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Béla III ( Hungarian: III. Béla, Croatian: Bela III., Slovak: Belo III.; c. 1148 – 23 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a duchy, which included Croatia, central Dalmatia and possibly Sirmium.
Béla III was the king of Hungary (1173–96) under whom Hungary became the leading power of south-central Europe. Béla was educated at the Byzantine court and placed on the throne by force of arms by the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Comnenus in 1173. He made the Hungarian monarchy hereditary by naming
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Béla III (Hungarian: III. Béla, Croatian: Bela II, Slovak: Belo III ), (c. 1148 – April 23, 1196), king of Hungary and King of Croatia (1172–1196), Duke of Croatia and Dalmatia (1161–1163).
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Feb 4, 2022 · Al-Gharnati lived in our country between 1150 and 1153. The ruler at that time was Géza II of Hungary (1141-1162), father of Béla III. In terms of lineage, Béla III was a direct descendant of Álmos, the younger brother of King Kálmán the Learned (1095-1116). In Hungary at the time, the principle of primogeniture was not yet fully ...
Sep 28, 2021 · The Y-Chromosome of Bela III belongs to haplogroup R1a-Z2123 that is today found in highest frequency in Central Asia, supporting a Central Asian origin for the ruling lineage of the...
- Chuan-Chao Wang, Cosimo Posth, Cosimo Posth, Anja Furtwängler, Katalin Sümegi, Zsolt Bánfai, Miklós ...
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Feb 10, 2018 · Béla Melegh & Miklós Kásler. 46k Accesses. 20 Citations. 40 Altmetric. 3 Mentions. Explore all metrics. Abstract. A few decades after the collapse of the Avar Khaganate (c. 822 AD), Hungarian invaders conquered the Carpathian Basin (c. 862–895 AD).
King Béla III (1172–1196) was one of the most significant rulers of the dynasty. He also consolidated Hungarian dominance over the Northern Balkans. The provostry church of the Virgin Mary (commonly known as the Royal Basilica of Székesfehérvár) played a prominent role as a coronation church and burial place of medieval Hungarian kings.
