Levente
Levente | |
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Born | between 1010 and 1015 |
Died | 1047 |
Dynasty | Árpád dynasty |
Father | Vazul |
Religion | pagan |
Levente (between 1010 and 1015 – 1047) was a member of the
Childhood
Hungarian chronicles have preserved contradictory information of his parentage.[1] According to one variant, Levente and his two brothers – Andrew and Béla – were "the sons of Ladislas the Bald"[2][3] and his "wife from Ruthania",[3] that is from the Kievan Rus'.[4] On the other hand, a concurring tradition has preserved that the three brothers were sons of Ladislas the Bald's brother, "Vazul by some girl from the clan"[3] of Tátony.[4]
Modern historians – since the research of Péter Váczy – agree that the latter report is more reliable[4] and unanimously write that Levente was born to Vazul and his concubine from the Tátony clan.[5][6][7] However, historians still debate whether Levente was the eldest or a younger son of his father.[5] Late 19th-century historians – Gyula Pauler, Henrik Marczali and János Karácsonyi – considered Levente as the youngest since the contemporary chronicles unanimously name Andrew, Béla, and Levente in that order. Later historians, e.g. Bálint Hóman, Emma Bartoniek, György Györffy, Gyula Kristó and Márta Font, refer to an entry in the Illuminated Chronicle regarding the renunciation his claim to the throne and in accordance with the traditional principle of seniority, while arguing in favor of Levente as the oldest of the three.[8] Gyula Kristó, who says that Levente was Vazul's eldest son, writes that he was born between 1010 and 1015.[9] Péter Báling argues the authentic Chronicle of Zagreb explicitly says that Béla was the second son of Vazul, which rules out the possibility that Levente would have been the oldest.[10] Báling considers Levente was born around 1020.[11]
In exile and return
Levente, Andrew and Béla left Hungary after their father was blinded in 1031 or 1032.
Dissatisfied with King
References
- ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, pp. 68, 77.
- ^ Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians (ch. 2.44), p. 107.
- ^ a b c d The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 60.87), p. 113.
- ^ a b c Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 77.
- ^ a b c Tóth 1994, p. 408.
- ^ a b Engel 2001, p. 30.
- ^ a b c d e Steinhübel 2011, p. 23.
- ^ Báling 2021, p. 372.
- ^ a b Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 68.
- ^ a b Báling 2021, p. 373.
- ^ Báling 2021, p. 406.
- ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 53.78), p. 110.
- ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, pp. 68–69.
- ^ a b Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 69.
- ^ a b Kontler 1999, p. 59.
- ^ a b Steinhübel 2011, p. 25.
- ^ Kontler 1999, pp. 59–60.
- ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 60.86), p. 113.
- ^ a b c Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 71.
- ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 65.92), p. 115.
Sources
Primary sources
- Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians (Edited and translated by László Veszprémy and Frank Schaer with a study by Jenő Szűcs) (1999). CEU Press. ISBN 963-9116-31-9.
- The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum (Edited by Dezső Dercsényi) (1970). Corvina, Taplinger Publishing. ISBN 0-8008-4015-1.
Secondary sources
- Báling, Péter (2021). Az Árpád-ház hatalmi kapcsolatrendszerei. Rokonok, barátok és dinasztikus konfliktust Kelet-Közép-Európában a 11. században és a 12. század elején [The Power Relations of the Árpád Dynasty. Relatives, Friends and Dynastic Conflict in East-Central Europe in the 11th Century and Early 12th Century] (in Hungarian). Arpadiana VII., Research Centre for the Humanities. ISBN 978-963-416-246-9.
- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
- Kontler, László (1999). Millennium in Central Europe: A History of Hungary. Atlantisz Publishing House. ISBN 963-9165-37-9.
- Kristó, Gyula; Makk, Ferenc (1996). Az Árpád-ház uralkodói [Rulers of the House of Árpád] (in Hungarian). I.P.C. Könyvek. ISBN 963-7930-97-3.
- Steinhübel, Ján (2011). "The Duchy of Nitra". In ISBN 978-0-521-80253-6.
- Tóth, Sándor László (1994). "Levente". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc (eds.). Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. p. 408. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.