Géza

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Géza was a 10th-century Grand Prince of the Hungarians who played a key role in consolidating the Hungarian state and paving the way for its Christianization under his son Stephen I.

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Label Occurrences
Géza canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
Hungarian noble ⓘ
medieval ruler ⓘ
alliance Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Fehérvár (probable) ⓘ
linked to: Fehérvár
centuryOfActivity 10th century ⓘ
child Margaret (daughter of Géza) ⓘ
Stephen I of Hungary ⓘ
possibly other unnamed daughters ⓘ
conflict internal struggles with rival Hungarian tribal leaders ⓘ
country Principality of Hungary ⓘ
culture early medieval Hungarian culture ⓘ
dateOfDeath 997 ⓘ
dynasty Árpád dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hungarians ⓘ
event baptism into Christianity ⓘ
father Grand Prince Taksony of Hungary ⓘ
linked to: Géza of Hungary

Taksony ⓘ
foreignRelations maintained peace with the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I and his successors ⓘ
historicalAssessment considered a key architect of early Hungarian statehood ⓘ
historicalRole paved the way for the coronation of his son Stephen I as first King of Hungary ⓘ
language Old Hungarian ⓘ
legacy remembered as a transitional ruler between pagan tribal leadership and Christian monarchy ⓘ
militaryPolicy used force to subdue or eliminate rival chieftains ⓘ
mother Pecheneg or Khazar noblewoman (name unknown) ⓘ
notableFor consolidation of Hungarian tribal federation into a more centralized principality ⓘ
foreign policy oriented toward the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
laying foundations of the Christian Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
supporting the Christianization of the Hungarians ⓘ
policy encouraged settlement of Christian missionaries in Hungary ⓘ
initiated building of early Christian churches in his domains ⓘ
strengthened princely authority over Hungarian tribal leaders ⓘ
positionHeld Grand Prince of the Hungarians ⓘ
powerBase western and central parts of the Principality of Hungary ⓘ
predecessor Taksony ⓘ
region Carpathian Basin ⓘ
reignEnd 997 ⓘ
reignStart c. 972 ⓘ
religion Christianity (after baptism) ⓘ
paganism (early life) ⓘ
spouse Sarolt ⓘ
Sarolt of Transylvania ⓘ
successor Stephen I of Hungary ⓘ
successorState Kingdom of Hungary under Stephen I ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hungary
territorialControl core regions of the Carpathian Basin ⓘ
title Grand Prince ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians → givenName → Géza ⓘ
Taksony → successor → Géza ⓘ
Taksony → child → Géza ⓘ