Solomon, King of Hungary
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Solomon, also Salomon was King of Hungary from 1063. Being the elder son of Andrew I, he was crowned king in his father's lifetime in 1057 or 1058. However, he was forced to flee from Hungary after hi
Solomon (Chronica Hungarorum)
The scene at Tiszavárkony depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle: the paralyzed King Andrew forces Duke Béla to choose between the crown and the sword.
Solomon is deprived of the crown, and his uncle, Béla is crowned king (from the Illuminated Chronicle).
Solomon, assisted by Henry IV of Germany, returns to Hungary (from the Illuminated Chronicle).
Vid Gutkeled
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Vid from the kindred Gutkeled, colloquially also known as Count Vid, was an 11th-century Swabian-born Hungarian lord and courtier, an early member of the illustrious gens Gutkeled. As a chief advisor
Count Vid (dressed in red) incites King Solomon against Duke Géza, depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
The distribution of spoils of war after the successful siege of Belgrade in 1071; Vid sits at a table and divides the booty into four parts, as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
The Battle of Mogyoród in 1074, as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle