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First Bulgarian Empire, East Francia, and Moravia
- Before the arrival of the Hungarians, three early medieval powers, the First Bulgarian Empire, East Francia, and Moravia, had fought each other for control of the Carpathian Basin.
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According to Anonymous, the Hungarians fought with Menumorut before conquering Gelou's Transylvania. Subsequently, the Hungarians turned against Salan, the ruler of the central territories, according to this narrative.
According to the Gesta Hungarorum, Tétény (or Tuhutum), who was one of seven Magyar chieftains, defeated Gelou's army at the Meseș Gates and Gelou was killed at the Căpuș River as he fled towards his unnamed fortress. Gelou's subjects then yielded to Tuhutum without further resistance. Background.
Contents 1Background 1.1Pre-conquest Hungarians 1.2Inhabitants of the Carpathian Basin 1.3Borderland of empires 2Conquest 2.1Prelude (862–895) 2.2First phase (c. 895–899) 2.3Second phase (900–902) 2.4Consolidation (902–907) 3Consequences ...
According to Anonymous, the Hungarians fought with Menumorut before conquering Gelou's Transylvania. Subsequently the Hungarians turned against Salan, the ruler of the central territories, according to this narrative. In contrast with Anonymous, Simon of Kéza writes of the Hungarians' fight with Svatopluk following their arrival.
The same chronicle said that Zombor's grandfather, Tétény – one of the seven chieftains of the Magyars, or Hungarians, at the time of their conquest of the Carpathian Basin – had defeated Gelou, the Vlach ruler of Transylvania, forcing Gelou's Slav and Vlach subjects to yield to him.
The Hungarians took possession of the Carpathian Basin in a pre-planned manner, with a long move-in between 862–895. Other theories assert that the Hungarians crossed the Carpathian Mountains following a joint attack by the Pechenegs and Bulgarians in 894 or 895.
Tisza, against whom military campaigns and diplomacy were combined in a most successful way. Transylvania Turning east, the Magyars faced three rulers, Menumorut, Gelou and Glad, in the present-day territories of Transylvania and Banat. Many earthen fortifications of all sizes from the ninth and tenth centuries were discovered in Transylvania ...
