Ladislas the Bald | |
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Duke of Nyitra (debated) | |
Reign | c. 977–995 |
Predecessor | Michael |
Successor | Stephen |
Duke of Nyitra (debated) | |
Reign | 997 or 1001–before 1030 |
Predecessor | Géza |
Successor | Stephen |
Born | before 997 |
Died | before 1030 |
Spouse | Premislava from Kievan Rus' (debated) |
Issue | Bonuzlo or Domoslav |
Dynasty | Árpád dynasty |
Father | Michael of Hungary |
Religion | Christian |
Ladislas the Bald (Hungarian: Szár László;[1] Latin: Ladislas calvus; before 997–before 1030) was a member of the House of Árpád, a grandson of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians. He is the only known brother of Vazul, a rebellious duke who was blinded on the order of their cousin, King Saint Stephen I of Hungary in 1031 or 1032. Medieval chroniclers, in their effort to conceal that the Kings of Hungary were descended from a prince condemned by the saintly first king, wrote that instead of Vazul, Ladislas was the Hungarian monarchs' forefather. Ján Steinhübel and other modern Slovak historians write that he was Duke of Nyitra under Polish suzerainty, but this theory has not been universally accepted by historians.