Béla III of Hungary
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Béla III was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a duchy, which included Croati
Bela III from the Illuminated Chronicle
The seal of Béla's father, Géza II of Hungary
Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos—Béla-Alexios was the Emperor's designated heir between 1165 and 1169
Facial reconstruction of King Béla III of Hungary at an exhibition of the Institute of Hungarian Research (Emese Gábor, 2023)
Emeric, King of Hungary
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Emeric, also known as Henry or Imre, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1196 and 1204. In 1184, his father, Béla III of Hungary, ordered that he be crowned king, and appointed him as ruler of Cro
Béla III of Hungary
…favor with Béla, and was ignored by him in the first years of his reign. Instead of Lucas, the Archbishop of Kalocsa baptized Béla's first-born son, Emeric, in 1174. However, administering sacraments to members of the royal family had always been the archbishops of Esztergom's job. According to a Bohemian…
Emeric's royal seal
The coronation of Emeric from the Illuminated Chronicle
King Emeric in a royal regalia as depicted in the Chronicon Pictum
King Emeric as depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum