The Hungarian invasions of Europe occurred in the 9th and 10th centuries, during the period of transition in the history of Europe of the Early Middle Ages, when the territory of the former Carolingia
Hungarian raids in the 9–10th century
The Hungarians at Kiev (Pál Vágó, 1896–99)
Fresco about a Hungarian warrior (Italy)
Europe around 900
Árpád
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Árpád was the head of the confederation of the Magyar tribes at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries. He might have been either the sacred ruler or kende of the Hungarians, or their military leader
Hungarian invasions of Europe
…Silistra, and Preslav). In 894, the Magyars invaded Pannonia in alliance with King Svatopluk I of Moravia. Around 896, probably under the leadership of Árpád, the Hungarians (Magyars) crossed the Carpathians and entered the Carpathian Basin (the plains of Hungary, approximately). In 899, these Magyars defeated…
Statue of Árpád at Ráckeve (Hungary)
Árpád's statue at the Heroes' Square (Budapest)
Árpád's statue in Székelybere (Bereni, Romania)
Ruins of Aquincum – "city of King Attila" in the Gesta Hungarorum