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    St. Stephen was born between 970-980 in Esztergom, Hungary and was originally named Vajk but took the name Stephen after being baptized. He became the last Grand Prince of Hungary between 997-1000/1001 and was the first King of Hungary from 1000/1001 until his death in 1038. As king, he worked to consolidate Christianity in Hungary by establishing archbishoprics, abbeys, churches, and tithing laws. He created a new administrative system dividing Hungary into counties governed by counts and palatines. Stephen had good relations with the Holy Roman Empire but faced invasions from the Salian dynasty, though Hungary managed to repel them. He died in 1038

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    St. Stephen was born between 970-980 in Esztergom, Hungary and was originally named Vajk but took the name Stephen after being baptized. He became the last Grand Prince of Hungary between 997-1000/1001 and was the first King of Hungary from 1000/1001 until his death in 1038. As king, he worked to consolidate Christianity in Hungary by establishing archbishoprics, abbeys, churches, and tithing laws. He created a new administrative system dividing Hungary into counties governed by counts and palatines. Stephen had good relations with the Holy Roman Empire but faced invasions from the Salian dynasty, though Hungary managed to repel them. He died in 1038

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    St. Stephen was born between 970-980 in Esztergom, Hungary and was originally named Vajk but took the name Stephen after being baptized. He became the last Grand Prince of Hungary between 997-1000/1001 and was the first King of Hungary from 1000/1001 until his death in 1038. As king, he worked to consolidate Christianity in Hungary by establishing archbishoprics, abbeys, churches, and tithing laws. He created a new administrative system dividing Hungary into counties governed by counts and palatines. Stephen had good relations with the Holy Roman Empire but faced invasions from the Salian dynasty, though Hungary managed to repel them. He died in 1038

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    King Saint Stephens’s life

    Made by:Alsiyadi Regina Nada 9.F


    In general

     St.Stephen was born somewhere between 970 and 980 in Esztergom

     His original name was Vajk(pagan name)which got changed to


    Stephen(christian name)after he was baptized

     He was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and


    1000 or 1001, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until
    his death in 1038
    Family

     Only son of Grand Prince Géza and his wife, Sarolt, who was descended from an
    upscale family of gyulas

     Stephen married Gisela(a daughter of Duke Henry the Wrangler of Bavaria, who


    was a nephew of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor)in 996
     two sons:Otto and Emeric and three girls were born
     Otto died as a child
     Emeric reached adulthood but died young during hunting
     Grand Prince of the Hungarians(997-
    1000/1001)
     Grand Prince Géza died in 997
     Koppány proposed to Géza's widow, Sarolt(levirate marriage) and
    claimed the throne
     Stephen had to fight for the throne against his relative, Koppány-
    >battle
     Koppány was killed on the battlefield
     His body was quartered and its parts were displayed at the gates of
    the forts of Esztergom, Győr, Gyulafehérvár and Veszprém 
     He was crowned on 25 December 1000 or 1 January 1001->first
    King of Hungary
    The consolidation of christianity
     Stephen established two important archbishoprics in Hungary:the
    Archbishopric of Esztergom and Kalocsa
     Two more Benedictine abbeys(not including Pannonhalma)were set up in
    Zalavár and Pécsvárad
     Stephen granted huge plots of land to the archbishops,bishops and abbots-
    >Hungary was divided into 10 dioceses

     Laws were introduced:


     Church tax=tithe/tenth=peasants had to turn in 1/10 of all the crops they
    produced to the bishop
     Every 10th village had to build a church
     Sunday masses became compulsory
    New administrative system

     Becoming a centralized feudal system Stephen created the county system


     About 40 counties were formed and each was administered by a count
     Count-responsible for collecting taxes,raising an army,judge
     Palatine-head of the county system and second most influental person in the
    kingdom
     The royal land inside the county had two main types:court land and castle land
     Outer regions of hungary,that were not counties, were kept as buffer zones
    Foreign policy

     Stephen had a good relationship with the HRE because his wife was a relative of
    the Ottonian dynasty

     New dynasty-the Salians and their first emperor Conrad II. wanted to extend his
    power to the East
     He invaded Hungary in 1030
     Hungarians managed to revoke the invasion
    Death

     Wanting to leave the country to his son Emeric


     Emeric dies in 1031
     Stephens closest relative was Vazul his cousin but Gisella wanted his niece, Peter
    Orseolo on the throne
     Vazul started to plot aginst the king->was imprisoned and then blinded
     Peter is the successor
     Stephen became a Saint on 20 August 1038-the Foundation of the Hungarian
    State
    Sources

     History 9 book
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary#Family
     https://slideplayer.hu/slide/2878257/
     https://
    www.vitezirend.com/rovatok/hirek/szent_istvan_kiralya_es_a_magyar_allamalapitas_unne
    pe/
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_I_of_Hungary#/media/File:Stephen_I_executing_th
    e_rebel_Kopp%C3%A1ny_(Chronicon_Pictum_038).
    jpg
     https://pecsiegyhazmegye.hu/hirarchivum/3655-boldog-gizella-kiralyne-eletpeldaja
    Thank you for your attention!

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