Geza-ChroniconPictum.jpg
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- Commons category
- Géza of Hungary
- date of death
- 0997-00-00
- date of birth
- 0940-01-01
- name in native language
- Géza magyar fejedelem
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Encyclopedic overview
Géza (c. 940 – 997), also Gejza, was Grand Prince of the Hungarians from the early 970s. He was the son of Grand Prince Taksony and his Oriental—Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian—wife. He married Sarolt, a daughter of an Eastern Orthodox Hungarian chieftain. After ascending the throne, Géza made peace with the Holy Roman Empire. Within Hungary, he consolidated his authority with extreme cruelty, according to the unanimous narration of nearly contemporaneous sources. He was the first Hungarian monarch to support Christian missionaries from Western Europe. Although he was baptised (his baptismal name was Stephen), his Christian faith remained shallow and he continued to perform acts of pagan worship. He was succeeded by his son Stephen, who was crowned the first King of Hungary in 1000 or 1001.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Géza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.