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    Peter Orseolo, or Peter the Venetian (Hungarian: Velencei Péter; 1010 or 1011 – 1046, or late 1050s), was the King of Hungary twice. He first succeeded...
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    Pietro II Orseolo (961−1009) was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009, and a member of the House of Orseolo. He began the period of eastern expansion of...
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    The House of Orseolo (Italian: [orˈsɛolo]) was a powerful Venetian noble family descended from Orso Ipato and his son Teodato Ipato, the first Doges of...
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    Pietro I Orseolo OSBCam, also named Peter Urseulus, (928–987) was the Doge of Venice from 976 until 978. He abdicated his office and left in the middle...
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    revolt by the pagan Hungarians enabled him to take the throne from King Peter Orseolo. He strengthened the position of Catholicism in the Kingdom of Hungary...
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  • Pietro Orseolo may refer to: Pietro I Orseolo (928–987), Doge of Venice from 976 to 978 Pietro II Orseolo, Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009 Peter Orseolo, King...
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  • August 1038, Peter Orseolo ascended to the throne, but he had to struggle with King Stephen's brother-in-law, Samuel Aba (1041–1044). King Peter's rule ended...
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    Frozza Orseolo (1015 – 17 February 1071) was a Margravine of Austria by marriage to Adalbert, Margrave of Austria. She was also a member of the Venetian...
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    Gniezno and Poznań. August 15 – On the death of his uncle, Stephen I, Peter Orseolo becomes the second ruler of Hungary. August – A battle occurs near the...
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    fate of the Hungarian lance is less clear. When Stephen's successor, Peter Orseolo was deposed in 1041, he sought the aid of German king Henry III, who...
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    continued his tour. He visited Bavaria, when, upon his departure, King Peter Orseolo of Hungary sent raiding parties into Swabia. At Ulm, Henry convened...
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    that Vazul inclined towards paganism, favored his own sister's son, Peter Orseolo. In order to ensure his nephew's succession, Stephen had Vazul blinded...
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    battle was at the town now called Bratislava, in 1052. Before 1052 Peter Orseolo, a supporter of the Holy Roman Empire, was overthrown by king Samuel...
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    father → Ferdinand I of Aragon, his mother → Eleanor of Aragon, her father → Peter IV of Aragon, his father → Alfonso IV of Aragon, his mother → Blanche of...
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    Duke of Normandy. Some sources say he also married Vitalia Orseolo, daughter of Peter Orseolo. They had a daughter: Itta. He had an extra-marital affair...
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    the same time when the Diocese of Vác was founded, under the reign of Peter Orseolo, Stephen's successor. Accordingly, Szolnok built the namesake castle...
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    Otto Orseolo (Italian: Ottone Orseolo, also Urseolo; c. 992−1032) was the Doge of Venice from 1008 to 1026. He was the third son of Doge Pietro II of the...
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    to the Venetian doge, Pietro II Orseolo. He married the latter's daughter, Hicela Orseolo, who bore him two sons: Peter Krešimir IV, who succeeded him...
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    victory for the Germans and thus for Westernising influences in Hungary. Peter Orseolo, who had been deposed by Samuel Aba in 1041, returned with the assistance...
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    by King Samuel Aba, who flees the field, but is captured and killed. Peter Orseolo (called the Venetian) becomes (for the second time) king of Hungary...
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    (Cerularius), Byzantine patriarch Michael VI (Bringas), Byzantine emperor Peter Orseolo (the Venetian), king of Hungary Vyacheslav Yaroslavich, prince of Smolensk...
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    disregarded his cousin's claim and nominated his sister's son, the Venetian Peter Orseolo, as his heir. The same source adds that Vazul was captured and blinded...
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    Otto Orseolo (r. 1009—1026). She was the daughter of Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians and Princess Sarolt. Grimelda married the Doge Otto Orseolo (r...
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  • War (1043) Byzantine Empire Kievan Rus' 1046 1046 Vata pagan uprising Peter Orseolo Hungarian pagans 1046 1243 Byzantine–Seljuk wars Great Seljuq Empire...
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    Page 47 King Peter King Peter Orseolo is in armor, holding a sword in his right hand and a royal crown in his left. Page 47 King Peter Is Driven Away...
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    honfoglalás korának hadtörténete; Heraldika Kiadó, Budapest, 2007, p. 168 Király, Péter. Gondolatok a kalandozásokról M. G. Kellner "Ungarneinfälle..." könyve kapcsán...
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    Breisgau or the Hohenstaufen castle in Württemberg. The king mentioned is Péter Orseolo, placing the arrival of the Gutkeleds to Hungary sometime around the...
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  • 1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him. 1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan...
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    distinct from the later parts of the chronicle text. József Deér (1937) and Péter Váczy (1938) accepted Hóman's theory. Polish historian Marian Plezia (1947)...
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    Peter Orseolo, as his heir. After Vazul was blinded and his three sons were expelled, Peter succeeded his uncle without opposition in 1038. Peter's preference...
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