Vazul

Vazul
The blinding of Vazul, as depicted in the Illuminated Chronicle
Duke of Nyitra (debated)
Reign	before 1030 –1031
Predecessor	Ladislas the Bald (debated)
Successor	Stephen (debated)
Born	before 997
Died	1031 or 1032
Spouse	unknown member of Tátony clan
Issue	Andrew I of Hungary Béla I of Hungary Levente
Dynasty	Árpád dynasty
Father	Michael

Vazul, or Vászoly,^[1] (before 997–1031 or 1032) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. The only other certain information about his life is that he was kept in captivity and blinded in the fortress of Nyitra (Nitra, Slovakia) in the last years of the reign of his cousin, King Stephen I of Hungary. Modern historians, including György Györffy, do not exclude that he had earlier been Duke of Nyitra. He is the forefather of nearly all Kings of Hungary who reigned after 1046.