Kurszán

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Kurszán (died in 904), the Magyar tribal chieftain[1][2], son of Könd[3] was a partner ruler besides Árpád till his death. He had a crucial role in the Hungarian Conquest (Honfoglalás)[4]. In 892/893 together with Arnulf of Carinthia he attacked Great Moravia to secure the eastern borders of the Frankish Empire. Arnulf gave him all the captured lands in Moravia. Kurszán also occupied the southern part of Hungary that had belonged to the Bulgarian Kingdom. He entered into an alliance with Leo VI the Wise Byzantine emperor after realizing the country's vulnerability from the south. Together they surprisingly defeated the army of Simeon I of Bulgaria.

In the summer of 904 Louis the Child invited him and his entourage to negotiate at the river Fischa. All were murdered[5][6] there. From this point Árpád became the only ruler[2][7] and occupied some of the territory of the former partner ruler. The family settled near Óbuda where they built Kurszánvára (meaning Castle of Kurszán). They lived by the name Kartal after Kurszán's death.

There are toponymic traces of Kurszán on the right side of the Danube[8].

[edit] See also

Kende
Gyula
List of Hungarian rulers

[edit] References

  1. ^ Budapest. Encyclopædia Britannica (2008).
  2. ^ a b Fallon, Steve (2003). "Steaming Special Section on Thermal Baths", Budapest. Lonely Planet, 11. ISBN 1864503564. Retrieved on 2008-05-18. 
  3. ^ "Kurszán".. Pallas Great Lexicon. 
  4. ^ Györffy, György (1959). Tanulmányok a magyar állam eredetéről. Akadémiai Publishing Company.
  5. ^ Timothy Reuter; Rosamond McKitterick (2005). The New Cambridge Medieval History. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521364477. 
  6. ^ Andrew L. Simon, Istvan Lazar (2001). Transylvania: A Short History. ISBN 1931313210. 
  7. ^ Conquest, Settlement, and Raids (History of Transylvania). Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, joint publication with the Hungarian Research Institute of Canada, a research ancillary of the University of Toronto (2001).
  8. ^ Gyula and the Gyulas (History of Transylvania). Institute of History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, joint publication with the Hungarian Research Institute of Canada, a research ancillary of the University of Toronto (2001).

[edit] Source

Sándor Katona: Árpád (Koronás Kerecsen Publishing Co., 2007)

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