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Andrew I of Hungary

Andrew I the White or the Catholic (Hungarian: I. Fehér or Katolikus András/Endre; c. 1015 – before 6 December 1060) was King of Hungary from 1046 to 1060. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. After spending fifteen years in exile, he ascended the throne during an extensive revolt of the pagan Hungarians. He strengthened the position of Christianity in the Kingdom of Hungary and successfully defended its independence against the Holy Roman Empire.

Andrew I
Andrew I on the throne (Thuróczi's Chronicle)
King of Hungary
Reign1046–1060
Coronation1046, Székesfehérvár
PredecessorPeter
SuccessorBéla I
Bornc. 1015
Diedbefore 6 December 1060 (aged 44–45)
Zirc, Kingdom of Hungary
Burial
SpouseAnastasia of Kiev
Issue
DynastyÁrpád dynasty
FatherVazul
Mothera lady from the Clan Tátony
ReligionChristian

His efforts to ensure the succession of his son, Solomon, resulted in the open revolt of his brother, Béla. Béla dethroned Andrew by force in 1060. Andrew suffered severe injuries during the fighting and died before his brother was crowned king.

Early life

Childhood (c. 1015–1031)

Medieval sources provide two contradictory reports of the parents of Andrew, and his two brothers, Levente and Béla.[1] For instance, the Chronicle of Zagreb and Saint Gerard's Life[1] write that their father was Vazul, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (r.  c. 955 – c. 970).[2] The Illuminated Chronicle and other medieval sources write of Vazul's relationship with "some girl" from the Tátony clan who bore his sons, who thus "were not born of a true marriage-bed".[3][4] According to a concurrent tradition, which has been preserved by most chronicles, the three princes were the sons of Vazul's brother, Ladislas the Bald.[1] Modern historians, who reject the latter report, agree that Andrew and his brothers were the sons of Vazul and his concubine from the Tátony clan.[1][5][6][7] According to the historian Gyula Kristó, Andrew was the second among Vazul's three sons. He writes that Andrew was born around 1015.[5]

In exile (1031–1046)

According to medieval chronicles, Vazul was blinded during the reign of his cousin, King Stephen I, the first Christian monarch of Hungary (r. 997–1038).[8] The king ordered Vazul's mutilation after the death, in 1031, of Emeric, his only son surviving infancy.[8][9] The contemporary Annals of Altaich writes that the king himself ordered the mutilation of one of his kinsmen, who had strong claim to the throne, in an attempt to ensure a peaceful succession to his own sister's son, Peter Orseolo.[10][6] The same source adds that the king expelled his blinded cousin's three sons from Hungary.[1] According to the contrasting report of the Hungarian chronicles, King Stephen wanted to save the young princes' lives from their enemies in the royal court and "counselled them with all speed"[11] to depart from Hungary.[5]

 
The blinding of Vazul after the death of Emeric, the only son of King Stephen I of Hungary

Having his own son died in his father's life, and having no other sons, Stephen, the king of good memory, who was the maternal uncle of [Peter Orseolo], adopted and appointed him as heir to his kingdom. For his kinsman's son disagreed with him on this, [Stephen] had him blinded, even if he was worthier of the kingdom, and sent his little sons into exile.

Exiled from Hungary, Andrew and his brothers settled in the court of Duke Oldřich of Bohemia (r. 1012–1033).[7] Here they came across King Mieszko II of Poland (r. 1025–1031, 1032–1034)[7] who likewise took refuge in Bohemia after his opponents had expelled him from his kingdom.[13] The Polish monarch regained his crown and returned to Poland in 1032.[14] Andrew, Béla and Levente, whose "condition of life was poor and mean"[15] in Bohemia, followed Mieszko II who received them "kindly and honourably"[15] in Poland.[5][7] After the youngest among them, Béla, married a daughter of Mieszko II, Andrew and Levente decided to depart from Poland, because they "felt that they would be living in Poland under their brother's shadow",[16] according to Simon of Kéza.[17]

Hungarian chronicles have preserved a story full of fabulous or anachronistic details of the two brothers' ensuing wanderings.[17] For instance, they narrate that Andrew and Levente were captured by Cumans,[17] but the latter only arrived in Europe in the 1050s.[18] Having faced many hardships, Andrew and Levente established themselves in the court of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1019–1054) in the late 1030s. The grand prince gave his daughter Anastasia in marriage to Andrew.[17] Kristó writes that Andrew, who had up to that time remained pagan, was baptized on this occasion.[19]

Having received permission from [the Polish monarch, Andrew and Levente] left their brother [Béla] behind and made their way to the King of Lodomeria, who did not receive them. Since they had nowhere to lay their head, they went from there to the [Cumans]. Seeing that they were persons of excellent bearing, the [Cumans] thought that they had come to spy out the land, and unless a captive Hungarian had recognized them, they should certainly have killed them; but they kept them with them for some time. Then they departed thence to Russia.

Return to Hungary (1046)

 
Pagans slaughtering priests and the martyrdom of Bishop Gerard of Csanád depicted in the Anjou Legendarium

In the meantime, King Peter Orseolo, who had succeeded King Stephen in Hungary in 1038, alienated many lords and prelates from himself, especially when he solemnly recognized the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry III in 1045.[6][21] According to the Illuminated Chronicle, the discontented lords, "seeing the sufferings of their people",[22] assembled in Csanád (Cenad, Romania).[23] They agreed to send envoys to Andrew and Levente in Kiev in order to persuade them to return to Hungary.[19] Fearing "some treacherous ambush",[24] the two brothers only set out after the agents they had sent to Hungary confirmed that the Hungarians were ripe for an uprising against the king.[19]

By the time the two brothers decided to return, a revolt had broken out in Hungary.[25] It was dominated by pagans who captured many clergymen and mercilessly slaughtered them.[6] Andrew and Levente met the rebels at Abaújvár.[19] The Illuminated Chronicle narrates how the pagans urged the dukes "to allow the whole people to live according to the rites of the pagans, to kill the bishops and the clergy, to destroy the churches, to throw off the Christian faith and to worship idols".[24][19] The same source adds that Andrew and Levente gave in to all their demands, "for otherwise they would not fight"[24] for them against King Peter.[19][26]

The Annals of Altaich states that Andrew "savagely raged against the flock of the Holy Church".[26][27] Even so, Bishop Gerard of Csanád and four other prelates were ready to join Andrew, but the pagans captured and slaughtered three of them (including Gerard) at Buda.[23][28] King Peter decided to flee from Hungary and take refuge in Austria.[23] However, Andrew's envoys tricked the king into returning before he reached the frontier, and they captured and blinded him.[23][29]

Reign

Coronation (1046–1047)

Most Hungarian lords and the prelates opposed the restoration of paganism.[21][30] They preferred the devout Christian Andrew to his pagan brother Levente,[21] even if, at least according to Kristó and Steinhübel, the latter was the eldest among Vazul's three sons.[31][32] The Hungarian chronicles write that Levente, who died in short time, did not oppose his brother's ascension to the throne.[32][23] The three bishops who had survived the pagan uprising crowned Andrew in Székesfehérvár in the last quarter of 1046 or in the spring of 1047.[23][33] Historian Ferenc Makk writes that Andrew was crowned with a crown that the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos had sent to him.[33] Nine enamelled plaques from this golden crown were unearthed in Nyitraivánka (Ivanka pri Nitre, Slovakia) in the 19th century.[34] Andrew soon broke with his pagan supporters, restored Christianity and declared pagan rites illegal.[26][30] According to Kosztolnyik, Andrew's epithets (the White or the Catholic) are connected to these events.[35]

 
Coronation of Andrew I (Illuminated Chronicle)

Having now been made secure against all disturbances from enemies, Duke Andreas received the crown of kingship in the royal city of Alba. No more than three bishops who had escaped that great slaughter of the Christians performed the ceremony of coronation in the year of our Lord 1047. He made proclamation to all his people that under pain of death they should lay aside the pagan rites which had formerly been permitted to them, and that they should return to the true faith of Christ and live in all things according to the law which King St Stephen had taught them.

Wars with the Holy Roman Empire (1047–1053)

The contemporaneous Hermann of Reichenau narrates that Andrew "sent frequent envoys with humble entreaties" to Emperor Henry III, proposing "an annual tribute and faithful service"[37] if the emperor recognized his reign.[38] Andrew persuaded his brother, Béla, to return from Poland to Hungary in 1048.[39] He also granted his brother one third of the kingdom[39][40] with the title of duke.[30] Béla's duchy comprised two regions which were centered on Nyitra (Nitra, Slovakia) and Bihar (Biharia, Romania).[39][30]

Skirmishes on the frontier between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire first occurred in 1050.[41] Emperor Henry invaded Hungary in August[29] 1051, but Andrew and Béla successfully applied scorched earth tactics against the imperial troops and forced them to withdraw.[41][30] Legend says that the Vértes Hills near Székesfehérvár were named after the armours—vért in Hungarian—which were discarded by the retreating German soldiers.[30]

Andrew initiated new peace negotiations with the emperor and promised to pay an annual tribute, but his offers were refused.[41] Next summer, the emperor returned to Hungary and laid siege to Pressburg (Bratislava, Slovakia).[29] Zotmund, "a most skilful swimmer"[42] scuttled the emperor's ships.[29][41] After Pope Leo IX mediated a peace treaty, the emperor lifted the siege and withdrew from Hungary.[29][41] Andrew soon refused to fulfill his promises made under duress,[41] and even allied with Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria, a prominent opponent of Emperor Henry III.[43]

Because Andreas, the king of the Hungarians was less and less inclined to send envoys and to make promises concerning a peace treaty, [the emperor] laid siege to the fortress of Pressburg and for a long time attacked it with various machines of war. Since, however, God aided the besieged, who anxiously called on Him, his efforts were always frustrated and he could by no means capture it. Meanwhile the lord Pope Leo had intervened at the request of Andreas to make peace and he called on the emperor to end the siege. Since [the pope] found [the emperor] in all respects in agreement with him, while discovering that Andreas on the contrary was less obedient to his advice, he was angry and threatened the latter with excommunication for mocking the apostolic see.

— Herman of Reichenau: Chronicle[44]

Succession crisis and death (1053–1060)

Andrew's queen, Anastasia, gave birth to a son, named Solomon in 1053.[45] Andrew attempted to make his son's succession secure, even against his brother, Béla, who had a strong claim to succeed Andrew according to the traditional principle of agnatic seniority.[46]

 
The scene at Tiszavárkony depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle: the paralyzed Andrew forces his brother, Béla to choose between the crown and the sword

The brothers' relationship did not deteriorate immediately after Solomon's birth.[47] In the deed of the foundation of the Tihany Abbey, a Benedictine monastery established in 1055 by Andrew, Duke Béla was listed among the lords witnessing the act.[47] This charter, although primarily written in Latin, contains the earliest extant text—Feheruuaru rea meneh hodu utu rea ("on the military road which leads to Fehérvár")—written in Hungarian.[48] Andrew also established a lavra for Orthodox hermits in Tihany and an Orthodox monastery near Visegrád.[49] The Third Book of Law of King Ladislaus I of Hungary (r. 1077–1095) refers to an "estate survey of the judge Sarkas" under "King Andrew and Duke Béla".[50][51] According to György Györffy, the serfs of the royal domains were registered during this survey which took place around 1056.[51]

Andrew suffered a stroke which paralyzed him.[45] In an attempt to strengthen his son's claim to the throne, he had the four-year-old Solomon crowned in the one-year-long period beginning in the autumn of 1057.[45] For the same purpose, Andrew also arranged the engagement of his son with Judith—a daughter of the late Emperor Henry III, and sister of the new German monarch, Henry IV (r. 1056–1105)—in September 1058.[52] Thereafter, according to an episode narrated by most Hungarian chronicles, the king invited Duke Béla to a meeting at Tiszavárkony.[53] At their meeting, Andrew seemingly offered his brother to freely choose between a crown and a sword, which were the symbols of the kingdom and the ducatus, respectively.[54] Duke Béla, who had previously been informed by his partisans in Andrew's court that he would be murdered on the king's order if he opted for the crown, chose the sword.[54]

However, Béla, who actually had no intention of renouncing his claim to succeed his brother in favor of his nephew, fled to Poland and sought military assistance from Duke Boleslaus II of Poland (r. 1058–1079).[54][55] With Duke Boleslaus's support, Béla returned to Hungary at the head of Polish troops.[56] On the other hand, the Dowager Empress Agnes—who governed the Holy Roman Empire in the name of her minor son, Henry IV—sent Bavarian, Bohemian and Saxon troops to assist Andrew.[56]

The decisive battle was fought in the regions east of the river Tisza.[45] Andrew suffered injuries and lost the battle.[45][54] He attempted to flee to the Holy Roman Empire, but his brother's partisans routed his retinue at Moson.[45] The Annals of Niederaltaich narrates that wagons and horses trampled him in the battlefield.[57] Mortally wounded, Andrew was captured and taken by his brother's partisans to Zirc[45] where "he was treated with neglect",[58] according to the Illuminated Chronicle.[57] Andrew died in the royal manor there before his brother was crowned king on 6 December 1060.[59] Andrew was buried in the crypt of the church of the Tihany Abbey.[60]

Family

 
The two sons of Andrew by his wife, Anastasia of Kiev, King Solomon of Hungary (r. 1063–1074) and Duke David

Andrew's wife, Anastasia, was the daughter of Grand Duke Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev by his wife, Ingegerd, who herself was the daughter of King Olof Skötkonung of Sweden.[61] Andrew married Anastasia, who was born in about 1020, around 1038.[17] Their first child, Adelaide, was born around 1040.[62] She became the wife of Vratislaus II of Bohemia, who was initially Duke and, from 1085, King of Bohemia.[63][64] Andrew and Anastasia's first son, Solomon, was born in 1053, their second son, David, some years later.[63] Neither Solomon nor David fathered sons; the male line of Andrew's family died out with their deaths by the end of the 11th century.[45]

King Salomon and David, his brother, never had children, and the seed of King Andreas perished with them. We believe that this was by an act of God; for on his first return with Levente, his brother, to Hungary, Andreas with the purpose of gaining the kingdom permitted the ungodly Vatha and other most evil men to kill the saintly Gerard and many Christians.

Medieval chronicles write that Andrew had a natural son, named George, "by a concubine"[66] from the village of Pilismarót.[67] Since his name was popular among Orthodox believers, Gyula Kristó says that his mother may have been a Russian lady-in-waiting of Andrew's queen.[67] The story that the Clan Drummond in Scotland are descended from George[68] and his son Maurice[69][70][71] is not accepted by some scholars.[72]

The following family tree presents Andrew's ancestry, his offspring, and some of his relatives mentioned in the article.[73]

*A Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian lady.
**Györffy writes that she may have been a member of the Bulgarian Cometopuli dynasty.

Gallery

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  2. ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, pp. 68, Appendices 1-2.
  3. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 60.87), p. 113.
  4. ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, pp. 77, Appendix 2.
  5. ^ a b c d Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 68.
  6. ^ a b c d Engel 2001, p. 29.
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  8. ^ a b Györffy 2000, p. 377.
  9. ^ Engel 2001, pp. 28–29.
  10. ^ Györffy 2000, pp. 377–378.
  11. ^ Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians (ch. 2.44), p. 107.
  12. ^ Kristó 1999, p. 240.
  13. ^ Manteuffel 1982, p. 81.
  14. ^ Manteuffel 1982, p. 82.
  15. ^ a b The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle (ch. 53.78), p. 110.
  16. ^ Simon of Kéza: The Deeds of the Hungarians (ch. 52.), p. 121.
  17. ^ a b c d e Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 69.
  18. ^ Curta 2006, p. 306.
  19. ^ a b c d e f Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 70.
  20. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle (ch. 55.80), p. 111.
  21. ^ a b c Kontler 1999, p. 59.
  22. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle (ch. 55.81), p. 111.
  23. ^ a b c d e f Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 71.
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  32. ^ a b Steinhübel 2011, p. 25.
  33. ^ a b Makk 1993, p. 71.
  34. ^ Buckton 1984, p. 46.
  35. ^ Kosztolnyik 1981, p. 74.
  36. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle (ch. 60.86), p. 113.
  37. ^ Herman of Reichenau, Chronicle (year 1047), p. 82.
  38. ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, pp. 72–73.
  39. ^ a b c Steinhübel 2011, p. 26.
  40. ^ Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 72.
  41. ^ a b c d e f Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 73.
  42. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: (ch. 61.89), p. 114.
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  44. ^ Herman of Reichenau, Chronicle (year 1052), pp. 92–93.
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  61. ^ Wertner 1892, p. 117.
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  65. ^ The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle (ch. 71.100), p. 118.
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  69. ^ Systems of Heraldry by Alexander Nisbet, Edinburgh, 1722, vol.1, p.60.
  70. ^ The Baronage of Scotland by Sir Robert Douglas, Bt., et al, Edinburgh, 1798, p.571.
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Andrew I of Hungary
Born: c. 1015 Died: before 6 December 1060
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Hungary
1046–1060
Succeeded by

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efforts to ensure the succession of his son Solomon resulted in the open revolt of his brother Bela Bela dethroned Andrew by force in 1060 Andrew suffered severe injuries during the fighting and died before his brother was crowned king Contents 1 Early life 1 1 Childhood c 1015 1031 1 2 In exile 1031 1046 1 3 Return to Hungary 1046 2 Reign 2 1 Coronation 1046 1047 2 2 Wars with the Holy Roman Empire 1047 1053 2 3 Succession crisis and death 1053 1060 3 Family 4 Gallery 5 References 6 Sources 6 1 Primary sources 6 2 Secondary sourcesEarly life EditChildhood c 1015 1031 Edit Medieval sources provide two contradictory reports of the parents of Andrew and his two brothers Levente and Bela 1 For instance the Chronicle of Zagreb and Saint Gerard s Life 1 write that their father was Vazul a grandson of Taksony Grand Prince of the Hungarians r c 955 c 970 2 The Illuminated Chronicle and other medieval sources write of Vazul s relationship with some girl from the Tatony clan who bore his sons who thus were not born of a true marriage bed 3 4 According to a concurrent tradition which has been preserved by most chronicles the three princes were the sons of Vazul s brother Ladislas the Bald 1 Modern historians who reject the latter report agree that Andrew and his brothers were the sons of Vazul and his concubine from the Tatony clan 1 5 6 7 According to the historian Gyula Kristo Andrew was the second among Vazul s three sons He writes that Andrew was born around 1015 5 In exile 1031 1046 Edit According to medieval chronicles Vazul was blinded during the reign of his cousin King Stephen I the first Christian monarch of Hungary r 997 1038 8 The king ordered Vazul s mutilation after the death in 1031 of Emeric his only son surviving infancy 8 9 The contemporary Annals of Altaich writes that the king himself ordered the mutilation of one of his kinsmen who had strong claim to the throne in an attempt to ensure a peaceful succession to his own sister s son Peter Orseolo 10 6 The same source adds that the king expelled his blinded cousin s three sons from Hungary 1 According to the contrasting report of the Hungarian chronicles King Stephen wanted to save the young princes lives from their enemies in the royal court and counselled them with all speed 11 to depart from Hungary 5 The blinding of Vazul after the death of Emeric the only son of King Stephen I of Hungary Having his own son died in his father s life and having no other sons Stephen the king of good memory who was the maternal uncle of Peter Orseolo adopted and appointed him as heir to his kingdom For his kinsman s son disagreed with him on this Stephen had him blinded even if he was worthier of the kingdom and sent his little sons into exile Annals of Altaich 12 Exiled from Hungary Andrew and his brothers settled in the court of Duke Oldrich of Bohemia r 1012 1033 7 Here they came across King Mieszko II of Poland r 1025 1031 1032 1034 7 who likewise took refuge in Bohemia after his opponents had expelled him from his kingdom 13 The Polish monarch regained his crown and returned to Poland in 1032 14 Andrew Bela and Levente whose condition of life was poor and mean 15 in Bohemia followed Mieszko II who received them kindly and honourably 15 in Poland 5 7 After the youngest among them Bela married a daughter of Mieszko II Andrew and Levente decided to depart from Poland because they felt that they would be living in Poland under their brother s shadow 16 according to Simon of Keza 17 Hungarian chronicles have preserved a story full of fabulous or anachronistic details of the two brothers ensuing wanderings 17 For instance they narrate that Andrew and Levente were captured by Cumans 17 but the latter only arrived in Europe in the 1050s 18 Having faced many hardships Andrew and Levente established themselves in the court of Yaroslav the Wise Grand Prince of Kiev r 1019 1054 in the late 1030s The grand prince gave his daughter Anastasia in marriage to Andrew 17 Kristo writes that Andrew who had up to that time remained pagan was baptized on this occasion 19 Having received permission from the Polish monarch Andrew and Levente left their brother Bela behind and made their way to the King of Lodomeria who did not receive them Since they had nowhere to lay their head they went from there to the Cumans Seeing that they were persons of excellent bearing the Cumans thought that they had come to spy out the land and unless a captive Hungarian had recognized them they should certainly have killed them but they kept them with them for some time Then they departed thence to Russia The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle 20 Return to Hungary 1046 Edit Pagans slaughtering priests and the martyrdom of Bishop Gerard of Csanad depicted in the Anjou Legendarium In the meantime King Peter Orseolo who had succeeded King Stephen in Hungary in 1038 alienated many lords and prelates from himself especially when he solemnly recognized the suzerainty of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III in 1045 6 21 According to the Illuminated Chronicle the discontented lords seeing the sufferings of their people 22 assembled in Csanad Cenad Romania 23 They agreed to send envoys to Andrew and Levente in Kiev in order to persuade them to return to Hungary 19 Fearing some treacherous ambush 24 the two brothers only set out after the agents they had sent to Hungary confirmed that the Hungarians were ripe for an uprising against the king 19 By the time the two brothers decided to return a revolt had broken out in Hungary 25 It was dominated by pagans who captured many clergymen and mercilessly slaughtered them 6 Andrew and Levente met the rebels at Abaujvar 19 The Illuminated Chronicle narrates how the pagans urged the dukes to allow the whole people to live according to the rites of the pagans to kill the bishops and the clergy to destroy the churches to throw off the Christian faith and to worship idols 24 19 The same source adds that Andrew and Levente gave in to all their demands for otherwise they would not fight 24 for them against King Peter 19 26 The Annals of Altaich states that Andrew savagely raged against the flock of the Holy Church 26 27 Even so Bishop Gerard of Csanad and four other prelates were ready to join Andrew but the pagans captured and slaughtered three of them including Gerard at Buda 23 28 King Peter decided to flee from Hungary and take refuge in Austria 23 However Andrew s envoys tricked the king into returning before he reached the frontier and they captured and blinded him 23 29 Reign EditCoronation 1046 1047 Edit Most Hungarian lords and the prelates opposed the restoration of paganism 21 30 They preferred the devout Christian Andrew to his pagan brother Levente 21 even if at least according to Kristo and Steinhubel the latter was the eldest among Vazul s three sons 31 32 The Hungarian chronicles write that Levente who died in short time did not oppose his brother s ascension to the throne 32 23 The three bishops who had survived the pagan uprising crowned Andrew in Szekesfehervar in the last quarter of 1046 or in the spring of 1047 23 33 Historian Ferenc Makk writes that Andrew was crowned with a crown that the Byzantine Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos had sent to him 33 Nine enamelled plaques from this golden crown were unearthed in Nyitraivanka Ivanka pri Nitre Slovakia in the 19th century 34 Andrew soon broke with his pagan supporters restored Christianity and declared pagan rites illegal 26 30 According to Kosztolnyik Andrew s epithets the White or the Catholic are connected to these events 35 Coronation of Andrew I Illuminated Chronicle Having now been made secure against all disturbances from enemies Duke Andreas received the crown of kingship in the royal city of Alba No more than three bishops who had escaped that great slaughter of the Christians performed the ceremony of coronation in the year of our Lord 1047 He made proclamation to all his people that under pain of death they should lay aside the pagan rites which had formerly been permitted to them and that they should return to the true faith of Christ and live in all things according to the law which King St Stephen had taught them The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle 36 Wars with the Holy Roman Empire 1047 1053 Edit The contemporaneous Hermann of Reichenau narrates that Andrew sent frequent envoys with humble entreaties to Emperor Henry III proposing an annual tribute and faithful service 37 if the emperor recognized his reign 38 Andrew persuaded his brother Bela to return from Poland to Hungary in 1048 39 He also granted his brother one third of the kingdom 39 40 with the title of duke 30 Bela s duchy comprised two regions which were centered on Nyitra Nitra Slovakia and Bihar Biharia Romania 39 30 Skirmishes on the frontier between Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire first occurred in 1050 41 Emperor Henry invaded Hungary in August 29 1051 but Andrew and Bela successfully applied scorched earth tactics against the imperial troops and forced them to withdraw 41 30 Legend says that the Vertes Hills near Szekesfehervar were named after the armours vert in Hungarian which were discarded by the retreating German soldiers 30 Andrew initiated new peace negotiations with the emperor and promised to pay an annual tribute but his offers were refused 41 Next summer the emperor returned to Hungary and laid siege to Pressburg Bratislava Slovakia 29 Zotmund a most skilful swimmer 42 scuttled the emperor s ships 29 41 After Pope Leo IX mediated a peace treaty the emperor lifted the siege and withdrew from Hungary 29 41 Andrew soon refused to fulfill his promises made under duress 41 and even allied with Conrad I Duke of Bavaria a prominent opponent of Emperor Henry III 43 Because Andreas the king of the Hungarians was less and less inclined to send envoys and to make promises concerning a peace treaty the emperor laid siege to the fortress of Pressburg and for a long time attacked it with various machines of war Since however God aided the besieged who anxiously called on Him his efforts were always frustrated and he could by no means capture it Meanwhile the lord Pope Leo had intervened at the request of Andreas to make peace and he called on the emperor to end the siege Since the pope found the emperor in all respects in agreement with him while discovering that Andreas on the contrary was less obedient to his advice he was angry and threatened the latter with excommunication for mocking the apostolic see Herman of Reichenau Chronicle 44 Succession crisis and death 1053 1060 Edit Andrew s queen Anastasia gave birth to a son named Solomon in 1053 45 Andrew attempted to make his son s succession secure even against his brother Bela who had a strong claim to succeed Andrew according to the traditional principle of agnatic seniority 46 The scene at Tiszavarkony depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle the paralyzed Andrew forces his brother Bela to choose between the crown and the sword The brothers relationship did not deteriorate immediately after Solomon s birth 47 In the deed of the foundation of the Tihany Abbey a Benedictine monastery established in 1055 by Andrew Duke Bela was listed among the lords witnessing the act 47 This charter although primarily written in Latin contains the earliest extant text Feheruuaru rea meneh hodu utu rea on the military road which leads to Fehervar written in Hungarian 48 Andrew also established a lavra for Orthodox hermits in Tihany and an Orthodox monastery near Visegrad 49 The Third Book of Law of King Ladislaus I of Hungary r 1077 1095 refers to an estate survey of the judge Sarkas under King Andrew and Duke Bela 50 51 According to Gyorgy Gyorffy the serfs of the royal domains were registered during this survey which took place around 1056 51 Andrew suffered a stroke which paralyzed him 45 In an attempt to strengthen his son s claim to the throne he had the four year old Solomon crowned in the one year long period beginning in the autumn of 1057 45 For the same purpose Andrew also arranged the engagement of his son with Judith a daughter of the late Emperor Henry III and sister of the new German monarch Henry IV r 1056 1105 in September 1058 52 Thereafter according to an episode narrated by most Hungarian chronicles the king invited Duke Bela to a meeting at Tiszavarkony 53 At their meeting Andrew seemingly offered his brother to freely choose between a crown and a sword which were the symbols of the kingdom and the ducatus respectively 54 Duke Bela who had previously been informed by his partisans in Andrew s court that he would be murdered on the king s order if he opted for the crown chose the sword 54 However Bela who actually had no intention of renouncing his claim to succeed his brother in favor of his nephew fled to Poland and sought military assistance from Duke Boleslaus II of Poland r 1058 1079 54 55 With Duke Boleslaus s support Bela returned to Hungary at the head of Polish troops 56 On the other hand the Dowager Empress Agnes who governed the Holy Roman Empire in the name of her minor son Henry IV sent Bavarian Bohemian and Saxon troops to assist Andrew 56 The decisive battle was fought in the regions east of the river Tisza 45 Andrew suffered injuries and lost the battle 45 54 He attempted to flee to the Holy Roman Empire but his brother s partisans routed his retinue at Moson 45 The Annals of Niederaltaich narrates that wagons and horses trampled him in the battlefield 57 Mortally wounded Andrew was captured and taken by his brother s partisans to Zirc 45 where he was treated with neglect 58 according to the Illuminated Chronicle 57 Andrew died in the royal manor there before his brother was crowned king on 6 December 1060 59 Andrew was buried in the crypt of the church of the Tihany Abbey 60 Family Edit The two sons of Andrew by his wife Anastasia of Kiev King Solomon of Hungary r 1063 1074 and Duke David Andrew s wife Anastasia was the daughter of Grand Duke Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev by his wife Ingegerd who herself was the daughter of King Olof Skotkonung of Sweden 61 Andrew married Anastasia who was born in about 1020 around 1038 17 Their first child Adelaide was born around 1040 62 She became the wife of Vratislaus II of Bohemia who was initially Duke and from 1085 King of Bohemia 63 64 Andrew and Anastasia s first son Solomon was born in 1053 their second son David some years later 63 Neither Solomon nor David fathered sons the male line of Andrew s family died out with their deaths by the end of the 11th century 45 King Salomon and David his brother never had children and the seed of King Andreas perished with them We believe that this was by an act of God for on his first return with Levente his brother to Hungary Andreas with the purpose of gaining the kingdom permitted the ungodly Vatha and other most evil men to kill the saintly Gerard and many Christians The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle 65 Medieval chronicles write that Andrew had a natural son named George by a concubine 66 from the village of Pilismarot 67 Since his name was popular among Orthodox believers Gyula Kristo says that his mother may have been a Russian lady in waiting of Andrew s queen 67 The story that the Clan Drummond in Scotland are descended from George 68 and his son Maurice 69 70 71 is not accepted by some scholars 72 The following family tree presents Andrew s ancestry his offspring and some of his relatives mentioned in the article 73 Taksonya Cuman lady GezaMichaela Bulgarian princess Stephen I of Hungarya lady ofthe Tatony clanVazulLadislas the Baldconcubine from PilismarotAndrew I of HungaryAnastasia of KievLeventeBela I of HungaryKings of Hungary from 1074 GeorgeAdelaideVratislaus II of BohemiaSolomon of HungaryJudith of SwabiaDavid A Khazar Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian lady Gyorffy writes that she may have been a member of the Bulgarian Cometopuli dynasty Gallery Edit The plaques of gold from the crown found at Nyitraivanka Ivanka pri Nitre Slovakia 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