Peter Urseolo of Hungary
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| Peter Urseolo | ||
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| King of Hungary | ||
| Reign | 1038 – 1041 and 1044 – 1046 | |
| Coronation | 1038 | |
| Born | 1011 | |
| Venice (Italy) | ||
| Died | 1046 | |
| Predecessor | Stephen I (before 1038) Samuel Aba (1041 – 1044) |
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| Successor | Samuel Aba (1041 – 1044) Andrew I (1046 után) |
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| Royal House | Árpád dinasty | |
| Father | Ottone Orseolo, the doge of Venice[1] |
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| Mother | sister of Stephen I | |
Peter Urseolo (or Orseolo) was the second king of Hungary who reigned from 1038 till 1041 and again from 1044 till 1046 following a brief interruption of three years in which Sámuel Aba ruled the nation.
He was said to have been the son of the sister of his predecessor, Saint Stephen (István I), and Ottone Orseolo, the doge of Venice. That was the reason why Stephen appointed him to be his successor after the death of the king's own son, Emeric (Imre), in a hunt accident.
Peter was not welcomed by the Magyar nobility. In 1041 was the first occasion they removed Peter from the throne and proclaimed Sámuel Aba king. Peter fled to Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, with whose help he returned in 1044 and won the battle of Ménfő.
Peter's power was restored, but he, and with him the Kingdom of Hungary, became Henry's vassal. The Hungarian nobles called back Andrew, Levente and Béla, Vazul's heirs, to the country.
Unlike Stephen, Peter was unable to rule the nation competently and fell into conflict with the largely pagan nobility. His reign ended when the nobility started the so-called Vatha pagan rising. A year of instability followed: finally in 1047 the Árpád dynasty was restored with Andrew (András) I.
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| Preceded by Stephen I |
King of Hungary 1038–1041 |
Succeeded by Samuel Aba |
| Preceded by Samuel Aba |
King of Hungary 1044–1046 |
Succeeded by Andrew I |
