Ladislaus I of Hungary
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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
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)
Irene of Hungary
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Irene of Hungary was the Byzantine empress by marriage to John II Komnenos. The Byzantine Empire was at its height during this period, and her husband, John II, has been regarded as the greatest of th
Ladislaus I of Hungary
…of Volhinia around 1090. Ladislaus married again in 1078, to Adelaide, a daughter of the German anti-king Rudolf of Swabia. Their only known child, Piroska, became the wife of the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos in 1105 or 1106. Ladislaus's family and relatives who are mentioned in the article are shown…
Mosaic portrait of Empress Irene on the Comnenos mosaic in the Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (now Istanbul), (c. 1118)
Komnenos mosaic at Hagia Sophia: Mary the Virgin in the center, Emperor John II Komnenos on the left, and Empress Irene on the right (c. 1118)
Monastery of Christ Pantokrator (now Zeyrek Mosque, Istanbul)