Peter, King of Hungary

Peter
King of Hungary
Reign15 August 1038 – September 1041
Coronation1038, Székesfehérvár
PredecessorStephen I
SuccessorSamuel
Reign5 July 1044 – 30 August 1046
PredecessorSamuel
SuccessorAndrew I
Born1011
Venice
Died30 August 1046[1] or 1059[1] (aged 35 or 48)
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Burial
SpouseAccording to Cosmas :[1]
Judith of Schweinfurt (m. 1055–1058)
HouseOrseolo
FatherOtto Orseolo
MotherGrimelda of Hungary
ReligionChalcedonian Christianity

Peter (Hungarian: Velencei Péter; 1010 or 1011 – 1046, or late 1050s), known as Peter Orseolo or Peter the Venetian, was King of Hungary twice. He first succeeded his uncle, King Stephen I, in 1038. His favoritism towards his foreign courtiers caused an uprising which ended with his 1041 deposition. Peter was restored in 1044 by Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor. He accepted the Emperor's suzerainty during his second reign, which ended in 1046 after a pagan uprising. Hungarian chronicles are unanimous that Peter was executed by order of his successor, Andrew I, but the chronicler Cosmas of Prague's reference to his alleged marriage around 1055 suggests that he may also have survived his second deposition.

  1. ^ a b c Kristó & Makk 1996, p. 59.