Individual Details
Álmos of Hungary, Duke of Croatia
(1068 - 1129)
Álmos was the son of Géza I, king of Hungary, and his second wife, Synadene. He held several government posts in the kingdom of Hungary. Between 1084 and 1091 he was the duke of Slavonia, appointed by his uncle Laszlo, king of Hungary; between 1091 and 1095 he was named King of Slavonia (eastern Croatia). In 1095 the new king of Hungary, Almos' elder brother Kálmán, dethroned Almos and made him duke of the appanage Nitrian duchy (Tercia pars regni) instead.
Álmos, supported by Germany and Bohemia, came in conflict with Kálmán in 1098, after Kálmán had declared himself the king of the whole of Croatia in 1097 (crowned in 1102). On 21 August 1104 Almos married Predslava of Kiev, the daughter of Svjatopolk II, grand duke of Kiev. Of their three children, Béla and Adelheid would have progeny. Álmos made several attempts to take over Kálmán's throne, but all were unsuccessful. After repeatedly forgiving his wayward brother, Kálmán was finally forced to bring justice against him in 1115, although even then he commuted the familial death sentence required by law to the sentence of blinding Álmos and his young son Béla, in the expectation that neither of them could then succeed him.
Álmos, who died in 1129, was the last duke of Nitra (in Hungarian Nyitra); his removal also marks the end of the Nitrian Frontier Duchy and thus a full integration of the complete territory of today's Slovakia into Hungary. After the death of Kálmán's son and successor Stephan II in 1131 without male progeny, he was succeeded by Álmos' son Béla.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Álmos, supported by Germany and Bohemia, came in conflict with Kálmán in 1098, after Kálmán had declared himself the king of the whole of Croatia in 1097 (crowned in 1102). On 21 August 1104 Almos married Predslava of Kiev, the daughter of Svjatopolk II, grand duke of Kiev. Of their three children, Béla and Adelheid would have progeny. Álmos made several attempts to take over Kálmán's throne, but all were unsuccessful. After repeatedly forgiving his wayward brother, Kálmán was finally forced to bring justice against him in 1115, although even then he commuted the familial death sentence required by law to the sentence of blinding Álmos and his young son Béla, in the expectation that neither of them could then succeed him.
Álmos, who died in 1129, was the last duke of Nitra (in Hungarian Nyitra); his removal also marks the end of the Nitrian Frontier Duchy and thus a full integration of the complete territory of today's Slovakia into Hungary. After the death of Kálmán's son and successor Stephan II in 1131 without male progeny, he was succeeded by Álmos' son Béla.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1068 | ||||
| Marriage | 21 Aug 1104 | Predislava of Kiev | |||
| Death | 1129 |
Families
| Spouse | Predislava of Kiev ( - ) |
| Child | Béla II "the Blind" King of Hungary (1108 - 1141) |
| Father | Géza I King of Hungary (1039 - 1077) |
| Mother | Sinadena Teodorus ( - ) |