Coloman the Learned, also the Book-Lover or the Bookish, was King of Hungary from 1095 and King of Croatia from 1097 until his death. Because Coloman and his younger brother Álmos were underage when t
Coloman depicted in János Thuróczy's Chronicle of the Hungarians
Coloman's father Géza depicted on the lower part (Corona Graeca) of the Holy Crown of Hungary
Coloman's uncle Ladislaus depicted in the Chronica Hungarorum
Coloman—who is depicted as a hunchback in accordance with the tradition preserved in late medieval chronicles—is crowned king (from the Illuminated Chronicle).
Ladislaus I, also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and Richeza of Poland. After Béla's death in 106
Coloman, King of Hungary
…and King of Croatia from 1097 until his death. Because Coloman and his younger brother Álmos were underage when their father Géza I died, their uncle Ladislaus I ascended the throne in 1077. Ladislaus prepared Coloman—who was "half-blind and humpbacked", according to late medieval Hungarian chronicles—for a…
Herm of Saint Ladislaus containing his skull, held in the Cathedral Basilica of Győr
Saint Ladislaus's reliquary of the late 19th-century (in the Cathedral-Basilica of Oradea, Romania)
After the Battle of Kerlés in 1068, Saint Ladislaus is fighting a duel with a Cuman warrior who kidnapped a girl (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)
Angels crowning King Saint Ladislaus (Chronicon Pictum, 1358)