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Géza II of Hungary

1130 - 1162

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Géza II (Hungarian: II. Géza; Croatian: Gejza II.; Slovak: Gejza II.; 1130 – 31 May 1162) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1141 to 1162. He was the oldest son of Béla the Blind and his wife, Helena of Serbia. When his father died, Géza was still a child and he started ruling under the guardianship of his mother and her brother, Beloš. A pretender to the throne, Boris Kalamanos, who had already claimed Hungary during Béla the Blind's reign, temporarily captured Pressburg (now Bratislava in Slovakia) with the assistance of German mercenaries in early 1146. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Géza II of Hungary is the 2,259th most popular politician (down from 2,085th in 2019), the 73rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 69th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Hungarian Politician.

Géza II of Hungary is most famous for his military campaigns against the Byzantine Empire.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Géza II of Hungary ranks 2,259 out of 19,576. Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Félix Faure, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Gustav Heinemann, Sergey Bubka, and Ephialtes of Trachis. After him are Michel Barnier, Óscar Arias, Danjong of Joseon, Dorgon, Robert Ritter von Greim, and Léon Bourgeois.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1130, Géza II of Hungary ranks 7. Before him are Zhu Xi, Pope Clement III, William of Tyre, Saint Rosalia, Baldwin III of Jerusalem, and Toghrul. After him are Charles VII of Sweden, Rashid ad-Din Sinan, Benjamin of Tudela, Magnus II of Sweden, Euphrosyne of Kiev, and Theobald V, Count of Blois. Among people deceased in 1162, Géza II of Hungary ranks 2. Before him is Haakon II of Norway. After him are Ibn Zuhr, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, and Odo II, Duke of Burgundy.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Géza II of Hungary ranks 73 out of 1,077. Before him are Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262), Arthur Koestler (1905), Marcel Breuer (1902), Emeric Thököly (1657), Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409), and Karl Mannheim (1893). After him are Katalin Karikó (1955), Béla II of Hungary (1108), Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340), Stephen II of Hungary (1101), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), and László Moholy-Nagy (1895).

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Among POLITICIANS In Hungary

Among politicians born in Hungary, Géza II of Hungary ranks 26. Before him are Béla III of Hungary (1148), Stephen V of Hungary (1239), Emeric, King of Hungary (1174), Ladislaus IV of Hungary (1262), Emeric Thököly (1657), and Elizabeth of Luxembourg (1409). After him are Stephen II of Hungary (1101), Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians (940), and Irene of Hungary (1088).

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