Background
She was a daughter of Gyula of Transylvania and was probably educated in the Eastern Orthodox faith. She was married to Géza, the son of Taksony, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, who succeeded his father before 972.
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She was watched with suspicion by Catholic missionaries. The chronicles accused her of drinking insatiably and even committing manslaughter. Koppány, nevertheless, was defeated, and shortly afterward Sarolt"s son was crowned as the first King of Hungary.
Her name (Šar-oldu) is of Turkic origin and means "white weasel".
She was also called "Beleknegini" by her Slavic subjects, which means "white queen".
