Background
Almost all kings of Hungary after 1046 descended from him. Accordingly, Györffy proposes that Taksony"s wife was the daughter of a Pecheneg tribal leader.
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Michael Michael of Hungary
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Most details of his life are uncertain. Slovak historians specify that he administered the "Duchy of Nitra" between around 971 and 997. However, neither of these theories have universally been accepted by historians.
However, the lands which were dominated by the Cumans at Anonymus"s time had been controlled by the Pechenegs up until the 1050s.
Other historians, including Zoltán Kordé and Gyula Kristó, say that Anonymous"s report may refer either to her Khazar or to her Volga Bulgarian origin. Michael was Taksony"s younger son.
Györffy writes that he was still a minor when he was baptized around 972. Michael was named after the Archangel Michael.
He also writes that the "a" ending of his name excludes that it was borrowed from a Slavic language, because "a" is a feminine ending in these languages.
Instead he proposes, that the name derived from the Turkic bojla title. Therefore, Györffy continues, Géza "probably gave one of the ducatus" in the Principality of Hungary to Michael, although there is no record of these events. According to Steinhübel, Michael received the "Duchy of Nitra" around 971.
His colleague, Ján Lukačka, adds that it was Michael who broke "the resistance of the native nobles" in this duchy.
Lukačka likewise says that Michael "was killed, apparently, on the orders of" Géza. The name of Michael"s two sons, Vazul (Basil) and Ladislas have been preserved.
The following family tree presents Michael"s ancestry and his offspring.
Membership
Whether Menumorut is an actual or an invented person is debated by modern scholars.**A Khazar, Pecheneg or Volga Bulgarian lady.***Györffy writes that she may have been a member of the Bulgarian Cometopuli dynasty.****Kristó writes that she may have been a member of the Rurik dynasty from Kievan Rus" from Kievan Rus".
