See also:

• COLOMAN (so7o-1116)

COLOMAN (so7o-1116)  , See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• HUNGARY
• HUNGARY (Hungarian Magyarorszdg)

Hungary, was the son of King Geza of Hungary by a See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek concubine . King See also:

• LADISLAUS [I.]

Ladislaus would have made the See also:

• BOOK

book-loving youth a See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk, and even See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design,ted him for the see of See also:

• EGER (Czech, Cheb)
• EGER (Ger. Erlau, Med. Lat. Agria)
• EGER, AQIBA (1761–1837)

Eger; but See also:

• COLOMAN (so7o-1116)

Coloman had no inclination for an ecclesiastical career, and, with the assistance of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, succeeded in escaping to See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Ladislaus (1095), he returned to Hungary and seized the See also:

• CROWN

crown, passing over his legitimately See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother Almos, the son of the Greek princess Sinadene . Almos did not submit to this usurpation, and was more or less of an active See also:

• REBEL, JOHANN PETER (176o-1826)

rebel till 1108, when the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry V. espoused his cause and invaded Hungary . The Germans were unsuccessful; but Coloman thought See also:

• FIT

fit to be reconciled with his kinsman and restored to him his estates . Five years later, however, fearing lest his brother might stand in the way of his See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir, the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• STEPHEN
• STEPHEN (1097?-1154)
• STEPHEN (ISTVAN) BATHORY (1533-1586)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES (1789-1859)
• STEPHEN, SIR JAMES FITZJAMES, BART
• STEPHEN, SIR LESLIE (1832-1904)

Stephen, Coloman imprisoned Almos and his son See also:

• BELA
• BELA, LAS BELA

Bela in a monastery and had them blinded . Despite his See also:

• ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of these barbarous See also:

• BYZANTINE

Byzantine methods, Coloman was a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good king and a See also:

• WISE, HENRY ALEXANDER (1806-1876)
• WISE, ISAAC MAYER (1819-1900)

wise ruler . In See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs he preserved the policy of St Ladislaus by endeavouring to provide Hungary with her greatest need, a suitable seaboard . In 1097 he overthrew See also:

• PETER
• PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
• PETER (PEDRO)
• PETER, EPISTLES OF
• PETER, ST

Peter, king of Croatia, and acquired the greater See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• DALMATIA (Ger. Dalmatien; Ital. Dalmazia; Serbo-Croatian, Dalmacija)

Dalmatia, though here he encountered formidable rivals in the Greek and See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German emperors, See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, the See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope and the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman-See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes, all equally interested in the See also:

• FATE

fate of that See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province, so that Coloman had to proceed cautiously in his expansive policy . By 1102, however, See also:

• ZARA (Serbo-Croatian Zadar)

Zara, Trafi, See also:

• SPALATO, or SPALATRO (Serbo-Croatian Spljet or Split)

Spalato and all the islands as far as the Cetina were in his hands . But it was as a legislator and See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator that Coloman was greatest (see HUNGARY: See also:

• HISTORY

History) . He was not only one of the most learned, but also one of the most states-manlike sovereigns of the earlier See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages .

Coloman wastwice married, (I) in 1097 to Buzella, daughter of See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger, See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• CALABRIA

Calabria, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief supporter of the pope, and (2) in 1112 to the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian princess, Euphemia, who played him false and was sent back in disgrace to her kinsfolk the following See also:

• YEAR

year . Coloman died on the 3rd of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1116 .