Stephen III of Hungary

Stephen III. , Hungarian III. István, Croatian Stjepan III. ( kralj Hrvatske i Ugarske ), ( * 1147, † March 4, 1172 ) of the House of Árpád, was King of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia from 1162 to 1172, he was the son of Géza II and Eufrozina, a Kievan princess..

His way to the throne

Stephen III. was born 1147. The French king Louis VII, who was marching with a crusade army through Hungary, was his godfather. 1152 Stephen was appointed as the official heir to the throne. Géza brothers, Ladislaus and Stephen lived in Constantinople Opel at the court of Manuel I and pursued their own goals.

Géza died on 31 May 1162nd Stephen III. was crowned a few days later. As king, he had his mother's support and the Archbishop of Esztergom, Lukács. Princess Eufrozina had good contacts with the German territories. Mainly it was thanks to them that Stephan 1166, the Austrian Princess Agnes, daughter of Duke Henry II could take to wife.

Antikings

The Byzantine emperor Manuel I was anxious to make Hungary a vassal state. That's why he supported the Prince Stephan ( King Stephen III. Eponymous uncle) militarily. After a successful campaign in 1162 but his brother Ladislaus was crowned because Stephan was very unpopular among the Hungarians. This change led to the excommunication of the new king Ladislaus by the Archbishop of Esztergom. In return, Ladislaus was to capture the Archbishop Lukács.

Stephen III. fled with his followers before the popular Ladislaus II in Pozsony, now Bratislava.

On January 14, 1163 Ladislaus died. New king was his brother Stephan under the name of Stephen IV. Latter took both the fight against Byzantium and to his nephew Stephen III. on. The latter won in Székesfehérvár ( Szekesfehervar ) on June 19, 1163rd The fighting, however, were continued until Frederick Barbarossa on the part of Stephen III. intervened.

Stephen IV was poisoned on April 11, 1165 by his own people.

His government

After the death of his uncle still got no rest in Stephen's life. His brother Béla was educated at the Byzantine- yard, which the Emperor Manuel gave opportunity to once again meddle in Hungarian affairs. Controversial were areas in Croatia and Dalmatia.

After the battle of Zimony (today Zemun near Belgrade ) on 8 July 1167 which ended with a Byzantine victory, included King Stephen and Emperor Manuel peace. They divided the Southern Lands Hungary on each other. Tensions with the Republic of Venice, which began to spread in the Adriatic, ended when the Árpád with Venetian patrician families joined dynastic contacts.

Also during the numerous wars strove Stephen III. , To order the new polity. He was the first king, who in this case conceded to the citizens, the inhabitants of the city of Székesfehérvár, privileges. He also guaranteed the church possessions, except in emergencies.

Stephen III. died at the age of 25 years on March 4, 1172, perhaps also as a result of poisoning. Archbishop Lukács let the king be buried in Esztergom. When King Stephen's brother followed Béla III. , Because Stephen 's son, also named Béla, the majority did not experience.

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