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Arpad
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Arpad , c.840-907?, chief of the Magyars. He led his people into Hungary c.895. The leaders of the Magyars and the first dynasty of Hungarian kings (St. Stephen I to Andrew III) were of the house of Arpad (see Hungary ).
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Stephen I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...world. The Hungarian kingdom was established by descendants of Arpad, a Magyar nomad from the steppes of Asia whose horsemen had...just south of Augsburg, Bavaria, in 955, the Magyars, under Arpad's great grandson Taksony, settled down in what is now Hungary...
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Szeged
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...first national assembly of the Magyar tribes under their chief, Arpad, met (9th or 10th cent.) in the city, which became a military stronghold and trade center of the Arpad kings. Szeged was sacked by the Tatars and the Turks and was ruled...
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Wenceslaus III
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...6) and of Hungary (1301-5), son and successor of Wenceslaus II. On the death of Andrew III of Hungary, last of the Arpad dynasty, he was elected (1301) king of Hungary. Unable to assert his authority in Hungary, he relinquished (1305) his...
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Magyars
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cent. the advance of the Pechenegs forced the Magyars westward across S Russia and into present Romania. Under their leader Arpad they defeated the Bulgar czar Simeon I, but Simeon, with the help of the Pechenegs, forced them northward into Hungary...
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Szolnok
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...furniture, textiles, chemicals, and paper. An old settlement, Szolnok was a flourishing salt-trading center from the onset of Arpad rule (late 9th cent.) until the 19th cent. The city also gained historical importance as a fortress disputed between the...
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Ladislaus IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...was finally slain by the once-favored Cumans. He died heirless; his successor, Andrew III (reigned 1290-1301), who issued from another branch of the Arpad dynasty, was succeeded as king of Hungary by King Wenceslaus III of Bohemia.
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Gyorgy Lukács
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Additional Sources Lukács, Gyorgy, Record of a life: an autobiographical sketch, London: Verso, 1983. Kadarkay, Arpad, Gyorgy Lukács: life, thought, and politics, Cambridge, Mass., USA: B. Blackwell, 1991. Congdon, Lee...
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Hungarians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Cultural Relations The tribal Magyars, Uralo-Altaic nomadic people by origin, entered the Carpathian Basin in 896, led by Arpad, their chieftain. After several military campaigns into western Europe and the Balkans, the Hungarian state was established...
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Simeon I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...attacking the Byzantine emperor Leo VI. Simeon defeated Leo but was defeated in turn by Leo's allies, the Magyars under Arpad. However, aided by the Pechenegs, he drove the Magyars into their present domain in Hungary. Simeon ravaged the Byzantine...
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