Béla I, King of Hungary

1016 - 1063  (47 years)

• Name	Béla I
  Nickname	the Boxer
  Birth	About 1016  [6]
  General Information	Béla's baptismal name was Adalbert.  [4, 6]
  Moved To	1031 (15 years)	Poland   [6]
  In 1031 he left Hungary, together with his brothers, Levente and Andrew, after the execution of their father, Vazul. Béla settled in Poland
  Moved To	1048 (32 years)	Hungary   [6]
  In 1048 he returned to his homeland upon the invitation of his brother Andrew, who had in the meantime been crowned King of Hungary. Andrew assigned the administration of the so-called ducatus or "duchy", which encompassed around one-third of the territory of the Kingdom of Hungary, to Béla.
  Rebellion	About 1057 (41 years)  [6]
  The two brothers' relationship became tense when Andrew had his own son, Solomon, crowned king, and forced Béla to publicly confirm Solomon's right to the throne in 1057 or 1058. Béla, assisted by his Polish relatives, rebelled against his brother, defeated his brother in two successive battles fought at the river Tisza and at Moson, and dethroned him in 1060.
  Reign	From 1060 to 1063 (44 years)  [3, 4, 6]
  King of Hungary
  Crowned	6 Dec 1060 (44 years)	Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary   [6]
  He was crowned King of Hungary on 6 Dec 1060 at Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. He ordered that "the wives and sons and all the property of all those who had followed" his nephew to Germany "should be protected and kept safe and sound",[41] which induced many of Solomon's partisans to reconcile themselves to Béla's rule and return to Hungary.
  	Béla is crowned king after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown (from the Illuminated Chronicle)
  Death	11 Sep 1063	Hungary   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Béla was fatally injured when his throne collapsed while he was sitting on it. Half dead, he was taken to the western borders of his kingdom, where he died at the creek Kinizsa. [6]
  Burial	Aft 11 Sep 1063	Szekszárd Abbey, Szekszárd, Hungary   [6]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Andrew I, King of Hungary   d. 1060, Zirc, Hungary ▻ Anastasia,  m. Abt 1039 + 2. Béla I, King of Hungary,   b. About 1016   d. 11 Sep 1063, Hungary  (Age 47 years) ▻ Richeza, Princess of Hungary,  m. Between 1039 and 1043
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Ogyek   (5 x Great Grandfather)  Rognieda of Polotsk,   b. About 956, Polotsk, Russia d. 1000  (Age 44 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3314	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Ladislas I, King of Hungary   d. Abt 1040
  Mother	Premyslava of Kiev,   b. Abt 980   d. 1018 (Age 38 years)
  Family ID	F2711	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Richeza, Princess of Hungary,   b. 1018   d. After 1052 (Age 35 years)
  Marriage	Between 1039 and 1043  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 23 years - She : ~ 21 years.
  Children	3 sons and 5 daughters
  +   1. Géza I of Hungary,   b. Abt 1044   d. 24 Apr 1077 (Age 33 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ first wife;   daughter Synadenos  m. 1065 +   2. Ladislas I of Hungary, King of Hungary,   b. About 1040   d. 29 Jul 1095 (Age 55 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Adelaide of Rheinfelden  m. 1079     3. Duke Lampert of Hungary,   b. Aft 1050   d. Abt 1095 (Age 44 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] >   4. Helena of Hungary,   b. Aft 1050   d. Abt 1091 (Age 40 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia >   5. daughter of Béla  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Lampert Hont-Pázmány >   6. Lanka  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Rostislav of Tmutarakan +   7. Sophia, Princess of Hungary,   b. Aft 1050   d. 18 Jun 1095 (Age 44 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Udalrich I, Margrave of Carniola and Istria;   Magnus, Duke of Saxony  m. Abt 1071 >   8. Euphemia,   b. Aft 1050   d. 18 Jun 1095 (Age 44 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Prince Otto I of Olomouc
  Family ID	F2710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Sep 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Béla I, King of Hungary(1016 – 1063) 2Ladislas I, King of Hungary( – Abt 1040) 4Michael, Magyar Prince( – 978) 8Taksony, Great Prince of Hungary(Abt 931 – 972) 16Zoltán, Duke of Hungary(Abt 896 – 949) 17daughter of Marót 9wife, Princess of the Kumans 18 19 5Adelaide of Poland( – 997) 10Mieszko I 20 21 11 22 23 3Premyslava of Kiev(Abt 980 – 1018) 6Saint Vladimir I Swjatoslawitsch, Grand Prince of Kiev, and Duke of Novgorod(955 – 1015) 12Svatislav I Igorjewitsch, Prince of Novgorod, Grand Duke of Kiev, Grand Prince of Perejaslaw(927 – 973) 24Igor, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev(875 – 947) 25Saint Olga, Princess of Izborsk( – 969) 13Maloucha 26Mal, Prince of the Drevianes 27 7Rognieda of Polotsk(956 – 1000) 14Rognald, Prince of Polotsk(939 – 963) 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Moved To - 1031 - Poland Moved To - 1048 - Hungary Crowned - 6 Dec 1060 - Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary Death - 11 Sep 1063 - Hungary Burial - Aft 11 Sep 1063 - Szekszárd Abbey, Szekszárd, Hungary  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947). [S1470] Moriarty, G. Andrews. Descents from the Grand Princes of Kiev , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 28, April 1952). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1454] von Redlich, D. R. Marcellus. "The Descent of Queen Philippa, Wife of King Edward III of England From the Royal Hungarian House of Arpád" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume XCVI, April 1942). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Béla I of Hungary. [S304] Wikipedia, Richeza of Poland, Queen of Hungary.