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It can be argued that the history of modern Transylvania began with the [Battle of Lechfeld]?. At the end of the 9th century, much of Europe, especially the Eastern Carolingian kingdoms, was plagued by Magyar? invasions. The Magyars were defeated by the Emperor [Otto I]? at Lechfeld in 955. The Magyar leader Géza converted to Christianity and began to convert his people and build a Christian Hungarian state. His son, Vajk, succeeded him in 997. With his wife Gisela, daughter of the Emperor Otto III, he continued his father's mission of converting his people and founding religious houses and churches, while preventing the encroachment of Byzantium. In 1001, the Emperor granted him the crown as Hungary's first King, [Stephen I of Hungary]?. Although nominally under the rule of the Emperor, Hungary remained virtually independant. |
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It can be argued that the history of modern Transylvania began with the [Battle of Lechfeld]?. At the end of the 9th century, much of Europe, especially the Eastern Carolingian kingdoms, was plagued by Magyar? invasions. The Magyars were defeated by the Emperor Otto I the Great at Lechfeld in 955. The Magyar leader Géza converted to Christianity and began to convert his people and build a Christian Hungarian state. His son, Vajk, succeeded him in 997. With his wife Gisela, daughter of the Emperor Otto III, he continued his father's mission of converting his people and founding religious houses and churches, while preventing the encroachment of Byzantium. In 1001, the Emperor granted him the crown as Hungary's first King, [Stephen I of Hungary]?. Although nominally under the rule of the Emperor, Hungary remained virtually independant. |
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