Saint László in battle against the Cumans

House of Árpád

The Árpád kings, who ruled for over 400 years, were the descendants of the tribal leaders who led the Hungarians into the Carpathian Basin in the ninth century. Before the conquest, magyar society consisted of a highly organized system of family clans belonging to seven tribes, namely: Nyék, Magyar, Kürtgyarmat, Tarján, Jenő, Kér and Keszi. The chiefs of these seven tribes symbolically entered into a blood brotherhood and through sworn allegiance became one nation. They chose one leader - Árpád, son of Álmos - to be their supreme leader during the migration. ..... more

Álmos, Árpád, Zolta és Taksony     Vazul's descendants

Béla IV and the Tartar Invasion        Magyar Nemzet Hadtörténete

Saint István and Gizella, the first King and Queen of Hungary

• A1 = Ügyek de genere Attila, m. Emese;
  • B1 = Álmos, chief of Megyer tribe;
    • C1 = Árpád fejedelem, lvd:840/907;
      • D1. Tarhos;
        • E1. Tevel;
          • F1. Tormás;
            • G1. Tar Szerénd;
              • H1. Koppány, d:997, killed by Vencellin;
      • D2 = Zolta, lvd:907/947;
        • E1 = Taksony fejedelem, lvd:931/972;
          • F1 .. Géza fejedelem, lvd:972/997, m. Sarolta;
            • G1 .. King St. István (Vajk), lvd:997/1038. m. Gizella of Germany;
          • F2 = Mihály, m. princess Adleta of Poland;  ==>  Piast dynasty
            • G1 = Vazul, m. Premislava of Kiev (Rurik);
              • H1 = King András I, d;1060, m. Anasztázia of Kiev;  ==>  Rurik Dynasty
                • I1 = Adelaide, d:1062. m. King Vratiszlav II;  <==  Premyslids
                • I2 ~ György;
                  • J1 ~ Maurice, ancestor of Drummond Clan;  <==  Drummond
              • H2 = King Béla I, lvd:1016/1063, m. Ryksa of Poland;  ==>  Piast dynasty
                • I1 = Zsófia, m. Duke Magnus of Saxony;  <==  Billung dynasty
                • I2 = King Saint László, lvd:d:1095, m. Adelaide;  ==>  Savoy
                  • J1 = Piroska, m. Emperor Ioannes II;  <==  Komnenos
                • I3 = Géza I king of Hungary, m. princess Synadene of Greece;
                  • J1 = prince Álmos, m. Predeslava of Kiev;  ==>  Rurik Dynasty
                    • K1 = King Béla II "the Blind", lvd:1108/1141, m. Jelena of Serbia;  ==>  House of Nemanjic
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  • L1 = King Géza II, lvd:1130/1161, m. Eufrosina of Kiev;  ==>  Rurik Dynasty
    • M1 -- Ilona, m. Duke Leopold V of Austria;  ==>  Babenbergs
    • M2 ~ Erzsébet, m. Duke Frederick of Bavaria;  ==>  Wittelsbach
    • M3 = King Béla III, lvd:1148/1196, m. Ágnes de Chatillon;  ==>  Comte de Chatillon
      • N1 = Margit, b:1175, m. Emperor Isaac II House of Angelos;  <==  Angelos
      • N2 = Konstancia, lvd:1180/1240, m. King Premysl I Otakar of Bohemia;  <==  The Premyslids
      • N3 = King András II, lvd:1176/1235, m1. Gertrud von Andechs, m2. Jolán de Courtney;  ==>  Capetians
        • O1 = [m2]: Princess Jolán, lvd:1235/1251, m. King Jaime I of Aragon;  <==  Kings of Aragon
        • O2 = [m1]: King Béla IV, lvd:1245, m. Laszkarisz Mária;  ==>  Angelos
          • P1 -- Anna, lvd:1243, m. Prince Rostislav of Chernigov;  <==  Rurik Dynasty
          • P2 -- Ilona, lvd:1243, m. Prince Boleslaw V of Poland;  <==  Piast dynasty
          • P3 = King István V, lvd:1243, m. Kún Erzsébet;  ==>  Kun dynasty
            • Q1 = Mária, d:1243, m. King Charles II;  <==  Capetians
            • Q2 .. King László IV, lvd:1262/1290, m. Capetian Izabella;

Fragmant of a giant painting by Árpád Feszty depicting Chief Árpád at the head of the Magyars arriving in the Danube basin (9th century).